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Congratulations Spring 2026 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Jennifer Chmielewski 
Adelphi University
Aditi Gupta 
Adelphi University 
Sydni Weisberg 
Adelphi  University
Unsettling Surveillance: Transgender and Gender Expansive Young People’s Desires and Resistance to Anti-Trans Policies and Stigma         

Skyler Carter
University of Connecticut
Routinizing DEI: Organizational Norms and Employee Engagement in Diversity Practices                                                    

Sabrina  Piccolo
Northeastern University
Perceptions of stigmatized and non-stigmatized concealable racial identities                                                     

Jillian Franks
Brandeis University
Empathy and Pain Perception Under Cognitive Load: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Social Bias                                                          

Zainab Shabbir
Clark University
To Share or Not to Share: Role of Conversational Partner Contexts in Ethnic–Racial Identity Disclosure and Sense of Belonging in Conversations About Race, Ethnicity, and Migration                                                  

Yiyi Wang 
University of Chicago
Seizing the Present or Waiting for the Future? The Influence of Social Mobility Beliefs on Time Discounting                                                

Yea Won Park
Fordham University
Making the Invisible Visible: Cultural and Institutional Factors Shaping Southeast Asian American College Adjustment                       

Teyah Giannetta
The University of Nevada, Reno
The Effects of Victim Stereotypicality and Crime Severity on Mock Jurors’ Ethnic Categorization, Attributions, and Decisions Toward a Hispanic Defendant of a Hate Crime                                                  

Rebecca Valdivia
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Identity-Salient Experiences and Post-Assault Distress among Asexual Sexual Assault Survivors                                                       

Radia LeLuna
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Development and Initial Validation of a Critical Consciousness of Reproductive Oppression Scale (CCROS)                                              

Kayla Sircy
Northeastern University
“Look, Mom, no privacy”: Perceptions of consent and invasiveness in child protection encounters."                                              

Jenna Hayes
University of Alabama
Investigating the relationship between autistic traits and the ability to differentiate between consensual and nonconsensual sexual encounters                                                           

Jason Miller
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Shift of Power and Religious Demographics: How the Increase of Non-Christian Political Power in the U.S. Leads to Christian Nationalist Beliefs and Support for Anti-Democratic Policies                                                          

Christoph Klebl
The University of Queensland
Who Should Act? How People Understand Responsibility for Climate Action Across Systemic and Individual Actors                                            

Carmelle Bareket-Shavit
University of British Colombia
Defensiveness After Confrontations: Investigating People’s Reactions To Their Own Prejudiced Behavior and Motivations Underlying Apologies.                                                        

Angela Ebreo
University of Michigan
Beyond Financial Literacy: Money Stories and Financial Well-being Among OlderFilipinos and Other Asian Immigrants                                 

Alyssa Jones
Tarleton State University
Alyssa Allen 
Which facial features drive misidentifications? Testing how facial feature region shapes eyewitness identification accuracy 

Alexandra Wormley
University of Michigan
Raisa Chowdhury 
University of Michigan
Violence from “Us” vs. “Them”:  How Perspective Shapes Comfort with Political Violence"              

Savannah Quach
The University of Nevada, Reno
Gender euphoria through art journaling: An intervention for transgender and gender diverse individuals                                                    

Noraan  Mohamed
University of Colorado Colorado Springs 
A Mixed Methods Exploration of Minority Stress, Resilience, and Intersectionality among Nonbinary Survivors of Bias-related Violence                                                     

Melody  Robinson
University of Tulsa
Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Survivor Perspectives on Discontinuing Sexual Violence Cases                                              

Quang-Anh Tran
Indiana University; Butler University
Facing Social Structures: Structural Economic Equality Related to Face-BasedDominance-Trustworthiness Links                                                

Isabella Polito
Rutgers University, Newark
Racial Identity, Political Partisanship, and Public Opinion on Criminal Justice Policy


Congratulations Fall 2025 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Abbey Michelle Gali
Florida International University
An Ecological Systems Approach to Reconceptualizing Lebanese Resilience

Ariel J. Mosley
University of California, Davis
Performing Belonging: Investigating How the Dramaturgical Perspective Shapes Asian American
Assimilation Under Perceived Low Discrimination

Chenqi Gao
Rutgers University
Luis M. Rivera
Rutgers University
Bias in the Face: Social-Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Attractiveness-Based Bias for Women in Masculine Jobs
 
Emma Ward-Griffin
University of California, Berkley
An Experimental Investigation of the Extent and Consequences of Native Omission
in a Sample of Important Decision-Makers

