DEPAUL UNIVERSITY | DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University
Quin graduated from the University of St. Thomas located in St. Paul, Minnesota with a B.A. degree in Psychology. Within the HARC Lab, their research broadly focuses on equity (e.g., race, gender, sexuality, disability, etc.) within homeless service systems and economic and cultural gentrification and displacement in Chicago Chinatown. Additionally, their other research and advocacy interests include addressing anti-Blackness and colorism within Chinese American communities and promoting racial solidarity between Black and Asian American communities.
Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University
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.
Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University
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.
Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University
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.
Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University
Doctoral Student | Clinical Psychology | Wheaton College
Justine is currently pursuing her Doctor of Psychology at Wheaton College. She completed her B.A. in Economics at Brown University. Upon graduating, she joined the Inter-American Development Bank (Jamaica Country Office) as a Research Assistant. While there, she supported longitudinal, mixed-methods studies that identified factors predicting school dropout for at-risk youth. Justine eventually transitioned to community work with at-risk youth in Germany, where she was an academic tutor for refugee children for after-school programs. That experience made clear the need for trauma-informed care as a best practice. Justine’s research interest centers on the impact of trauma on development and well-being. As a fellow in Illinois’ Leadership in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) Program, her research examines the relationship between childhood trauma and school outcomes for children with developmental disabilities.
Masters Student | Community Psychology | DePaul University
Ellie completed her B.A. in Psychology, concentrating in Community Psychology, at DePaul University. Her research interests broadly focus on challenging harmful narratives and belief systems. For example, she conducted research with Dr. Christine Reyna on examining White extremism. She engages in a range of activities with HARC Lab, including qualitative data analysis and social justice action. Ellie is currently completing her Masters degree in Community Psychology at DePaul.
Doctoral Student | Clinical-Community Psychology | DePaul University
Erin is pursuing her Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology at DePaul University. She received her B.A. in psychology from Southern Connecticut State University in 2014. After graduating, she worked at The Consultation Center at Yale University managing several community-based research projects focused on program evaluation, health promotion, and trauma-informed care. Erin’s research is centered around community response to sexual violence and trauma-informed care within the medical and criminal justice systems. Her current research focuses on law enforcement’s response to sexual assault with particular emphasis on sexual assault case processing decisions.
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Madeeha Mohiuddin (she/her)
Dabney Lyles
Carmen Martin Zima
Milena DeMario (she/her)
Emma Ockuly (she/her)
Victoria Zygmunt (she/her)
Jon Adams (he/him)
Andrew Cannella (he/him)
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