Stacey Alicea, PhD, MPH (347)

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1 Stacey Alicea, PhD, MPH (347) EDUCATION Ph.D., Psychology and Social Intervention Concentration in Quantitative Analysis Department of Applied Psychology Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University, New York, NY Dissertation Topic: Social networks, social capital, and youth development among low income ethnic minority and immigrant origin community college students; Chairs: Elise Cappella, Ph.D. and Carola Suarez-Orozco, Ph.D M.P.H., Population and Family Health Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, New York, NY Master s Thesis: Avenues for support of women living with HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic; Advisor: Linda Cushman, Ph.D Dual B.A., Community Health and Sociology Brown University, Providence, RI GRADUATE HONORS AND AWARDS John W. Withers Memorial Award, NYU Steinhardt Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship ($21,000) 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Applied Psychology, NYU National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship ($25,000) 2013 Psychology and Social Intervention Professional Development Award, NYU 2013 Applied Psychology Summer Research Award, NYU 2012 Doctoral Student Travel Award, NYU Graduate Student Scholarship Award, NYU 2012 Applied Psychology Summer Research Award, NYU 2012 Summer Institute on Innovative Methods Scholarship, Penn State 2012 Doctoral Fellowship Proposal Summer Development Award, NYU 2012 Psychology and Social Intervention Department Training Award, NYU Graduate Fellowship, NYU Latino Fellowship in Population and Family Health, Columbia University 2003 Graduate Applied Project (GAP) Population Fellowship, Michigan University 2003 Travel Award, Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (ABIA) International Externship (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Columbia University RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE 1

2 3/2015 present Director, Ramapo Training, Ramapo for Children, New York, NY Provide direction aimed at growing and evaluating a professional development training and coaching division consisting of 100+ veteran teachers, principals, and youth development and education experts that provide more than 1,200 coaching and training sessions per year to over 250 schools and 100 community based agencies and more than 10,000 educators, parents, and youth-service workers. Ramapo supports adults who work with children across a variety of contexts: Exercise positive leadership and role model effectively; Build healthy relationships; Structure environments and establish routines that promote positive behaviors; Coach social and emotional skill development with the same precision as academics; and Actively intervene with practical techniques for de-escalating disturbing or aggressive behavior. 6/2013 3/2015 Principal Investigator, Youths Social Networks in Community Colleges: Influences on Social Capital Accrual, Academic Achievement, Employment Skills and Psychosocial Wellbeing, NYU, New York, NY Spencer and Ford Foundation funded study exploring the structure and composition of social networks in community colleges and linkages to social capital, academic, employment and well-being outcomes for ethnic minority and immigrant origin youth. 8/2013 4/2015 Research Scientist, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, NYU, New York, NY Provided consultation and training services in relation to: methodological and analytic plans for grant submissions, statistical software use, data analysis and manuscript development for peer review journal submissions, application of empirical findings to development of novel interventions and practices, and presentation of research to collaborators, consumers and colleagues in both academic and social service settings. 9/2011 8/2013 Data Analyst, Every Classroom Every Day (ECED), Edward L. Deci, Ph.D., & J. Lawrence Aber, Ph.D., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, & NYU, New York, NY Evaluation study of ECED, an efficacy trial of an instructional English and Math improvement intervention in 20 national public high schools. 9/2010 8/2013 Graduate Assistant, Carola Suarez-Orozco, Ph.D., Marcelo-Suarez-Orozco, Ph.D., & Robert Teranishi, Ph.D., Research on Immigrants in Community College (RICC) Study, NYU, New York, NY, & UCLA, Los Angeles, CA William T. Grant and Ford Foundation funded mixed methods (i.e., ethnography, interviews, structured classroom observations, and archival data) multi-level study on the role of settings on academic and relational engagement for immigrant origin and ethnic minority students in community colleges. 9/2009 5/2011 Graduate Assistant, Diane Hughes, Ph.D., & Niobe Way, Ed.D., Early Adolescent Cohort (EAC) Study, NYU, New York, NY NSF-funded study examining factors that shape the course of socio-emotional development, academic success, peer and parental relationships, and self-perceptions among early and late adolescents as they move through middle and high school. 12/2007 8/2011 Project Director, Claude Mellins, Ph.D., Mary McKay, Ph.D. Arvin Bhana, Ph.D., Inge Petersen, Ph.D., & Elaine Abrams, M.D., Adapting CHAMP+ for 2

