Sean Darling-Hammond

Sean Darling-Hammond is an assistant professor in the Community Health Sciences Division at the University of California, Berkeley. He previously served as an assistant professor in the Departments of Community Health Sciences, Biostatistics, and Education Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research examines how K–12 practices—such as restorative practices, exclusionary discipline, and school policing—impact student mental health, with a focus on identifying policy pathways that promote health equity. His work has been published in Science Advances, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Human Behavior, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Educational Research Association. Darling-Hammond earned his JD and a PhD in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2025