Rate My Professor Jamie Ostrov

Ostrov has received significant funding for his research, including a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health in 2019 to investigate peer relations and school readiness, a $426,000 NIH grant in 2021 for a study on proactive aggression pathways, and a National Science Foundation grant. In 2020, he was appointed to an NIH study section. He was honored with the CEHD Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Minnesota in 2024. Key publications include 'Forms of aggression and peer victimization during early childhood: Developing a short form of the Peer Conflict Scale' (Ostrov & Keating, 2004), 'An intervention for relational and physical aggression in early childhood' (Ostrov et al., 2009), 'Observational methods' (Ostrov & Godleski, 2013), 'Trajectories of Physical and Relational Aggression Across Early Childhood' (Perry et al., 2023), and 'Development of Bullying and Victimization: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors in a High-Risk Sample' (Ostrov et al., 2022). With over 9,600 citations on Google Scholar, his work has substantial impact in developmental psychology and psychopathology. Ostrov contributes editorially as North American Editor of the International Society for Research on Aggression Bulletin and has engaged in public outreach on bullying prevention, including Sesame Street videos.