Dr. Shannon Suldo is a Professor in the School Psychology Program, and Co-Executive Director of the School Mental Health Collaborative (SMHC): Research, Training, and Technical Assistance Center at the University of South Florida. She has extensive research and clinical experiences in school-based mental health services, including: conceptualizing and measuring student mental health in a dual-factor model that considers psychopathology and well-being; evidence-based positive psychology interventions for promoting student well-being; and supporting high school students in accelerated curricular programs.
She is Principal Investigator of an IES-funded efficacy grant to evaluate a selective positive psychology intervention to increase middle school students’ subjective well-being. She is the author of Promoting Student Happiness: Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools (2016, Guilford), co-editor of Fostering the Emotional Well-Being of our Youth: A School-Based Approach (2021, Oxford, and co-editor of the Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools: Supporting Process and Practice (3rd ed., 2022; Routledge). In recognition of her research accomplishments, she received the 2025 Senior Scientist Award from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association.