Emma Wedell
University of Connecticut
I Wanna Talk to You: Dynamics of Approach and Avoidance Motivation in Cross-Group Dialogue

Laura Elenbaas
Purdue University
How Conversations in Third Places Support Children’s Social Identity Development

Marta Bettinelli
Rowan University
Analysis of Relationship Experiences Nationwide in Athletes (ARENA)

Qianyun Wang
University of California Los Angeles
Vision of Healing: Using Photovoice to Explore Grief and Bereavement Experiences among Older Chinese Immigrants

T. Ariel Yang
University of Michigan
Outside and Inside of the Bedroom: Exploring the Links among Gender, Housework,
and Sexuality in the Daily Life of Heterosexual Couples
 
Trevor Lies
Norfolk State University
Travis T. Harris
Norfolk State University
Janea Kinder
Norfolk State University
Constructing Climate Vulnerability: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media Reports on
Sea Level Rise in Hampton Roads
 
Zara Kenigsberg
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
The Development and Validation of a Measure to Assess Social Reactions to Intimate
Partner Violence Disclosure

Colleen Berryessa
Rutgers University
Public Support for Considering a Defendant’s Family Responsibilities as Mitigating to
Sentencing Practices and Goals in the United States

Daphne Castro Lingl
University of Connecticut
Understanding Anti-Genderqueer Policy Support through an Identity Invalidation Perspective

David Caicedo
Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York
Intergenerational Life Advice Project (iLAP)
 
Duong Nguyen
Clark University
Not All Forms of Environmentalism Are Created Equally: Environmentalism
Through an Intersectional-Cultural Lens

Jesse Gamoran
DePaul University
PhotoVoice Project for Adults Experiencing Homelessness in a Medical Respite Shelter

John Segui
University of Toronto
Digital Desires and Discrimination: A Situational Analysis of Sexual Racism
Experienced by Young Asian Men Who Have Sex with Men (YAMSM) on Dating Apps
 
Maria Serrano-Abreu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fugitive readaptations: A community and arts-engaged research to
explore the politics of knowledge creation and perdurability
placemaking after school closures in Puerto Rico
 
Rishika S. Singh
University of Rhode Island
Postpartum Depression in India: Predictors of Societal Attitudes
 
Rose Bern
University of California, Davis
Elina Moreno
University of Toronto Mississauga
Sarah Alsaif
University of California, Davis
Thriving despite differences: Need support in neuro-mixed relationships
 
Daliah Marei
University of Toronto
Rebecca Neel
University of Toronto
Elizabeth Page-Gould
University of Toronto
Solidarity Beyond Identity: Collective Liberation as a Pathway to Solidarity
Among Polarized Minority Groups

Danica Kulibert
Kennesaw State University
Prototypes of Immigrants in the United States

Izilda Pereira-Jorge
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Using both sides of the coin? Two-Sided Messaging Increases Cisgender-Heterosexual Parents’
Support of LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practices in K-8 Settings

Congratulations Spring 2025 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Anita Azeem
Carson Newman University
Different Faces, Same Hugs: Fostering Cross-Race Friendships through Children’s Storybooks
 
Sara Budowsky
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Exploring Cultural Framing of Child Mental Health to Improve Equity in
Integrated Care

Mason Burns
University of Indianapolis
Attitudes Toward Trans Gun Owners among Americans High In Anti-Trans Bias

Brian Chin
Trinity College
Veterinary Care Access as a Social Justice Issue: Disparities in Mental Health and Animal Welfare
 
Lane Demaske
The University of Rhode Island
The Impact of University Culture on Graduate Student Whistleblowing Decisions and Outcomes
 
Anna Gilmour
Rosalind Franklin University
A Qualitative Examination of Relationship Stigma Among Bisexual+ Couples

Chandler Golden
Virginia Commonwealth University
Dawtas of the Yam: A Photovoice Excavation of Southern Black Queer Women’s Narratives

Mertcan Gungor
University of California, Irvine
A Life-History Theory Approach to the Moralization of Healthy Eating
 
Waleed Jami
Bridgewater State University
Kodai Kusano
New York University Abu Dhabi
"Who can stay and who must go?: A competitive test of authoritarianism, populism, social dominance and system justification on Americans’ support for policies for or against immigration
and deportation."

