Michael J. Strambler, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, has been appointed as an inaugural 2025-26 senior fellow at the new Yale Center for Civic Thought.
The center encourages thoughtful public discourse and civically responsible intellectual life in students, faculty, citizens, and leaders. Its work is performed on Yale’s campus, in New Haven, and nationally.
At the Yale Center for Civic Thought, Strambler will take part in discussions with other faculty and administrators across the university about societal challenges facing scholars, the university, and civic life. Strambler will also lead a reading-and-discussion group for students and faculty.
According to its website, the center encourages participants in its activities to:
- Engage thoughtfully with the history of political thought and American political traditions
- Explore challenges that constitutional democracies have faced in previous eras
- Analyze how government and society function today
- Deliberate together across lines of deep disagreement
Strambler is director of child wellbeing and education research at The Consultation Center within the Division of Prevention and Community Research in the Yale Department of Psychiatry. His research focuses on psychosocial well-being, particularly social and emotional learning, early childhood care and learning, and the sociopolitics of health and education.