3 South Africa: Supporting HIV+ Youth and Families, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, New York, NY NIMH-funded adaptation and pilot study of the Collaborative HIV/AIDS and Adolescent Mental Health Programs (CHAMP/CHAMP+) developmentally-timed interventions targeting prevention and management of HIV in pre-adolescents and their families in the Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa. 8/2005 9/2006 Project Consultant, Fred Ssewamala, Ph.D., SUUBI: Asset-ownership Development, Creating Life Options and Health Promotion among HIVorphaned Children in Uganda, Columbia University, New York, NY NIMH-funded study to refine and test the feasibility of an HIV focused intervention program designed to create and broaden asset ownership opportunities and life options, including reduction in sexual risk-taking intentions, among school-going AIDSorphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. 8/2004 9/2009 Project Director and Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Project Step-Up: School-based Mental Health Services, Mary McKay, Ph.D. Multi-level (youth, family, school, community) alternative mental health and youth development high school intervention funded by the Robinhood Foundation to address youth mental health, socio-emotional and academic outcomes. CHAMP+ Argentina: Supporting HIV-Infected Youth and Families in Argentina, Mary McKay Ph.D. NIMH-funded longitudinal RCT designed to test the feasibility and impact of CHAMP+ program in the Buenos Aires, Argentina. CHAMP+: Supporting HIV-infected youth and families, Mary McKay, Ph.D., Claude Mellins, Ph.D., & Elaine Abrams, M.D. NIMH-funded study to: (1) refine, adapt and pilot test the CHAMP program for perinatally HIV-infected pre- and early adolescents and their caregivers in three urban pediatric AIDS clinics; and (2) examine preliminary impacts on adolescent risk taking behaviors and family processes that promote adolescents physical and mental health. Using CHAMP to Prevent Youth HIV Risk in a South African Township (CHAMPSA), Carl Bell, M.D., Mary McKay, Ph.D., Arvin Bhana, Ph.D., & Inge Petersen, Ph.D. NIMH-funded longitudinal RCT designed to test the feasibility and impact of the CHAMP program in the Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa. Community Partnerships to Prevent Urban Youth Health Risks (CHAMPIONS), Mary McKay, Ph.D. NIMH-funded community-level RCT of a CDC approved HIV adolescent risk reduction intervention delivered by community recruited parent educators. 6/2003 5/2004 Principal Investigator M.P.H. Thesis Research, Avenues for Support of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic, Red Dominicana de Personas Viviendo Con VIH/SIDA(REDOVIH+) & Universidad Autónoma 3

4 de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, & Columbia University, New York, NY Michigan Population Fellows Program funded study to: (1) evaluate the feasibility of adding a family planning component to HIV+ women s support groups, and (2) explore family planning hospital-patient relations as structures that inhibit HIV+ women s control over family planning decisions. 9/2002 5/2003 Research Assistant and Health Educator, Sally Findley, Ph.D., Controlling Asthma in American Cities: Northern Manhattan Asthma Basics for Children (ABC) Initiative, Columbia University, New York, NY CDC-funded community-based intervention program comprised of community health providers, community and child care organizations, and schools to develop effective and integrated ways to empower parents to manage their children s asthma. PUBLICATIONS Manuscripts in preparation and under peer review: Alicea, S. (in preparation). Community colleges and social capital accrual: A social network perspective. Alicea, S. (in preparation). Social networks in community colleges: Embedded resources and supports. Alicea, S. (in preparation). Testing a conceptual model linking social networks, social capital, and community college student s academic achievement, employment skills and psychosocial wellbeing. Alicea, S., Suarez-Orozco, C., Singh, S., Darbes, T. (revise/resubmit). Observing classroom engagement in community college: A systematic approach. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Flynn, R.M., Lissy, R., Alicea, S., Tazartes, L., & McKay, M.M. (under review). Professional Development for Teachers plus Coaching Related to School-wide Suspensions for a Large Urban School System. Children and Youth Services Review. Journal articles (peer reviewed): Early, D.M., Berg, J.K., Alicea, S., Si, Y., Aber, J.L., Ryan, R.M, & Deci, E.L. (in press). The impact of Every Classroom, Every Day on student achievement: Results from a school-randomized efficacy trial. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 4

