Asst Professor of Psychology @ CSUDH | prenatal/early life stress, resilience, & developmental psychopathology | advance equitable systems of training | she/her
In our new study published in #JCCAP, pregnant adolescents with strong sense of trust/closeness with a parent during pregnancy experienced more emotions like joy, confidence, & calm. These positive prenatal emotions uniquely predicted better birth outcomes https://t.co/X1pESOUaZg
Working on infusing your psychology syllabus with anti-racism (e.g., psych 101, history of psych, clinical psych, forensic psych, research methods)? Looking to update your reading list? We can help! 🧵
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We are hiring full-time research staff who can start this summer. The deadline for the application is June 17th. If you are interested in applying, please find the application details in the link below. https://t.co/rDR467uCBd
We have a full-time research assistant position open working with @ElysiaPDavis and me! Please share and apply! Contact me at Jena.Doom at https://t.co/38QhSvfQIw with any questions about the position. https://t.co/WsPPO9fW95
Our scoping review on maternal stress and cortisol during pregnancy is now available open access in PNEC. We used a life course approach to review studies reporting on associations of stress before and during pregnancy with maternal cortisol in pregnancy https://t.co/kaC8113iof
A write-up of our new study, led by @@gwc225, testing meaning-making processes in childbirth narratives.
Birth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust https://t.co/QZa7ZUIeOh via @ConversationUS
🚨 New pub! We examined experiences of cultural taxation and racism in clinical psych programs! If we want to diversify the field, we need to better attend to toxic racial climates that push people of color out! 🚨 @equity_scholars@JCCAP_Editor
https://t.co/0104khz8gn
The initial result from @denver_care published in JAMA Psychiatry! We saw a huge reduction in depression following our brief prenatal intervention funded by NIMH @NIMHgov. Follow the link to read more.
Follow along for a graphical breakdown of our latest paper “Psychology’s Contributions to Anti-Blackness in the United States within Psychological Research, Criminal Justice, and Mental Health”, published in Perspectives on Psychological Science: https://t.co/IxjVC6ZHqX
SEED is teaming up with @SSNScholars to host a "Getting Inspired, Setting Goals Policy Workshop" on Feb 27 at 1:00PM EST.
It is open to everyone!
Register here: https://t.co/1EBbqT1Bpw
And please share with your networks!
New paper alert! We show the intergenerational impacts of mothers' exposure to adversity during her childhood AND pregnancy on children's early mental health - once again highlighting the critical role of trauma #prevention and #intervention across generations.
The process of confronting, celebrating, and centring researcher bias is necessary for all methodologies, including quantitative research. New paper with @themichjam and @GiselaGovaart, where we provide a rationale, worked examples, and reflexive prompts
https://t.co/rFhomsj2aL
Want great research experience? And $4000?
And $1000 for the research mentor you select?
Learn all about @APA's SUPER program for underrepresented scholars. We pay for you to go to a campus and get psych science experience! Q&A on how to apply here 👇
https://t.co/Fg7H9Ppgqz
Do you work with undergrads (or are you one) looking to pursue a clinical psych PhD?! This path is complex & NOT at all easy to navigate. That’s why my lab and @sci_simplified@rutgers_psych created a practical guide to make this information accessible! https://t.co/dFeCS7M6ou
Congrats in getting grad school applications in!
Next step: Preparing for potential interviews, pre-interviews, other forms of contact.
This video from @mitchprinstein is absolutely stellar & on point: https://t.co/HaluHDrKbS
The bit about cheat sheet I highly recommend
My colleague Steven Roberts was recently invited to comment on a "debate" about diversity at a @PsychScience journal.
His experience was troubling and surreal, and lays bare the very biases he studies. He describes it in this important pre-print.
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https://t.co/eDv31jMO7g