Primary Job Title Vice President & AIR Institute Fellow Primary Organization 
American Institutes for Research
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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David Osher, an AIR vice president and Institute Fellow, is senior advisor to the Health and Social Development Program. His work focuses on collaboration; children’s services; prevention (school failure and drop out, emotional and behavioral disorders, and violence); social emotional learning; school climate; youth development; the social and
emotional conditions for learning, teaching, and healthy development; and culturally competent interventions for children and youth with mental health problems and disorders and their families.
Osher serves as principal investigator of three major research and technical assistance centers funded by the U.S. government: The National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments, The Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, and The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk. Osher also serves as principal investigator of a contract to help the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs improve the coordination and efficiency of youth programs across 12 federal departments and executive agencies and to develop a national plan for youth aged 10-24. He and his colleagues have developed multiple student and staff school climate surveys and have done extensive research on social emotional learning and the conditions for learning, positive behavioral supports, and effective student support.
Osher was academic dean of a liberal arts college and two professional schools of human services; has consulted with ministries, non-governmental organizations, educators and human service professionals across the world, serves on numerous expert panels and editorial boards; and has authored or co-authored over 325 books, monographs, chapters, articles and reports.
