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Community Psychology Graduate Students

​​​​​​Community Student Bios​

Taylor Swenski
BS in Psychology, Ohio State University
Research Interests: Health equity interventions for Black and Latinx adolescents, community-based participatory research methodologies, environmental justice, food sovereignty, youth development and critical consciousness building.
Faculty Advisor: Jocelyn Carter, PhD

Hannah Samuels
BA in Gender Studies, Psychology, Indiana University
Research Interests: Gender-based violence, community-based responses to sexual violence, experiences of LGBTQ+ survivors
Faculty Advisor: Megan R. Greeson, PhD​

Quang Anh (Aaron) Nguyen
BA in Psychology, Luther College
Research Interests: community based participatory research, substance use, nicotine consumption and cessation, empowerment of marginalized communities
Faculty Advisor: Ansuk Jeong, PhD

Christina Carr
BA in Psychology, Elon University
Research Interests: STE​​M opportunities for youth of color; health and food systems; community-led interventions for food sovereignty; community violence interventions; system justification influences on social movements and policy support; participatory program evaluation  methodology; film and photography as data collection methods
Faculty Advisor: Christine Reyna, PhD

Miguel Angel Vazquez III
BA in Psychology, minor in Sociology, DePaul University
Research Interests: STEM education; community-based participator research methodologies; program evaluation
Faculty Advisor: Christine Reyna, PhD

Zachary Henry Ellis
BA in Psychology with a minor in General Business, University of Alabama
MA in Community Psychology, DePaul University
Research Interests: Improving access to rural healthcare, improving mobile healthcare clinic practices, impacts of decluttering during the pandemic, student development program for college student athletes, alternative mental health crisis support programming
Faculty Advisors: Dn. Joseph R. Ferrari, PhD