Spring 2021 Celebration of Students
Linda E. Guzman and Terrill O. Taylor, Campus Representative Student Leaders
As 2020 came to an end and 2021 commenced, many students experienced hardships and triumphs amid a global pandemic. A substantial group of scholars invested periods away from friends and family to pursue an educational goal in the depth of an unknown future that seemed to resemble normalcy. Many of these students pushed through, sometimes without others’ support, and contributed to their goal of advancing ethnic and minority accomplishments in the field of professional psychological sciences. The APA Division 45 student committee celebrates students both in and outside of APA Division 45 who have made a difference at their institutions and in their communities. We lift these students’ profiles to recognize their academic, leadership, and service accomplishments.
In this list, you will find students who won competitive national grants and fellowships, university awards, and students who have completed major academic milestones. There are undoubtedly many names not seen on this list that are also worth recognizing. If you know of a student you would like to acknowledge, please make a post highlighting the students’ accomplishment, and tag the Division 45 Student Committee at @apadiv45 and use the hashtag #empowered45.
| Name | Institution | Program | What is your Good News? |
| Terrill O. Taylor | University of North Dakota | Counseling Psychology | Recipient of a $5,000 Cultivating Healing, Advocacy, Nonviolence, Growth, and Equity (CHANGE) Grant from Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) for his dissertation research, “An Experimental Vignette Study on Race, Harm Severity, College Discipline, and Restorative Justice“ |
| Linda E. Guzman | The University of Arkansas | Clinical Psychology | Recipient of the APA Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; The Chancellor’s Commission on Women Extraordinary UofA Women in Service Award |
| Caitlin Mercier | Louisiana Tech University | Counseling Psychology | APPIC Match: Texas Tech University. Submission of invited manuscript to TCP |
| Melissa J. Wheeler | Northern Arizona University | Combined Counseling/ School Psychology | Recipient of the APA Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program |
| Lisa N. Cruz | Yeshiva University | Clinical Psychology | Recipient of the APA Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program |
| Juan R. Pantoja-Patiño | Loyola University Chicago | Counseling Psychology | Proposed dissertation titled: Development and Validation of the Internalized Heterosexist Racism Measure for Sexual Minorities of Color |
| Ashley E. Turner | Antioch University Seattle | Clinical Psychology | Created a support group for BIPOC doctoral students across the three Antioch schools; Preparing to submit a manuscript on decolonizing higher education with syllabus and pedagogy reform |
| Christin Mujica | University of Arkansas | Clinical Psychology | Recipient of Division 56 Trauma Psychology CHANGE grant for a study focused on racial justice activists in academic settings. |
| shola shodiya-zeumault | Georgia State University | Counseling Psychology | Recipient of the APA Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Published manuscript, “Responses to the Unite the Right Rally: Perceptions, Stress, and the Moderating Role of Interpersonal Proximity” |
Focus Spring/Late Summer 2021
- Spring 2021 Celebration of Students
- From the Editor’s Desk
- Graduate Student Representative’s Column
- Vision as Division 45 APA Council Representative
- Student Editor’s Column
- Special Interview with Accomplished Psychologist, Dr. Joseph E. Trimble
- Past President’s Column
- President-Elect’s Column
- Centering Community Healing from a Warrior’s Path Task Force Lens