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Author:

Boggs, Saskia

Title:

Latino Adolescents’ Acculturation and Academic Outcomes in Neighborhood Contexts

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

acculturation
academic outcomes
adolescent development
immigration
neighborhood
culture
context

File:

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Bhargava, Sakshi

Title:

Individual and Contextual Predictors of Middle School Youth’s Academic Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

home-based involvement
school-based involvement
academic socialization
neighborhood structure
social dynamics
behavioral engagement
emotional engagement
academic performance

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Sandra T Azar, Committee Member
Mayra Y Bamaca, Outside Member

Author:

Chancy, Daphney

Title:

When you are a person of color, every place feels like Starbucks. The associations between contextual and cultural stressors, internalizing symptoms, and social support.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Minority Stressors
Social Support
Depressive Symptoms

File:

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Maereg, Tiyobista

Title:

The Interactive Relationship between Ethnic-Racial Identity, Academic Expectations, and Neighborhood Ethnic-Racial Concentration: Variation by Gender and Ethnicity-Race

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

ethnic-racial identity
neighborhood ethnic-racial concentration
gender differences
academic expectations
ethnic-racial differences

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Mayra Bamaca, Committee Member