Eun Ju Son
University of Michigan
Heejoo Chung
Purdue University
Jiwon Song
Sogang University
Thekla Morgenroth
Purdue University
Exploring the Current Ideological Landscape of Feminism in South Korea

Kathryn Kincaid
University of Alberta
Uncertainty and the allure of strong leaders: Social identity complexity as a tool for democratic resilience
 
Erin McConocha
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Opioid Overdose Vulnerability Among Sexual and Gender Minorities:
A Syndemic Approach
 
Yerin Park
University of Chicago
Understanding Healthy Pathways for High-Achieving First-Generation Low-Income Students to Build STEM Identities

Tiffany Shao
Claremont Graduate University
Developing a Contemporary Thurstone Scale of Crime Severity

Michelle Stage
University of Rhode Island
Exploring the Impact of Affirming Environmental Cues and Provider Language on LGBTQ+ Patients’ Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Disclosure, SOGI Concealment, Discomfort, and Satisfaction in Primary Care

Grace (Ran) Tian
Stony Brook University
Bridging Gaps in Early Development: Stress, Support, and Regulation in Multi-Caregiver Families

Anne Werkheiser
Georgia State University
Erin Tone
Georgia State University
Therapy to Support Fat Liberation: A Thematic Analysis

Karen Wetzel
Kent State University
Cueing Safety or Salience? The Impact of Weight-based Safety Cues on Belonging and Identity Threat

Shaun Wiley
The College of New Jersey
Charlotte Moser
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Undocumented Immigrants as a Threat to Identity: Explaining support for Nativist Policies Among U.S.-born Latines

Leah Zachariah
Palo Alto University
Amanda Fanniff
Palo Alto University
Conversations about Racial Identity: Impact on Black Young Adults
 

Congratulations Fall 2024 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Zahra Abtahi 
Florida International University
Knock! Knock! Hello, Free World!”: Online Self-disclosure of Iranian Adults on X (Twitter)

Ella Ben Hagai 
California State University, Fullerton
Investigating predictors and causes of Anti-Zionism and Anti-Jewish Hate?

Lucy Bhuyan 
Indiana University
Bisexual Women’s Psychological Services Barriers to Campus Sexual Assault Services: The Role of Binegativity?

Sarah Burnham 
Tufts University
Validity Testing of a Measure of Anti-Oppressive Social Media Literacy

Dani Grant 
University of Colorado, Boulder
Consuming Ideologically Diverse News Media Depolarizes Political Attitudes and Behaviors

Emily Devlin 
University of Cincinnati
An Evaluation of Strategies for Coping with Sexual Minority Stress

Salena Diaz 
The University of Hawai?i at M?noa
Effects of Mestizaje Racial Ideologies on Perceptions of Discrimination in Latinx Populations

Naseem Dillman-Hasso
The Ohio State University 
Nicole Sintov (Faculty Sponsor)
The Ohio State University
Understanding and Promoting Pro-Environmental Behavior Change Through Regulatory Scope

Amanda Fanniff
Palo Alto University
Alicia Nijdam-Jones
University of Manitoba
Martha Hernández
Palo Alto University
Sita G. Patel
Palo Alto University
Forensic Evaluations in Asylum Cases: Assessing Adherence to Best Practices with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Examinees

Viviane Fornasaro-Donahue 
University of Rhode Island
A Hispanic-Latino focused approach to obesity treatment for bariatric and metabolic surgery patients

Shereen Lewis
Adelphi University
Carolyn Springer
Adelphi University
The Use of Police Deception in Interrogations: Data from a National Adult Sample

Abbey Mann
Lafayette University 
Emma Fredric
Marist College
Healthcare Needs and Desires of Nonbinary Adults: A Survey Study

Erin McConocha 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Opioid Overdose Vulnerability Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: A Syndemic Approach

Quinnehtukqut McLamore 
University of Missouri at Columbia
Formerly Accurate Misinformation: Implementing Refutation Text Belief Change Interventions when the Scientific Consensus has Changed

Jade Moore 
University of California, Santa Cruz
Social histories impact on Black women during parole board hearings

Sean Morgan
University of Victoria
Partner Maltreatment in Sexual Minority Men

Gregg Muragishi
University of Washington
White Cultural Defaults in Faculty Hiring

Elisabeth Noland
Purdue University
Monuments honoring victims of racial injustice: Examining performativity, racial progress, and policy support

Matthew Ogan
University of Missouri
Constellations of Stress and Multilevel Supports: Longitudinal Influences on the Relational Wellbeing of Individuals with Low Income

Melina Singh
Kenyon College
When “Do No Harm” and “Child Protection” Conflict: Assessing Drug Screening and Reporting Practices Among Ohio Healthcare Providers

Zharia Thomas
Florida International University 
Asia Eaton
Florida International University
The SBW and Maternal Health: Examining the Role of the SBW Schema on Black Women’s Help-Seeking During Pregnancy


