Amy R. Wolfson, Ph.D.

Education

• B.A. (Psychology) - Harvard University
• M.A. (Clinical Psychology) - Washington University
• Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology) - Washington University
• Post-doctoral Fellowship - Stanford University
• Clinical-Child Psychology Internship - State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center

Courses Taught

• PY 202 - Psychopathology
• PY 225 - Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Behavior
• PY 261 - Health Psychology
• PY 270 - Gender, Culture, and Madness
• PY 819 - Historical and Philosophical Bases of Psychology

Publications (Selected)

Books

• Ziporyn, T., & Wolfson, A.R. (2026). Educating the exhausted: Adolescent sleep and the struggle for a later start. Johns Hopkins University Press
• Wolfson, A. R., & Montgomery-Downs, H. (Eds.). (2013). The Oxford handbook of infant, child, and adolescent sleep and behavior. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Wolfson, A. R. (2001). The women's book of sleep: A complete resource guide. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Edited Volumes, Journal Issues, Reports

• Crowley, S.J. & Wolfson, A.R. (Eds.) (2024). Sleep and Circadian Health in the Justice System (Special Collection). Sleep Advances.
• Rojo-Wissar, D.M., Jackson, D.B., Jackson, C.L., Ziporyn, T., Flores-Koulish, S., & Wolfson, A.R. (2024) Later School Start Times for Adolescents in Baltimore City Public Schools: A Call to Action. Baltimore, MD: Abell Foundation.
• Troxel, W. & Wolfson, A.R. (Eds.) (2017). Sleep Science and Policy: A Focus on School Start Times (Special issue). Sleep Health, 3(6).

Articles (Recent)

• Carlucci, M., Munoz Nogales, J., Leask, L., Adornetti, J., Crowley, S.J., & Wolfson, A.R. (2025). Goodnight, sleep tight: A qualitative study examining sleep health decisions by superintendents, health workers, and night staff in juvenile justice facilities. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 52(11), 1605-1621. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548251350128.
• Wolfson A.R., Homer K., Cruickshank J., Chugg C., Davis E., Boris N., Larson A., Duraccio K.M., & Kay D.B. (2025). What is the historical relationship between psychology and sleep science? Research Directions: Sleep Psychology. 2, e2, 1–3. https:// doi.org/10.1017/slp.2024.8.
• Rusin, K., Neblett, G., Wolfson, A. R., Ripple, C., McGlinchey, E., Booher, J., & Alfano, C. (2024). Prioritizing sleep health in foster care: Trauma-informed considerations for policy. Social Policy Report, 37: 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/sop2.70001.
• Nogales, J.M., Hope, P., Alfano, C., McGlinchey, E., Ripple, C., & Wolfson, A.R. (2025). Qualitative study of sleep health in foster care system: Interviews with foster care staff. Child Welfare Journal. Child Welfare, 102(4), 93–116. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48809089.
• Woodward, K., Bistline, L., Vermette, E., Carlucci, M., Crowley, S.L., Jackson, D.B., & Wolfson, A.R. (2024). A descriptive study of sleep patterns and knowledge among department of juvenile services staff. Sleep Advances 5(1). doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae030.
• Adornetti, J.P., Woodard, K.N., Nogales, J.M., Foster, M., Leask, L., McGee, M., Carlucci, M., Crowley, S.L., Wolfson, A.R. (2023). Sleep and Circadian Health in Juvenile Justice Systems: A Descriptive Analysis. Sleep Health. Sleep Health, 9(6):876-881. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.08.009.
• Kay, D. & Wolfson, A.R. (2023). Patricia Lacks' Contribution to Evidence-Based Practice of Insomnia. Frontiers in Sleep.
• Ziporyn, T., Owens, J. A., Wahlstrom, K. L., Wolfson, A. R., Troxel, W. M., Saletin, J. M., Rubens, S. L., Pelayo, R., Payne, P. A., Hale, L., Keller, I., & Carskadon, M. A. (2022). Adolescent sleep health and school start times: Setting the research agenda for California and beyond - A Research Summit Summary. Sleep Health 8(1):11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.10.008. PMID: 34991996.
• Wolfson, A. R., Harkins, E., Johnson, M., & Marco, C. (2015). Effects of the Young Adolescent Sleep Smart Program on sleep hygiene practices, sleep health efficacy, and behavioral well-being. Sleep Health, 1(3), 197-204.

