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Graduate Students

Amanda Barry, M.A.

Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University

About

Amanda earned her B.A. at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. As an undergraduate, she became involved with research on Alzheimer’s Disease, including projects on treatments for members of the Maasai. After graduation, Amanda worked at a group home, providing care to adults with mental illness, primarily veterans diagnosed with schizophrenia. Many of the residents she worked with had experienced homelessness; this led Amanda to switch her primary area of interest to homelessness and trauma. At the University of Dayton, her research centered around interventions at a local homeless shelter and how they impacted both the residents and undergraduate students who participated in the interventions. Her Master’s Thesis assessed changes in civic-related outcomes in undergraduate students as they worked with shelter guests. Amanda also is interested in trauma, particularly traumatic experiences that occur during periods of homelessness.

Research Interests
  • Experiences of homelessness among LGBTQIA adults
  • Trauma-informed care in homeless services
  • Underserved and disadvantaged populations
  • Intersectionality
  • Mixed method

Ugochinyere Onyeukwu, M.S.

Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University

About

Ugo is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology at DePaul University. She graduated from Purdue University with her B.S. in Psychological Sciences, minoring in Law and Society. She also graduated from the University of Baltimore with her M.S. in Applied Psychology. She has been involved in research projects that have explored barriers to mental health care, sigma, intimate partner violence, alcohol abuse, and social cognition of social movements. Informed by her experiences as a paraprofessional in community mental health settings, Ugo’s primary research and advocacy interest is strengthening community mental health settings by exploring stigma, barriers to mental health care, and the effectiveness of interventions for marginalized and disenfranchised populations with serious mental illness or substance-use disorders.

Research Interests
  • Stigma
  • Barriers to mental health care
  • Marginalized and disenfranchised populations
  • System and organizational interventions
  • Treatment and recovery interventions for individuals with substance use disorders, serious mental illness, or a dual-diagnosis

Shadman (Syed) Saquib, B.A.

Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University

About

Syed completed his B.A. in Psychology from Franklin and Marshall College. His undergraduate research included looking at the regulation of emotions in response to daily stressors. After graduating, Syed went on to work in the non-profit sector working first as a tenant organizer, where he led tenant associations in Queens, NY, and then as a domestic violence case manager, where he assisted survivors of domestic violence in navigating the criminal justice system and obtain culturally competent resources. The combination of his academic and professional endeavors has led Syed to develop a variety of interests ranging from housing insecurities to culturally competent mental health practices for marginalized communities.

Research Interests
  • Housing insecurity
  • Culturally competent mental health practices for marginalized communities

Research Assistants

Jenny Au

Emma Blair

Melisa Dangles

Grace Heagy

Ananya Nagareshwara

Maryam Sabit

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