Spring 2024 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Chloe Adams
Palo Alto University
Examining the Impact of Alcohol Impairment and Sexual Identity on Appraisals of Sexual Consent

Analia Albuja
Northeastern University
Using AI to identify protective factors for immigrant youth health & wellbeing

Ashley Bonilla
Claremont Graduate University
Relational Pathways to STEM Identity and Sense of Belonging

Mason Burns
University of Indianapolis
Perceptions of Equity and Inclusion Efforts in Media Representations 

Erica Chen
Carleton University
The Criminalization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Examining the Roles of Race and Sexual Orientation in the Courtroom

Jada Copeland-Hayes
Tufts University
The Influence of Mesearcher Perceptions on Assessing Research Quality Among Black Scholars Studying Anti-Black Racism  

Fiona Doherty
Ohio State University
Social Connectedness and Extreme Weather Adaptive Capacity in Appalachian Ohio: An Intergenerational Participatory Photo Mapping Dissertation Study

Matthew Elderkin
University of California Davis
Aline da Silva Frost
University of California Davis
Emily Gelerian
University of California Davis
An Intersectional Investigation of Social Perceptions of Autistic People

Reilly Gallin
Palo Alto University
Emma Sower
Palo Alto University
Amanda Fanniff
Palo Alto University
Evaluating Stand Your Ground Defenses: The Impact of Racism on Guilty Verdicts

Annika Lutz
Simon Fraser University
Exploring the unintended effects of moral framing in climate change messages

Haley Moon
University of Wyoming
Mitigating, aggravating, or both? Examining cross-sectional factors of punishment under a new theoretical framework of juror decision making

Laura Pazos
University of Nevada, Reno
What a mother should be: Phenotypic expectancies of gender nonconforming child bearers and abortion attitudes

Heather Perkins
Indiana University
Navigating Psychology Online: The Impacts of Inequality-Driven Mistrust on Acceptance of Psychology-Related Misinformation

Stacy Post
George Washington University
Comparing the Impact of GLP-1 Agonist and Lifestyle Interventions on Weight Stigma through Social Comparison towards Black and White Women with Obesity 

Maryam Rafieifar
University of Texas at Arlington
Shifting Grounds: Assessing the Impact of Florida's Immigration Policy on Immigrant Families

Apoorva Sarmal
University of Georgia
Creating a Novel Measurement of White Ideology and Examining its Relation to Health among Black and White Medical and Graduate Students

Angela Shakeri
New York University
Older Age as the Great Equalizer: An Intersectional Exploration of Workplace Biases Across Age, Gender, and Race

Marissa Traversa
Simon Fraser University
Hannah Dupuis
Simon Fraser University
“Ken only has a good day if Barbie looks at him": Dating rejection and hostility in heterosexual single men pursuing relationships

Catherine Wall
Virginia Commonwealth University
From Trans Health to Vaccines: A Theoretically Driven Model Examining Pathways that Influence Susceptibility to Medical Misinformation

Grace Wetzel
Rutgers University
Is the orgasm gap a knowledge gap? Investigating mixed-sex couples’ ability to adapt their sexual scripts to facilitate women’s orgasm

Kaylie Williams
Bowling Green State University
Tipping Points of Gun Violence: Motivations of Gun Carrying and Gun Violence

Meltem Yucel
Duke University
Navigating new worlds: Turkish children’s perceptions of normative integration


Fall 2023 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Carrie Bohmer
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The overturning of Roe v. Wade and people capable of pregnancy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Jayantika Chakraborty
Clark University
Anti-poverty psychology: Empirical investigations into poverty-induced instability and children’s developmental outcomes

Katherine Cook
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Project PACE: Development of a Career Intervention for Women in a Transitional Housing Program

Álvaro Gamio Cuervo
University of Massachusetts Boston
Suicidal Thoughts, Racial-Gendered Discrimination, and Post-Traumatic Sequelae: Ecological
Momentary Assessment of Discrimination-Induced Suicidal States within a TNGE BIPOC
Community Sample


Ymke de Brujin
Utrecht University
Reflection turned into action: Fostering anti-racism action among
White Dutch youth


Kristina Dickman
University of Pittsburgh
Cardiovascular Health Impacts of a Brief Social Belonging Intervention

Fade Eadeh
Seattle University
Josephine Whittock
Seattle University
When the Alarm is Coming from Inside the House: Grant Request

Ana Gantman
Brooklyn College
Exploring racial disparities in the policing of rarely followed rules

Erica Granz
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Implications of Holiday Environment for Religious Minorities’ Comfort and Perceived Level of Anticipated Care.