5 Mellins, C.A., Nestadt, D., Bhana, A., Petersen, I., Abrams, E.J., Alicea, S., & McKay, M. (in press). Adapting evidence-based interventions to meet the needs of adolescents growing up with HIV in South Africa: The VUKA case example. Global Social Welfare Journal. McKay, M.M., Alicea, S., Elwyn, L., McClain, Z.R.B., Parker, G., Small, L.A., Mellins, C.A. (2014). The development and implementation of theory-driven programs capable of addressing poverty-impacted children's health, mental health, and prevention needs: CHAMP and CHAMP+, evidence-informed, family-based interventions to address HIV risk and care. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43(3), Bhana, A., Mellins, C.A., Petersen, I., Alicea, S., Myeza, N., Holst, H., Abrams, E., John, S., Chhagan, M. Nestadt, D.F., Leu, C. & McKay, M. (2014). The VUKA Family Program: Piloting a family-based psychosocial intervention to promote health and mental health among HIV infected early adolescents in South Africa. AIDS Care, 26(1), Nestadt, D. F., Alicea, S., Petersen, I., John, S., Myeza, N. P., Nicholas, S. W.,... & Mellins, C. A. (2013). HIV+ and HIV youth living in group homes in South Africa need more psychosocial support. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 8(3), Chowdhury, J., Alicea, S., Jackson, J. M., Elwyn, L., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., Miranda, A.,... & McKay, M. M. (2013). Collaboration with urban parents to deliver a community-based youth HIV prevention program. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 94(3), Gopalan, G., Alicea, S., Conover, K., Fuss, A., & McKay, M. (2013). Project Step-Up: Feasibility of a comprehensive school based prevention program. Journal of Early Adolescence, 33(1), Alicea, S., Pardo, G., Conover, K., Gopalan, G., & McKay. M. (2012). Step-Up: Promoting youth mental health and development in inner-city high schools. Clinical Social Work Journal, 40(2), Holloway, I., Traube, D.E., Schrager, S.M., Levine, B., Alicea, S., Watson, J., Miranda, A., & McKay, M. (2012). The effects of sexual expectancies on early sexualized behavior among urban minority youth. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 3(1), McGill, R.K., Hughes, D., Alicea, S., & Way, N. (2011). Academic adjustment across middle school: The role of public regard and parenting. Developmental Psychology, 48(4), Messam, T., McKay, M., Kalogerogiannis, K., & Alicea, S. (2010). Adapting a family-based HIV prevention program for homeless youth and their families: The HOPE (HIV outreach for parents and early adolescents) Family Program. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 20(2), Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Myeza, N., Alicea, S., John, S., Holst, H., McKay, M., & Mellins, C. (2010). Psychosocial challenges and protective influences for socio-emotional coping of HIV+ adolescents in South Africa. A qualitative investigation. AIDS Care, 22(8),

