Education
- 2001
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major: Community Psychology
Minor: Quantitative Psychology
Thesis Title: Rootedness in microsettings: Children’s experiences of places in school
Thesis Chair: J. Rappaport
Committee Members: M. Aber, P. Miller, T. Moore, S. Wasserman - 1998
- A.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis Title: An exploratory study of volunteer mentoring: Toward a typology of relationships
Thesis Chair: J. Rhodes; Second Reader: K. Rudolph - 1994
- B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz
Major: Psychology (Highest Honors in Psychology and College Honors)
Thesis Title: Women, Body Image, and Cognitive Dissonance
Thesis Advisor: P. Machotka; Second Reader: A. Thorne - 1992
- A.A., Modesto Junior College
Major: Psychology (Alpha Gamma Sigma)
Positions Held
- 2020-21
- Visiting Scholar, Center for Human Rights & International Justice, Boston College
- 2018-Present
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Community Psychology
- 2016-Present
- Professor, Psychology Department, UC Santa Cruz
- 2014 – 2019
- Oakes Provost, UC Santa Cruz
- 2010 – 2016
- Associate Professor, Psychology Department, UC Santa Cruz
- 2006 – 2010
- Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, UC Santa Cruz
- 2001 – 2006
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University
- 1994 – 1996
- Research and Administrative Assistant, Children’s Advocacy Institute and Center for Public Interest Law, University of San Diego’s School of Law
Selected Honors, Awards, & Grants
- 2021-24
- William T Grant Institutional Challenge Grant (Co-PI)
- 2021-22
- Diverse Futures of STEM, Genentech (Co-PI)
- 2019
- Special Contributions to Community Psychology. Awarded by the Society for Community Research & Action
- 2019
- EOP (Educational Opportunities Program) Hero Award, UC Santa Cruz
- 2014-19
- First in the World Grant, Department of Education (co-PI)
- 2011
- Engaging Research Lab, Graduating Psychology Class of 2011
- 2008
- Honorable Mention, UC Santa Cruz Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Award
- 2005
- Michele Alexander Early Career Award for Scholarship and Service, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
- 1999 – 2001
- National Research Service Award, Predoctoral Trainee in Quantitative Psychology
- 1999
- Herman Eisen Memorial Award for Excellence in Professional Contributions by a Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1998 – 1999
- Department of Defense Research Fellowship
Professional Affiliations
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APA Division 27, Society for Community Research and Action, Member
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APA Division 9, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Member