Lindsey’s areas of interest include prevention science, youth mentoring, adolescent health-risk behavior and human development within the family. Her research is broadly focused on developing, testing and optimizing theoretically-grounded preventive interventions for high-risk families. She’s had numerous publications on the subject of youth mentoring. Lindsey received the 2013 Outstanding Engagement Award from Colorado State University and is a member of the National Mentoring Resource Center Research Board, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.