6 Ssewamala, F.M., Ismayilova, L., McKay, M., Sperber, E., Bannon, W., & Alicea, S. (2009). Gender and the effects of an economic empowerment program on sexual risk-taking among adolescent youth in Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46(6), Ssewamala, F.M., Alicea, S., Bannon, W., & Ismayilova, L. (2008). A novel economic intervention to reduce HIV risks among AIDS orphans in rural Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42(1), UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND MANUALS Technical Reports: Deci, E.L., Early, D., Aber, J.L., Ryan, R.M., Berg, J., Alicea, S., & Si, Y. (2013). Validation of the EAR Classroom Visit Protocol & Every Classroom, Every Day evaluation. New York: US Department of Education. Alicea, S. & Suarez-Orozco, C. (2013). The Community College Classroom Observation (CCCO) form: Preliminary validation of a novel classroom-level measurement tool. New York: NYU/UCLA. Measures and Training Manuals: Suarez-Orozco, S., Darbes, T., Alicea, S., Singh, S., & Martin, M. (2011). The Community College Classroom Observation (CCCO) Protocol. New York: IGEMS NYU. Intervention Manuals: Alicea, S., Jerman, J., K., Conover, K., & McKay, M. (2008). Step-Up Life Skills Curriculum. New York: Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Alicea, S., Mellins, C., & McKay, M. (2005). CHAMP+ Intervention for HIV+ youth and their adult caregivers. New York: Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Alicea, S., Nabunya, P., & Ssewamala, F. (2006). SUUBI Youth Curriculum. New York: Columbia University School of Social Work. Ssewamala, F., & Alicea, S. (2005). SUUBI: Pastor s Guide. New York: Columbia University School of Social Work. Alicea, S., Bronx Collaborative Board-CHAMPIONS Mentors & McKay, M. (2004). CHAMPIONS Community Collaboration Training Manual. New York: Mount Sinai School of Medicine. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (selected) Berg, J., Aber, J.L., Early, D., Alicea, S., Deci, E. (2015, March). Testing classroom instructional quality as a causal mediator of an instructional improvement intervention on math achievement. In S. Jones (Chair), How do school-based interventions improve children s academic development? Estimating mediation effects with causal methods. Symposium paper presented at the 2015 Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Alicea, S. (2014, September). The relational composition of social network ties among low-resourced 6

7 community college students: Associations with social capital, academic achievement, employment skills and psychosocial wellbeing. Poster presented at the 2014 Ford Fellows Conference, Santa Ana, CA. Alicea, S. (2014, April). The relational composition of social network ties among low-resourced community college students: Associations with social capital, academic achievement, employment skills and psychosocial wellbeing. Poster presented at the 2014 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Alicea, S. (2014, March). Social capital, academic achievement, employment skills and psychosocial wellbeing among low-resourced community college students. In S. Alicea (Chair), Diversity of capital, diversity of contexts: The role of capital in the promotion of family and youth health and wellbeing. Symposium paper presented at the 2014 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial, Austin, TX. Alicea, S. (2014, March). The relational composition of social network ties among low-resourced community college students: Associations with social capital, academic achievement, employment skills and psychosocial wellbeing. Paper presented at the 2014 National Academy of Education Fellows Retreat, Washington, DC. Alicea, S., Deci, E.L., Berg, J. (2014, March). Two-year impacts of the Every Classroom, Every Day instructional improvement intervention on teachers' attitudes and practices and classroom engagement, alignment, and rigor. In L.J. Aber (Chair), Efficacy of Every Classroom, Every Day: Results from a two year randomized trial of a high-school instructional improvement program. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Spring 2014 Conference, Washington, DC. Alicea, S. (2013, October). Understanding social networks in community college settings among lowincome ethnic minority and immigrant origin youth. Poster presented at the 2013 National Academy of Education Annual Meeting & Fellows Retreat, Washington, DC. Alicea, S., Mckay, M., Bhana, A., Petersen, I., Pardo, G., & Mellins, C.A. (2013, April). Adapting a theory-driven family-based intervention for perinatally infected HIV+ (phiv+) adolescents and families in South Africa. In L.J. Aber (Chair), Multilevel risks and their influence on child and teacher development: Unique challenges in two developing countries. Poster Symposium presented at the Society for Research on Child Development 2011 Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA. Alicea, S., Singh, S., & Darbes, T. (2012, October). Classroom-level engagement differences across community colleges. In C. Suarez-Orozco (Chair), Immigrant origin emerging adulthood in community college: Contextualized perspectives. Paper Symposium presented at the Society for Research on Child Development 2012 Themed Meeting: Transitions from Adolescence to Adulthood 2012, Tampa, Florida. 7