Abriana Gresham
Ohio University
Vincenzo Olivett
Florida State University
Exploring the implications of automatic partner attitudes and cognitive reappraisal for
relationship maintenance intentions in violent intimate relationships

Joseph Guerriero
State College
Thinking ahead to do better now: Legacy-focused cognition and its link to environmental sustainability

Vanessa Ivy
Ohio State University
Systemic permanence beliefs and collective action: Within system change vs dismantling
systemic change


Cameron Kay
Union College
“It’s either us or them”: Establishing the link between conspiracist ideation and
generalized prejudice

"Alice" Eunmyoung Lee
University of Maryland
Exploring the Effects of Gendered Racism and Intersectionality
on the Mental Health of Asian American Women

Fahima Mohideen
Rutgers University-Newark
Does Engaging in Collective Action Against Injustice Enhance Feelings of Meaning in Life?

Gregory Rousis
University of South Florida
Feeling Seen: Self-Verification, Identity Fusion, and Extremist Violence Against Women Among Incels

Kyara Mendez Serrano
Palo Alto University
Group Differences: The Impact of Internalized Racism on Deviant Behavior in
Latine and Asian American Young Adult Men

Maitland Waddell
Simon Fraser University
Learning by doing: Using a perspective-taking intervention to challenge poverty
stigma and create allies in the classroom.

Leila Wallach
Palo Alto University
Amanda Fanniff
Palo Alto University
Nubiana Mitchell
Palo Alto University
Sofia Drotts
Palo Alto University
Investigating Perceptions of Procedural Justice and 4th Amendment Rights in Black and White Youth


Spring 2023 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Lindsay Browne
The University of Houston
Identity Development and Social Support in Transgender Populations
 
Kayla Burd
University of Wyoming
Mary Kate Koch
University of Florida
Jaylan Aliev
University of Wyoming
The School (Resource Officer)-to-Prison Pipeline? The Influence of Youth Race andMaturation Bias on School Resource Officer Decision Making
 
Mason Burns
University of Indianapolis
Sarah Paz Martin
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Disrupting Misperceptions of Past Social Justice Movements to Increase Contemporary
Anti-Racist Efforts
 
Ellen Carroll
University of Arizona
Increasing White Individuals’ Support for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives With
an Actionable Procedural Justice and Social Identity Framework
 
Mary Carson
University of Pittsburgh
Workplace sexual harassment, nocturnal blood pressure, and subjective as well as
objectively-assessed sleep in midlife women
 
Michael Dolezal
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Standing together: Utilizing latent transition analysis to investigate how received social
support and community solidarity protect against psychological distress at the one-year
anniversary of the Club Q shooting
 
Jesica Fernandez
Santa Clara University
Youth for Justice Project (YJP): Examining Sociopolitical Citizenship among BIPOC Youth
 
Jessica Glazier
Northeastern University
Analía Albuja
Northeastern University
"“But aren’t they too young to know they are transgender?”: Perceptions of gender
development and the rise of anti-transgender legislation"
 
Chenglin Hong
University of California Los Angeles
Utilizing Machine Learning and technology-based intervention for intimate partner violence and HIV prevention among sexual minority men: A mixed-method study
 
Elizabeth Klein
Boston College School of Social Work
Drivers and Health Utilization Effects of Medical Trust and Mistrust in the Aftermath of
an Infectious Disease Outbreak in Sierra Leone
 
Quinmill Lei
DePaul University
An Analysis of Community Member Displacement in Chicago’s Chinatown
 
Andrea Mah
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Shannon Callaham
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Influencing Equitable Disaster Aid Policy Preferences
 
Laura Matheson
University of Victoria Exploring
Plurisexuality in Mostly Heterosexual-Identified Women
 
Huiguang Ren
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Longitudinal and Bidirectional Approaches to Examining Racial-Ethnic
Socialization Processes in Chinese American Families During the Racism Pandemic
 
Luis Rivera
Rutgers University
The Role of Colonialism in Puerto Ricans’ Implicit and Explicit Racial Identities andStereotypes
 
Eduardo Rivera Pichardo
New York University
The Social Psychology of Colonial Ideologies: A Decolonial System Justification Perspective on the Puerto RicanStatus Dilemma
 
Daniel A Rodriguez Ramirez
University of California, Santa Cruz
Enacting Change: Learning from Activists' Transformative Change Visions, Processes, and Actions
 
Marissa Traversa
Simon Fraser University
Gender demographic measures and gender queer participants’ wellbeing
 
