Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
California State University, Long Beach
The Community Autism Research for Equity (CARE) Lab conducts community services and implementation research related to autism and developmental disabilities.
PI: Barbara Caplan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant II
San Diego State University
The Proyecto ImPACTO lab conducts service provision research for underserved families of children on the autism spectrum by developing and testing culturally informed educational and clinical practices.
PI: Ana Dueñas., Ph.D., BCBA-D
The Humanities Institute Research (THI) Fellow
University of California, Santa Cruz
The Humanities Institute is a hub for academic research. The Institute directly supports the work of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates through their fellowship opportunities. These grants provide much needed time and resources for fellows to pursue their Humanities work.
Title: Language and Identity: Heritage Spanish Speakers’ Sense of Identity and Use of Spanish in the U.S.
Faculty Supervisor: Eve C Zyzik, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Research Fellow: Building Belonging Program
University of California, Santa Cruz
As part of a University of California initiative, the Building Belonging program was a 5-year program designed to increase engagement and build a greater sense of belonging for under-represented undergraduate students through faculty mentored service-learning and research projects. The program was offered through the Institute for Social Transformation in the Division of Social Sciences.
Faculty Supervisors: Shelly A. Grabe, Ph.D., and Sylvanna Falcón, Ph.D.
Grabe, S. (2022). Feminist approaches to gender equity in Perú: The roles of conflict, militancy, and pluralism in feminist activism. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.834763