Elizabeth K. Englander

Dr. Elizabeth Kandel Englander is an award-winning author and the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, where she has also taught for decades. Her research focuses on bullying and cyberbullying prevention and children's use of technology. The Center she directs (MARC) provides free training and programs for hundreds of schools every year in Massachusetts and around the country. Her recent book, You Got A Phone! (Now Read This Book) was a 2023 National Parenting Product Award Winner.

Dr. Englander’s research and publications are nationally recognized and she was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Charles Baker to one of his Advisory Councils and named Most Valuable Educator by the Boston Red Sox because of her work in technological aggression and how it interacts with peer abusiveness in general. She has served as a Special Editor for several journals and has authored more than a hundred articles in academic journals and books. She is the author of Understanding Violence, Bullying and Cyberbullying: A Guide for Educators, and 25 Myths About Bullying and Cyberbullying (Wiley). She is also the co-author of three children's books (the Insanely Awesome series.) She has written three research-based curricula and many educational handouts for communities and professionals.

Reflecting her interest in educating laypeople, Dr. Englander has answered questions in a column for the New York Times (online edition), and she wrote the column Bullying Bulletin Board, which was syndicated by Gatehouse Media in hundreds of newspapers nationwide. Dr. Englander has been interviewed for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, USA Today, National Public Radio, and many other venues.