Hanh Annie Vu
Rutgers University – Newark
John T. Jost
New York University
Luis M. Rivera
Rutgers University – Newark
A System Justification Perspective on Opposition to Anti-Racism Education
 
Tyler Waldon-Lee
Tulane University
Social Ecology and Dehumanization
 
Yi Xiao
University of Washington Tacoma
Christopher R. Beasley
University of Washington Tacoma
Incarceration History and Ethnic Bias in Hiring Perceptions: An Experimental Test of
Intersectional Bias & Psychological Mechanisms
 
Youchuan Zhang
Michigan State University
Disparities in Sleep Duration among American Adolescents: Intersections of Identities, Discrimination,
and Structural Stigma
 

Fall 2022 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Chelsie Burchett
Stony Brook University
How Mentors Impact Career Trajectories: The Intersectional Impacts of Race, Ethnicity and Gender on People of Color in Academia
 
Christine Rosales
California State University, Monterey Bay
Exploring How White Supremacy Reasserts Itself In City Decision-Making
 
Gagan Khera
Curry College
Jessica F. Saunders
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Changes in body image, disordered eating and identities among South Asian American women: A 25-year longitudinal study
 
Haley Dawson
Florida International University
Assessing retention, secondary trauma and interviewing practices of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
 
Jerica Knox
University of Maryland
Leveraging Educator Readiness to Increase Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Professional Development Effectiveness
 
Kiet Huynh
Palo Alto University
Development and Validation of the LGBTQ+ People of Color Microaggressions
 
Kimberly Muellers
Pace University
Sharifa James
Pace University
Lisa Rosenthal
Pace University
Assessing the impact of structural and interpersonal stigma on sexual and reproductive healthcare among U.S. women of color
 
Kityara James
University of Texas at El Paso
The Effects of Identity Conflict in Minority Police Officers on Job Satisfaction and Vocational Connectedness
 
Laura Bond
Boston College
Professional Growth of Non-specialists within a Task-Shifted, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Intervention in Rwanda

Louisa You
University of Toronto
Inter-minority coalition building depends on context
 
Madison Silverstein
Loyola University New Orleans
Marielle M. Gomez
Auburn University
Erica D. Lee
Emory University
A Training and Mentoring Program for Future Psychologists of Color
 
Margaret Lawlace
University of Cincinnati
Perceived Family Support for Latina Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Well-Being, Help-Seeking, and Healing

Megan LaMotte
University of Nevada, Reno
An In-depth Qualitative Exploration of What Underlies the Black-White Mental Health Paradox
 
Megan Moran
Colorado State University
The Role of Engagement in the Efficacy of Mindfulness-based Intervention for Adolescents
 
Mollie Price-Blackshear
University of Central Arkansas
Racial-Affirmation and Self-Affirmation among African Americans: Effects on Self- and Race-Relevant Outcomes
 
Patrick Grzanka
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Abortion Attitudes in the Post-Roe U.S.: Urgent Perspectives from a State where Abortion is Fully Criminalized
 
Rebecca Totton
Amherst College
Being Asian in American: Mental and Physical Health Outcomes of Racial Assignment Incongruity Amongst Asian Minorities
 
Rosa Bermejo
Stony Brook University
Vicarious Racism: The College Student Experience of Indirect Discrimination
 
Shiza Shahid
The University of Southern Mississippi
Social Dominance Orientation, Ambivalent Sexism and Prejudice toward Working Women in America and Pakistan
 
Sophie Brickman
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Temporal Relations among Posttraumatic Growth, Posttraumatic Depreciation, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Sexual Assault Survivors
 
Tessa Benson-Greenwald
University of Pittsburgh
Valuing Perspectives & Promoting Inclusion: The Impact of Valuing Subjectivity in STEM Contexts for Underrepresented Groups
 

Spring 2022 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Maira Areguin (University of Michigan) 
Surveilled but not seen: Experiences of low-wage and precarious workers

Katarina AuBuchon (George Washington University) 
The Pain of Discrimination and the Potential Buffering Role of Acknowledgment

Jackelyn Avila (University of Florida) 
“Vota por mi”: Latinxs’ views of politicians’ appeals as genuine vs. Hispandering 

Ivan Cano-Gomez (London School of Economics and Political Science) 
All in This Together? Combatting shaming of the poor in the context of widespread economic uncertainty 

Jared Cutler (Portland State University) 
Understanding the Nuanced Relationship Between Mindfulness and Racial Prejudice 

Gia Davis (Clark University) 
Path to Abolition for White Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence 

