Letter from the Editor
Staff Articles
- The Combined Influence of Parenting and Early Puberty on the Development of Disruptive Behavior Problems in African American Girls
- Ethnic Differences in the Experiences of Sexual Assault Victims
- Marital Conflict and the Developing Adolescent
- The Impact of Family and Demographic Factors on Intergenerational Transmission of Violence
- The Role of Framing on Male and Female Undergraduate Students’ Feminist Digital Activism
- Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Well Being of Prison Inmates
- Investigating the Role of Moral Processes in Enabling Aggression and in Political Discourse
- Self-Efficacy in Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
- The Role of Benevolent Sexism in Gender Inequality
Ahmed Alif – Contributing Writer
ana337@nyu.edu
Ahmed Alif is a senior in the Applied Psychology program, with a minor in American Sign Language. He also has a concentration in Biology through the 4-year Barnard Intercollegiate program.
He has designed several studies, as an undergraduate student serving as the Principal Investigator for 3 projects. His research focuses on the undocumented immigrants’ psychological distress and academic performance, and how familial and immigration policies influence undocumented parents’ participation in the U.S economy. His research is funded by the Steinhardt Creative Projects grant, and DURF.
His research has won 1st prize for poster presentation at the 14th Annual Georgia Research Conference, best oral presentation at Steinhardt Research & Scholarship Showcase, best poster at NYU CAS undergraduate conference. He is expected to present at the 15th Annual Stanford Undergraduate Conference. His advocacy has led ETS to put forth a clear outline of acceptable documents that undocumented, refugee/asylee students can provide to take exams such as the GRE and MCAT.
This fall, he will be starting his graduate studies in Advanced Clinical Social Work- Health, Mental Health and Disabilities, with a minor in Law at Columbia University. Eventually, he intends to pursue his doctoral studies in Psychology and Social Intervention.
Shelby Bambino – Contributing Writer
shelby.bambino@nyu.edu
Shelby Bambino is a senior in the Applied Psychology program and will be graduating this May, 2015. While at NYU Shelby has been involved with research on Dr. Cappella’s team looking at social interventions in low income schools, after-school settings, and communities. Additionally, Shelby is highly involved within the Applied Psychology Department as she co-facilitated a New Student Seminar Course, served as a Summer Orientation Leader, and is currently working on a Psych Café Presentation. Beyond the field of Applied Psychology, Shelby is also involved in Residential Life at NYU as she has served as a Resident Assistant for 2 years and is a member of the National Residential Hall Honorary. Post graduation Shelby will be attending the University of San Diego where she will be getting her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is excited about the upcoming adventure and looks forward to becoming a trained clinician. In her free time Shelby enjoys outdoor adventures particularly hiking, and water sports, as well as cooking and baking.
Mary Murphy Corcoran – Contributing Writer
m.murphycorcoran@nyu.edu
Mary Murphy Corcoran is a senior in the Applied Psychology program. She is currently a member on Dr. Grossman’s research team, which focuses on the risk and protective factors of suicidality regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals aged 15-21. Additionally, some of her other psychology-related interests are in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. After graduation, she intends to pursue a Phd in clinical psychology, with the goal of having her own private practice one day.
Anthea Chan – Contributing Writer
anthea.chan@nyu.edu
Anthea Chan, also known as Andy, is a junior in the Applied Psychology program with a minor in Sociology. She is currently interning at the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence where she is helping to plan a Cyber Safety and Technology forum. She will be conducting a study in the fall on the effectiveness of the forum in training case managers in safety planning and risk assessment in regards to cyber abuse. She is also on Dr. Alisha Ali’s Advocacy and Social Action Research Group, where she is learning about a safety measure for victims of domestic violence and other social issues. With Dr. Selcuk Sirin’s research team, she is assisting with the Meta-Analysis of the Immigrant Paradox (MAP) project and will soon start data analysis for a study on mental health in Turkey.
Edward Chan – Contributing Writer
ec1901@nyu.edu
Edward Chan is a senior in the Applied Psychology program. He is currently working at multiple non-profit organizations including The Door, The Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence, and Upward Bound. He is also a research assistant for Dr. Joshua Aronson. His primary academic and professional goal is to one day start his own non-profit organization that caters to a variety of services ranging from counseling to housing. After graduating from NYU, he plans to go to graduate school to pursue a doctoral degree in counseling psychology.
Emil Hafeez – Contributing Writer
enh231@nyu.edu
Emil is an internal transfer from CAS since Fall 2013, and originally from Bethesda, Maryland. At NYU, CUNY, NYULMC’s CSC, and NYU’s Peace and Conflict Lab respectively, he’s enjoyed time on projects involving health interventions for diabetes, social cognition in persons with ADHD, social learning in persons with Autism, and political conflict narratives across international boundaries. His interests tend to lie within and scaffold from political conflict narratives, social justice issues, qualitative analyses, and writing and reading contemporary poetry. His spare time generally consists of seconds, minutes, and hours.
Bryan Nelson – Contributing Writer
bsn227@nyu.edu
Bryan Nelson is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, studying psychology and mathematics. He has worked with data from the Framingham Heart Study at Boston University and currently works as a clinical research intern in the Eating and Weight Disorders Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he is working on several projects about appearance and performance- enhancing drug (APED) users. At NYU, Bryan is conducting several studies with Ahmed Alif, Professor Sumie Okazaki, and Professor Hirokazu Yoshikawa, examining stress levels in the undocumented immigrant population. He recently won the behavioral science division at the 2014 Sigma Xi International Research Conference and has had his work supported by the NYU Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund.
Jacqueline Yi – Contributing Writer
jacqueline.yi@nyu.edu
Jacqueline Yi is a junior in the Applied Psychology program. She currently works as an advocate for juvenile justice involved girls in Dr. Javdani’s R.O.S.E.S intervention. She is also a research assistant on Dr. Javdani’s Community Oppression Research and Engagement (C.O.R.E) team and Dr. Suzuki’s Holocaust survivor research lab. This past year, she has interned for the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute, specifically working with children with selective mutism and conducting research on treatment effectiveness. Jacqueline’s research interests include stereotyping, youth’s psychological well-being, and effective strategies for working with oppressed populations.