Pamela Ebstyne King

Pamela Ebstyne King serves as research assistant professor of family studies in the Center for Research and Child and Adolescent Development in the School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Pam's primary research and teaching interests include positive youth development, spiritual and moral development, and theological perspectives of development. She is particularly interested in enabling thriving through families, congregations, schools, and youth-serving organizations.

Ordained the Presbyterian Church (USA), Pam has a background in child, youth, and adult ministry. She received a B.A in Psychology from Stanford University and a Masters of Divinity and Ph.D. in Family Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. She was a visiting scholar under the Divinity Faculty at Cambridge University and did her postdoctoral work at the Center on Adolescence at Stanford University.

Pam is a co-author of The Reciprocating Self: A Theological Perspective of Development and co-editor of the Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence. Her research has been published in Developmental Psychology, Applied Developmental Science, Journal of Early Adolescence, and The Journal of Psychology and Christianity.

Thrive Founders

Tim Fredel
Alan Guffey
Bob King
Brad King
Dottie King
Jennifer King
Pamela Ebstyne King
Cynthia King-Guffey

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