Instead of showing me your diversity statement, show me your hiring data, your discrimination claim stats, your salary tables, your retention numbers, your diversity policies, and your leaders’ public actions against racism. End performative allyship.

In my 1st study, I examine how the racial wealth gap varies by skin tone, a factor that shapes the extent to which people are perceived to fit a racial category. I not only find evidence of skin tone gaps but I also show that these gaps grow over time: bit.ly/3mHuhaQ

It's time to phase out "vulnerable" populations. Calling groups “vulnerable” puts the blame on those communities. Try minoritized, marginalized, underserved, underrepresented, "“disproportionately impacted by” #inclusivelanguage communicatehealth.com/wehearthealthl…

📢 Very excited that my first paper has been published ! 🎉📝 Do you accurately predict your future emotions? 🤔 It’s an important skill! Emotional intelligence and negative emotional granularity can help, but beware of emodiversity 🤯 Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Imagine hoarding food in a city being starved and framing people needing it to survive as 'looting'.

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Academic Research posters #research

I am excited to announce that I am recruiting students for my new lab in the Clinical Psych PhD program at the University of Cincinnati! We will investigate drug use, drug treatment, and related health disparities among Black Americans with an emphasis on cultural strengths 💪🏾

This!!

If we can afford war, we can afford reparations. If we can afford war, we can afford Medicare for All. If we can afford war, we can afford universal childcare. If we can afford war, we can afford college for all. If we can afford war, we can afford universal basic income.

@DraBiancaV and I will be accepting PhD students this year. If you are interested in learning and conducting research in Latinx mental health disparities to increase access to mental health care, we might be a good fit for you.

Honored to present about our work serving Latiné, Black, & indigenous teens with #ADHD NLPA #NLPA #NLPA2023 Felt so good to look back at the audience who looked liked me and the families ACCTION Team serves 🥹☺️ Still recruiting too!! Text 312-487-1489.

New Urban Education Journal publication. Combined a structural racism lens with the anti-deficit achievement framework to analyze strategies district liaisons used to support youth impacted by #studenthomelessness in a historically divested, Black and Latino city. shorturl.at/deiBE

No application fees for grad school!! Loyola Chicago has done this and it’s so important!!!

This! I am back after a very long maternity leave. Excited and nervous to balance motherhood and being a junior scholar.