8 Alicea, S. (2011, April). The role of perceived educational utility in predicting school engagement during transition from middle school to high school. In S. Alicea & R.K. McGill (Chairs), Race-related factors contributing to academic declines for ethnic minority and immigrant early adolescents. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development 2011 Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Myeza, N. & Alicea, S. (2010, November). CHAMP+ South Africa workshop: Engaging HIV-infected youth and their families in community based participatory research intervention. Workshop presented at ICAP s Third Annual PMTCT Pediatric Conference, Mombasa, Kenya. Alicea, S., Mellins, C., Elwyn, L., Pardo, G., Kang, E., & McKay, M. (2009, July). CHAMP+: A family-based intervention to support the health and mental health of perinatally infected youth. Poster presented at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Cape Town, South Africa. Alicea, S., Elwyn, L. & McKay, M. (2009, May). Mobilizing parents as community resources for HIV prevention intervention delivery. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research. Washington, D.C. Alicea, S. (2009, March). Step-Up: A youth-centered, family-linked, community and school-based alternative mental health intervention program for at-risk inner city youth. In W.M. Bannon (Chair), Implementing mental health care interventions with vulnerable youth in their natural surroundings. Paper presented at the annual Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health Conference. Tampa, FL. Alicea, S., Pardo, G., Humphrey, N., McKay, M., & Mellins, C.A. (2008, October). Developing psychosocial family-based interventions for perinatally HIV-infected youths and their caregivers. Skills building workshop presented at the NIMH Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, Providence, RI. Alicea, S., Brackis-Cott, E., Mellins, C.A., & Dolezal, C. (2008, August). Raising HIV-infected and affected youth: The impact on the mental health of caregivers. Poster session presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. Alicea, S., Brackis-Cott, E., Mellins, C.A., McKay, M.M., Abrams, E., Marhefka, S., & Kang, E. (2008, August). Adapting an evidence-based HIV intervention to support HIV+ youth and their families. Poster exhibition presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. Alicea, S., Ssewamala, S., & Nabunnya, P. (2008, January). Exploring mentorship as a supplemental component to interventions targeting orphans and vulnerable children. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research's 12th Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Alicea, S., Brackis-Cott, E., Marhefka, S., Kang, E., Mellins, C.A., & McKay, M. (2008, January). Process evaluation of the adaptation of an evidence-based HIV intervention for a vulnerable population: HIV+ youth and their families. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research's 12th Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Alicea, S., Elwyn, L., Watson, J., & Mckay, M. (2007, November). Impact of a community collaborative 8

9 HIV prevention program on urban parents training to become HIV community educators. Poster presented at the 135 th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC. Sorensen, R., Alicea, S., Balls, N., McKay, M., & Mellins, C. (2007, July). CHAMP+: Consulting with Spanish speaking adult caregiver and adolescents on family-based intervention programs for perinatally HIV-infected adolescents. Poster presented at the NIMH Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, San Francisco, CA. McKay, M., Alicea, S., Messam, T., Beharie, N., & NYC Collaborative Board. (2006, August). Helping researchers to better dialogue with participants around research processes. Poster session presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada. Alicea, S., Bannon, W. M., & McKay, M. (2006, March). Creating and testing mechanisms for meaningful collaboration between members of urban communities and HIV prevention researchers. Paper presented at the First Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York. Ali, S., Alicea, S., Watson, J., & McKay, M. (2006, March). Community partnerships to prevent urban HIV risks (CHAMPIONS). Poster presented at the First Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York. Alicea, S., & McKay, M. (2005, April). CHAMPions: Organizing communities for HIV prevention. Paper presented at the AIDS Impact Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. Alicea, S. (2004, January). Family planning in the Dominican Republic: Avenues for the support of women living with HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS, ABIA International HIV/AIDS field-based conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. INVITED PRESENTATIONS (selected) Alicea, S. (2013, June). Global mental health panel. Panel discussant at NYU Silver School of Social Work Conference on Global Health and Well-Being: The Social Work Response, New York, NY. Cappella, E., Alicea, S., Kim, H. Y., & McCormick, M. (2013, April; Alphabetical beyond 1 st author). Social network perspectives in psychology and social intervention. NYU Steinhardt Psychology and Social Intervention Colloquium Series, New York, NY. Alicea, S. (2010, August). Adapting CHAMP to strengthen families and communities. Workshop presented at HIV/AIDS Community Day at the APA 118 th Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Alicea, S. (2009, April). The Step-Up Program. Paper presented at the Child and Adolescent Research for Mental Health Action consortium meeting, New York, NY. 9

