Linda Wagener teaches courses and conducts research  in the area of human development with a particular emphasis on the study and practice of human flourishing.  Wagener is committed to exploring the social systems that support the development of  human potential throughout the life span.
 
Wagener’s work on adolescent well-being has been published in various scholarly journals including Applied Developmental Science, the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and Christian Counseling Today. She is co-editor of the Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Society for Research in Adolescence, and has presented research findings at their meetings.
 
As a faculty member in  the Center for Research and Child and Adolescent Development at Fuller, Wagener gives leadership to various research projects that center particularly on positive youth development. She is also a principal in the Max DePree Center for Leadership, where she engages in consultation with organizations seeking to implement cultural change that enhances creativity, productivity and enhanced relational systems.

Spiritual and moral development, positive youth development, human flourishing