Team
Lindsay Emery
Lindsay Emery is the lead on the STUDENT VOICE PROJECT and is a PhD student in the Clinical/Community Psychology track of the Human Services Psychology Doctoral Program at UMBC. She is originally from Philadelphia, PA, received a B.A. in Psychology from Dickinson College in 2009 and went on to receive an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Maryland in 2011. Lindsay has lived in Baltimore since 2009 and has grown increasingly interested in community-police relations in the city during this time. Lindsay is specifically interested in pursuing community-based research relating to issues of racial identity, social justice, risk and resilience, sense of community, and exploring these concepts among minority and marginalized populations. As a clinical psychologist in training, she is interested in prevention and treatment of the psychological effects of trauma in children, adolescents, and their families. If you have questions or comments for Lindsay, you can reach her at [email protected]. |
Ken Maton
Dr. Maton is a Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Public Policy at UMBC. His primary areas of research are minority student achievement, empowering community settings, the community psychology of religion, and the involvement of psychologists in the policy arena. He is a past-president of the Society for Community Research and Action (Community Psychology division of the American Psychological Association), and recipient of its Distinguished Theory and Research award. His most recent book, Influencing social policy: Applied psychology serving the public interest, provides detailed accounts of the pathways through which psychologists have become engaged in and successfully influenced social policy. |
Tiffany Beason
Tiffany Beason is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical/Community Psychology track of the Human Services Psychology Program at UMBC. Tiffany was born and raised in Baltimore, MD, and she received a B.A. in Neuroscience and Psychology from Oberlin College in 2009. Tiffany’s research focuses on the role of identity, family environment, and sense of community on minority student achievement and psychological wellbeing. Tiffany practices as a clinical psychologist-in-training, providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychological assessment services to youth and families. Tiffany values social justice and empowerment, and she operates from a strengths-based approach to research and clinical care. |
Taylor Darden
Taylor Darden is a Clinical and Community Psychology doctoral student at UMBC. Her research aims to explore the different pathways by which social determinants (e.g., racial discrimination, gender, and socioeconomic status) can influence one’s risk for negative health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease. She became interested in the current project because she is interested in the ways that research can inform policy decisions. |
Patricia Esparza
Patricia Esparza is currently a doctoral student in the Community Psychology Track of the Human Services Psychology doctoral program at UMBC. She is originally from Chicago, IL. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL. Her research interests include program evaluation and understanding the predictors of collegiate academic success in underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Currently, she works as a research associate in Chicago, IL. |
Surbhi Godsay
Surbhi Godsay is a community psychology doctoral student in the Human Services Psychology Department at UMBC. Her interests are around how to promote positive development among youth and families in stressful and/or oppressive contexts (i.e. juvenile justice systems, under-resourced communities), with a focus on the ways in which young people engage in social action to resist or work to change these contexts. She is also interested in program evaluation, research translation, and the ethics of conducting community-based and participatory research. Prior to UMBC she worked for the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University, where she conducted research and evaluation related to civic education and youth civic engagement. |
Veronica Hamilton
Veronica Hamilton is a doctoral student in social psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is originally from San Diego, CA, and received B.A.'s in Psychology and Feminist Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She also received a Master of Arts in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Veronica is interested in research focused on the development of social identity and social attitudes in the context of state violence and systemic oppression. Learn more about Veronica here: http://veronicahamilton.weebly.com/ |
Loren Henderson
Dr. Henderson is an Assistant Professor at UMBC. She has research interests in health disparities; diversity; social stratification and inequality; and the critical study of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Her recent work has focused on intersectional (i.e., race by gender) disparities in health. In particular, she incorporates sociodemographic, behavioral, sexual network, racial segregation, incarceration, and community-level factors to understand how they are related to race by gender differences in health and wealth. |
Jennifer Hosler
Jennifer Hosler is a doctoral student in Community Psychology, within the Human Services Psychology program at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her research and practice interests focus on interfaith cooperation, reducing religious prejudice, religious settings, and on urban social justice issues (organizing on housing inequity in DC and the Student Voice Project in Baltimore). Raised in several parts of Canada, Jenn came to the US to study for her undergraduate degree in Christian biblical and theological studies (BA, 2007). She also studied Community Psychology and Social Change (MA, Penn State, 2009), focusing on peacemaking and conflict resolution, prior to doing interreligious peacebuilding work in northeastern Nigeria (2009-2011). Upon completion of her PhD, Jenn aims to work alongside communities doing community-based participatory research and program evaluation. |
Tasha Link
Tasha Link is a clinical-community psychology doctoral student at UMBC. Prior to UMBC, Tasha worked as an Intervention Math Teacher in Denver and as a research assistant in a developmental psychology lab at the University of Denver. Tasha is interested the evaluation and dissemination of school-based and community-based interventions for adolescents. |