10 Kang, E., Alicea, S., Mellins, C.A., & McKay, M. (2007, June). HIV prevention and mental health risk factors in HIV perinatally infected adolescents: Research-based implications for intervention. Oral presentation at South African-United States Workshop on Behavioral HIV/STI Prevention and Mental Health Research: Emerging Research Priorities, Durban, South Africa. INVITED LECTURES AND TRAININGS (selected) Alicea, S. (2014, July). Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling. Statistical training workshop for the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, NYU, New York, NY. Alicea, S. & Pardo, G. (2012, September). Meeting the needs of perinatally HIV-infected youth and their adult caregivers: CHAMP+ US, South Africa and Argentina. Graduate course in Social and Behavioral Intervention Research: Design and Development, NYU, New York, NY. Alicea, S. (2010, June). State of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Undergraduate course in Sex, Health, and Decision Making, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL. Alicea, S. (2009; 2010, March) Conducting focus groups in resource poor settings. Global Health Center MPH program lecture series, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Alicea, S., Pardo, G., & Mellins, C.A. (2008, October). Family-based prevention for youth: The CHAMP+ model. MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative Fellows Workshop, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. TEACHING AND MENTORING Courses: Instructor: Research Methods I (Spring 2014; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology Department, NYU Instructor: Research Methods II (Fall 2013; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology Department, NYU Teaching Assistant: Research Methods II (Spring, 2013; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology Department, NYU Instructor: Micro Practice Global Mental Health and Health Practice (Winter 2013; graduate level), Silver School of Social Work, NYU Instructor: Adolescent Development: Theory and Research (Fall 2012; graduate level), Applied Psychology Department, NYU Teaching Assistant: Research Methods I (Fall 2012; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology Department, NYU Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Psychology (Spring 2010; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology Department, NYU Teaching Assistant: Survey of Developmental Psychology (Fall 2009; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology Department, NYU Mentoring: 10

11 Master s Research and Thesis Mentor, Applied Psychology Department, NYU: Meghan Manfro, & Francesca M. Bradley M.PH. Practicum Research and Intervention Supervisor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University: Rebecca Sorensen, Jenna Jerman, & Danielle Friedman Research and Intervention Internship Supervisor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Kassia Ringell, Samira Ali, Kelly Conover (M.S.W.), & Zachary McClain (community medicine) QUANTITATIVE TRAINING AND SKILLS Quantitative courses: Intermediate Quantitative Analysis; Regression; Advanced Seminar: Analysis of Change; Multi- Level Modeling: Growth Curves; Multi-Level Modeling: Nested Data; Multi-level Modeling: Clustered Models (audit); Topics in Advanced Quantitative Methods: Causal Analysis; Topics in Advanced Quantitative Methods: Missing Data (audit) Quantitative training workshops: SAS/R Training Workshop (2010); Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups: Moderation, Mediation, & Meta-Analysis (2011); Social Network Analysis Workshop (2012) Measurement Certifications: Certified Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Observer, Pre-K, March 2015 Programs: SPSS, Stata, SAS, Mplus, HLM, UCINET/ENET, NVivo, Atlas.ti, Qualtrics, Microsoft Office LANGUAGES: Spanish (fluent) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2014 present Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) 2013 present American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2013 present American Psychological Association (APA) Society for Prevention Research (SPR) International AIDS Society (IAS) American Public Health Association (APHA) 11

12 SERVICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Social Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention (PSI) Program, NYU Faculty-Student Liaison, PSI Program, NYU Recruitment Committee, PSI Program, NYU Undergraduate Honor s Thesis Reviewer, Applied Psychology Department, NYU 2009 Journal Reviewer, Development in Practice 2008 present Alumni Undergraduate Admissions Interviewer, Brown University 2007 present Class Representative, De La Salle Academy Alumni Association 2006 present Member, Brown University Latino Alumni Council Team Leader, AIDS Walk New York Team raised $13, President, Black and Latino Student Caucus (BLSC), Columbia University Fundraising Chair, BLSC, Columbia University Coordinator & Facilitator, BLSC Adopt-A-School Program, Columbia University 12