Aldo Barrita (Psychology) published a book chapter, "Resilience in LGBTQ PoC," in the new book Heart, Brain and Mental Health Disparities for LGBTQ People of Color edited by James J. Garcia. This chapter serves as a summary of findings on resilience in LGBTQ PoC, providing a critique and suggestions for future research in the study of…

Kari Goold, Peter Gray (both Anthropology) and Reynafe Aniga (Psychology) recently published an article "Sports under Quarantine: A Case Study of Major League Baseball in 2020" in the journal Social Sciences. Goold and Aniga are McNair Scholars.

Anthony King, Aldo Barrita, Ting Tong, Danielle Cheung, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) presented three research posters at the American Psychological Association's Division 50 conference for Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction. The posters that were: "The Role of Relative Deprivation in Video Gaming Disorders of US Emerging…

Dr. Ji Won Yoo, Dr. Scott Lee (both Medicine); Nicole Jeong (Psychology); and Jay Shen (Public Health), along with Hee-Taik Kang, a past visiting scholar in the School of Public Health;    Joungyoun Kim, Hyo-Sun You, Ye-Seul Kim, all of Chungbuk National University in Korea; Hyung-Jin Hyun of Seoul National University in…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) received honorable mention for the Pre-Doctoral Ford Foundation Fellowship. From more than 2,200 applicants, only 75 get the fellowship and around 200 are included on the honorable mention list.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) presented two talks this month at the 9th annual Conference on Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (CPA): Substance Use and Addictive Behaviors Across the Lifespan, which was held virtually this year. The first talk, "Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder in ICD-11: Clinical Considerations and Future Directions, "which…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) published five articles and book chapters in 2021.  The first paper, Pornography Use and Psychological Science: A Call for Consideration, was published in Current Directions in Psychological Sciences.  The second paper, Military Veterans’ Psychological Distress Associated with Problematic Pornography Use, was…

Christopher Kearney (Psychology) published a book, "Getting Your Child Back to School: A Parent's Guide to Solving School Attendance Problems," a revised and updated version by Oxford University Press (2021).  The book is designed for caregivers and outlines various kinds of school attendance problems and how families can address the many…

Dustin Hines (Psychology) received a research award sponsored by the Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN). RAIN is funded by the National Institutes of Health to improve collaborative biomedical research efforts in western states. He will collaborate with Rochelle Hines (Psychology) and William Maio of New Mexico State University to develop…

Aldo M. Barrita, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Anthony King (all Psychology) presented a research symposium presentation, "Racial Microaggressions, Mental Health, and Substance Use: A Mediation Analysis," and a a poster presentation, "Latinx and Microaggressions: A Decade of Research," at the national Winter Roundtable Conference in…

Brenna Renn (Psychology) recently published the manuscript, "A Typical Week With Mild Cognitive Impairment" in The Gerontologist. This project used photoelicitation interviews to explore the subjective experience of a “typical week” living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to document (a) important activities, (b) barriers to usual…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) was one of the winners of the Graduate and Professional Student Association's Student Researcher Award. He was awarded a research grant for $2,500 for his study in "Latinx Experiences with Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions."