Student Presentations

Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference

Spring, 2023

  • First two images – Team group photos
  • Third image – Haniah and Shirley presented their project titled: “Parental Education, Parenting, and Latinx Adolescents’ Educational Attitudes and Expectations”
  • Fourth image – Ashlee and Kaitlyn presented their project titled “Intersections Among Latinx Adolescents’ Skin Color Perception, Grit, Growth Mindset, and Educational Outcomes”

Spring, 2022

  • Left image – Team group photo
  • Right image – Kathrine and Diamond presented their project titled: “Effects of Colorism and Racial/Ethnic Discrimination on the Educational Expectations of Latinx Youth”

Texas State Health Scholar Showcase, 2022

  • Dr. Shen and Ari presented their project titled: “Latinx Adolescents’ Psychological Health Before and Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Family Assistance as a Resilience Factor”

Texas State Undergraduate Research Conference

Spring, 2021

  • Ari’s project presented virtually [due to the COVID-19 pandemic] titled: “Demographic Characteristics, Cultural Orientations, Academic Self-Concept and Expected Educational Attainment in Latinx High-School Adolescents”
  • Gabriela’s project presented virtually [due to the COVID-19 pandemic] titled: “Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Educational Outcomes among Latino/a Adolescents: Examining Protective Factors”

Non – Texas State Research Conferences

Society for Research in Child Development [SRCD] Special Topic Meeting [Construction of the ‘Other’: Development, Consequences, and Applied Implications of Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination], Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, United States – 2022

  • Ari presented their project titled: “Bilingual Education and Linguistic Minority Students’ Increased Adulthood Socioeconomic Status”

Society for Research in Child Development [SRCD] Biennial Meeting, Austin, Texas, United States – 2017

  • Dr. Shen and Clare presented their project titled: “Stress of Language Brokering and Mental Health in Low-Income Mexican American Early Adolescents: The Role of Cumulative Risk”