Invited Peer- Reviewed Articles

• Adornetti, J.P., Wolfson, A.R., Bohnert, A.B., & Crowley, S.J. (2025). Clash between the circadian and school clocks: Implications for cognitive functioning and school-related behavior during adolescence. Current Sleep Medicine Reports 11(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-025-00321-3.
• Ziporyn, T., Owens, J. A., Wahlstrom, K. L., Wolfson, A. R., Troxel, W. M., Saletin, J. M., Rubens, S. L., Pelayo, R., Payne, P. A., Hale, L., Keller, I., & Carskadon, M. A. (2022). Adolescent sleep health and school start times: Setting the research agenda for California and beyond - A Research Summit Summary. Sleep Health 8(1):11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.10.008. PMID: 34991996.
• Crowley, S., Wolfson, A.R., Tarokh, L., & Carskadon, M.A. (2018). An Update on adolescent sleep: New evidence informing the perfect storm model. Journal of Adolescence, 67, 55-65. · Owens, J.A., Wolfson, A.R., Carskadon, M.A., Au, R., & Millman, R. (2014). AAP Policy Statement on School Start Times. Pediatrics, 134 (3), 642-649.

Book Chapters and Monographs

• Ziporyn, T., & Wolfson, A. R. (2018). Adolescent sleep and later school start times. In F. P. Cappuccio, M. A. Miller, S. W. Lockley, & S. M. W. Rajaratnam (Eds.), Sleep, health, and society: From aetiology to public health (2nd edition, pp. 215-223). Oxford University Press.
• Stremler, R., Sharkey, K. M., & Wolfson, A. R. (2015). Postpartum period and early motherhood. In M. Kryger, T. Roth, & W. C. Dement (Eds.), Principles and practice of sleep medicine (6th edition, pp. 1547-1552). Elsevier Health Sciences.

Other Publications

• Ziporyn, T. & Wolfson, A.R. (December 25, 2025). Blame school start times for teens' sleep deprivation, not bad parenting. Baltimore Sun Guest Commentary. · Wolfson, A.R. & Vanbuskirk, L. (November 26, 2024). A time for change in Maryland school start times. Maryland Matters. · Wolfson, A.R. (June 24, 2022). City’s new school schedule deserves a failing grade. Baltimore Sun, Reader Commentary.
• Wolfson, A.R. (November 5, 2019). Improve student performance with later school start times. Baltimore Sun, Letter to the Editor.
• Wolfson, A.R., Pelayo, R., Owens, J., Hale, L., Wahlstrom, K.L., & Ziporyn-Snider, T. (September 26, 2019). Gov. Newsom, allow kids more sleep by delaying school start times. LA Times, Letter to the Editor.

Biography

Amy R. Wolfson, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. Her longstanding scholarship focuses broadly on adolescents' sleep health and daytime functioning with a deep commitment to preventive interventions, including later school start times and her Sleep-Smart program for early adolescents.

Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and she is the author of two books, The Women's Book of Sleep: A Complete Resource Guide and The Oxford Handbook of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Sleep and Behavior, along with Educating the Exhausted: Adolescent Sleep and the Struggle for a Later Start, co-authored with Terra Ziporyn. Amy's collaborative work with DC’s Department of Rehabilitation Services and colleagues at Loyola, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Rush Medical College is examining the sleep health environment and emotion regulation for youth residing in the juvenile justice system. Moreover, she is collaborating with colleagues at the SUNY Stonybrook, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the non-profit, Beyond Bedtime, on sleep education in foster care. Amy is a co-author on the AAP 2014 Policy Statement on healthy school start times and the Abell Report, Later School Start Times for Baltimore City Public Schools: Opportunities and Recommendations. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of the Sleep Research Society (SRS) and currently, she is a member of the Start School Later (SSL) Board of Directors and a member of the SRS Advocacy Task Force. For decades, she has enjoyed mentoring her undergraduate and graduate students, particularly in her passion – child and adolescent sleep health research and policy! When she is not advocating for developmentally healthy school start times, Amy loves to hike, jog, ski, and spend time with her husband, her Black Russian Terrier, and her son and daughter-in-law who live in Vermont.