Erin Fekete (University of Indianapolis) 
Using Self-Compassion to Reduce Internalized Weight Stigma and Promote Well-Being 

Aleah Fontaine (University of Manitoba) 
Understanding Solidarity: The Role of Gender, Ethnicity/Race, Inclusive Victim Consciousness, and Emotional Responses to Injustice 

Katelyn Frey (The University of Akron) 
The Development of an Ageist Microaggression Taxonomy 

Eva Garcia Ferres (University of Florida) 
When We Maintain Bad Systems: Social Status, Hopelessness,and Inaction

Hu Young Jeong (Clark University) 
Exploring the Link between Perceptions of Group-Based Power and Resistance among Asian Americans 

Yeweon Kim (University of California Santa Barbara) 
The Bystander Public for Online Incivility: Development of the Bystander Counter-Intervention Model 

Michelle Leon (Fordham University) 
Perceived Experiences of Within-Group Discrimination among Latinx Adults  

Josh Lown (Boston College) 
The Ghosts of Gentrification: An Ethnographic Analysis of Perceptions ofGentrification and Long Time Residents’ Well-Being and Perceived Social Control 

Kunalan Manokara (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
Enzo Cáceres Quezada (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
Benedek Paskuj (BBC London) 
Restorative function for liberals, reactionary response amongst conservatives:Power distance amplifies political orientation divides in anti-migrant sentiment 

Rachael Peck (University of Colorado Colorado Springs ) 
Women’s Health, Body Image, and Negative Sexual Experiences: A Latent Class Analysis 

Angela Robinson (University of California Irvine) 
Discrimination Toward Birthing Women in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

Kelsie Thorne (University of Michigan) 
Sexual Harassment of Black Queer Women in the Workplace 

Domonique Tunzi (Vanderbilt University) 
Unpacking the Role of Emotion Regulation in Adolescent Development of Antiracism  

Carolyn Weisz (University of Puget Sound) 
Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Homelessness through a Racial Equity Lens 

Geoffrey Wetherell (Florida Atlantic University) 
How conformity with traditional masculine norms and precarious manhood predict support for political policies limiting the participation of women in the public sphere, and their rights in the domestic sphere respectively

Andrew White (Indiana University)
Amanda Diekman (Indiana University) 
Integrating Motivational and Identity Perspectives to address LGBTQ Disparities within STEM Education

Caitlin Yantis (Franklin & Marshall College) 
Valerie Jones Taylor (Lehigh University)  
Relational identity-safety cues Black and Latinx Americans seek during interactions with White Americans

Sarah Zlatkovic (Claremont Graduate University (CGU)) 
Research on Disability-Inclusive Evaluation (ReDI Eval): Testing Persuasive Messaging Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior 


Fall 2021 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Sally Barker (University of Maine)
Navdeep Kaur (University of Otago)
Jordan LaBouff (University of Maine)
Understanding Caste-ism: The Role of Perceived Threat and Identity Centrality in Intra-group Bias Among Hindus in India

Alexis Briggs (North Carolina State University)
The Young Black Activists Project

Mason Burns (University of Indianapolis)
Alexandria Hamilton (University of Indianapolis)
The Daughter Defense: Perceptions of Men Who Invoke Their Daughters in Defense/Denial against Accusations of Sexual Harassment

Diego Castro (University College London)
The silent burden of discrimination: understanding processes leading to the internalization of stigma among diverse populations

Nabiha Chaudhary (University of Cincinnati)
Examining formation and negotiation of femininity among South Asian immigrant women in the U.S.: An intergenerational analysis

Josal Diebold (University at Buffalo)
Investigating Mutual Interest Among White Antiracist Organizers

Samuel Freel (New York University, Steinhardt)
The progress and long-standing injustice (LSIN) narratives of U.S. race relations and their impact on collective action for racial justice

Elizabeth Inman (Stony Brook University)
Examining IPV Stigma as a Predictor of Health Behavior: A Repeated-Measures Study

Devon LaBat (Florida International University)
The Effects of Perspective-Taking on Juror Decisions in Police Excessive Use of Force Cases

Joel Le Forestier (University of Toronto)
An Experimental Intergroup Contact Field Intervention on Social Media

Lisset Martinez-Berman (University of Connecticut)
The Structure of Vaccine-Related Attitudes and Behaviors

Eva McKinsey (North Carolina State University)
Jeni Burnette (North Carolina State University)
Sarah Desmarais (Policy Research Associates)
Elan Hope (North Carolina State University)
Leveraging Growth Mindsets to Address Punitive and Racially Disparate Sentencing

