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Meritocracy and Social Class Research

April 14, 2022

The Meritocracy and Social Class Research Team has been working on conducting interviews focusing on how college students make sense of meritocracy and social class-related privileges and marginalization. Chris, Sarah, and Tamaki have been contributing to the research project. On August 4, 2023, Chris presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Washington D.C. 

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Students of Color Feedback on Psychology Curriculum

July 14, 2024 

The Psychology Curriculum and Students of Color Research Team has interviewed students of color in various undergraduate institutions to discuss their experiences with the psychology curriculum. Tamaki and Ron presented the research findings at the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 45 Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Research Conference in San Diego, CA. 

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Multilingual Asian Clients & Psychotherapy

September 30, 2022 & July 15, 2023

Sam, Tamaki, and Ron have worked on the Multilingual Asian Psychotherapy Research Project. Sam worked as a Bates Summer Research Fellow in 2022 and presented at the poster session on September 30, 2022. Tamaki and Ron had the opportunity to present the research at the Biennial American Psychological Association (APA) Division 45 Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Research Conference in July 2023 in San Diego, CA. 

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Therapeutic Nunchi: Exploring the Unspoken

April 14, 2022

The Nunchi Research Team worked on defining and exploring the meaning of Nunchi, a Korean cultural concept in human relationships, and its potential application to psychotherapy. Sevigne, Chris, and Michelle contributed to analyzing and summarizing the data by using Grounded Theory. We celebrated our progress! 

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Women of Color Group Therapy

March 31, 2022

One of {the calm lab} projects, the Women of Color Group Therapy Research Project, was finished thanks to the hard work of Cheryl, Sanika, Danielle, and Selam. We recently finalized the results of the data analysis based on our coding and the external reviewers' feedback. We published the work in Journal of Counseling Psychology. 

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Digital Storytelling of Multiracial Asian Americans

February 24-26, 2022

Paige Sonoda presented her thesis project. She spoke about "Liberatory Digital Storytelling: Sharing Stories of Multiracial Asian Americans" at the 39th Winter Roundtable Conference in Psychology and Education at Columbia University Teachers College, New York City, NY (Virtual Conference due to the COVID-19 Pandemic).

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Students’ Epistemic Liberation in Psychology 

July 8-10, 2021

Yun Garrison, Sanika Shah, Paige Sonoda, Ben Conner, and Lauryn Mandy presented "Liberation Psychology: Students’ Epistemic Liberation in a Psychology Course." The presentation was part of the program at the American Psychological Association Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race, Ann Abor, MI (Virtual Conference due to the COVID-19 Pandemic).

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Racial Trauma and Healing for Juvenile Deliquents

February 24-26, 2022

Danielle Reeves gave a poster presentation at the Annual Winter Roundtable at Columbia University Teachers College based on her thesis project. She spoke about “The Pathway for Racial Trauma and Healing for Juvenile Deliquents Model” (Virtual Conference due to the COVID-19 Pandemic).