Stephanie Miodus (Temple University)
Justice-Involved Youth Perceptions of Mental Health Care Services in Institutional Settings

Harrison Oakes (University College London)
An Intersectional Analysis of Intra-Minority Stress in Sexual Minority Men’s Dating App Use and Mental Health

Krystal Perkins (State University of New York)
What it Means to be American: Markers of Everyday Nationhood

Harrison Schmitt (University of Arizona)
Chronic Environmental Contamination: Stress and Coping in an Environmental Justice Community

Veronica Shepp (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Seeking Support Under the State: Experiences of Sex Workers Accessing and NavigatingGender-Based Violence Services and the Role of Informal Support

Danyel Smith (Virginia Commonwealth University)
How do cultural norms shape healthy eating in African Americans?: The role of cultural congruence and mindsets of health in healthy eating intentions amongAfrican American college students.

Pauline Song (University of Victoria)
A Narrative Exploration of Racialized Youths’ Experiences of the Mental Healthcare System in Victoria, BC

Jordan Starck (Stanford University)
Perpetuating Inequality in Pursuit of Diversity

Juan Valladares (Lehigh University)
A Sociocultural Perspective of Interracial Contact: Examining the Efficacy of Sociocultural Contact on Racial Minorities’ and Majorities Interracial Experiences

Hui Zhang (Westfield State University)
Charles Matthew Stapleton (Springfield College)
Conversations with Peers about Discrimination and Cross-Ethnic Friendships among Asian American Emerging Adults


Spring 2021 Grants-in-Aid recipients:

Kelly Burke (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Understanding Why Interracial Police-civilian Interactions Can End Poorly

Tania Chowdhury (NYU)
Exploration of Past Bias-Based Bullying Victimization and Adult Mental Health and Identity Outcomes among South Asian Muslim Americans

Lydia Emery and Rebecca Carey (Northwestern University)
Coffee-Mates: Leveraging the Benefits of Cross-Class Interactions in College

Rebecca Fix (Johns Hopkins University)
Elevating voices of Black students to strengthen mentoring practices among white faculty members

Reihonna Frost-Calhoun (Clark University)
Former Foster Youth’s Experiences of their Sibling Relationships in Foster Care and into their Adult Lives

Maria Garay (Tufts University)
Stereotyping and Subordination of Multiracial Groups: Examination of Racial Ancestry and Physical Appearance

Richard Harris (University of Reading), Ann E. Wilson-Daily (Universitat de Barcelona), and Markus Kemmelmeier (University of Nevada, Reno)
An examination of LGBTQ+ students’ lived experiences in high schools

Kate Luxion (University College London)
Legacies and Futures: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Health among LGBTQIA+ Gestational Parents and their Children

Erin O'Callaghan (University of Illinois-Chicago)
A Continuum of Sexual Experiences: A Qualitative Study of Substance-Involved Sexual Assault Survivors and Their Sex Lives

Cara Ray (Loyola University)
Invoking Moral Foundations to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination

Ariana Rivens (University of Virginia)
Getting in the Door: An Investigation of Mental Health Service Utilization Among Black College Students

Lillian Rodriguez Steen (Ontario Tech University)
Promoting Clarification Requests in Interviews with Children

Benjamin Ruisch (Leiden University)
Understanding Democratic Backsliding: How the (Perceived) Ideological Trajectory of Society Drives Support for Anti-Democratic Behavior

Selime Salim (Miami University)
Longitudinal Examination of Sexual Violence among Bisexual Women

Kiara Sanchez (Stanford University)
A Threatening Opportunity: Friends Talking about Race

Priscilla Shum (Simon Fraser University)
Observing female vs. male-dominated cross-gender interactions and subsequent impact on ambivalent sexism and gender stereotyping

Molly Speechley (Griffith University)
Characterizing transgender identity experiences: A systematic review and meta-ethnography

Adam Stanaland (Duke University)
The (White) Man for the Job: Fragile Masculinity and White Men’s Endorsement of Political Bigotry

Melanie Tran and Tara Mehta (University of Illinois-Chicago)
The Multifaceted Roles of Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) Staff: Supporting Marginalized Youth Through Multiple Public Health Crises and Beyond

Faith VanMeter (University of Minnesota)
The Influence of Researcher Characteristics on Self-reported and Observed Policy Engagement: The Mediating Role of Self-efficacy and Policy Concern

Vanessa Volpe (North Carolina State University)
Processes Linking Exposure to Intersectional Racism and Sexism with Emotional Eating for Black Young Adult Women


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