Current projects

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RYSE WELL: Rural Youth’s Sociopolitical Engagement and Wellbeing (2023- Current)

Rural adolescents may uniquely navigate civic contexts and experiences to drive their sociopolitical engagement, and these experiences may have important ramifications for physiological (e.g., stress) and psychological (e.g., sense of empowerment) development. We are collaborating with Dr. Natasha Chaku and the  InterACT Lab at Indiana University Bloomington to explore how rural youth experience civic empowerment and stress through their sociopolitical engagement.

 

• Check out our first publication here. 

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2. Sociopolitical Development Socialization Processes among Immigrant-Origin Youth (2020- Current)
As part of a larger study with Dr. Juliana Karras at San Francisco State University and Dr. Guadalupe Lopez Hernandez at Loyola University Chicago, we are analyzing longitudinal interview data with ethnically/racially diverse immigrant-origin youth conducted over the course of the 2020 and 2024 election cycles.

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​​​3. Youth Intergroup Dialogue to Support Sociopolitical Development and Wellbeing (2024- Current) 

Intergroup dialogue (i.e., structured conversations between peers about social identities and social issues) may be a way that young people can further their sociopolitical development. Intergroup dialogue may also have important ramifications for youths' personal (e.g., stress, anxiety, hopefulness) and relational (e.g., sense of belonging) wellbeing. Therefore, in this study, we are longitudinally following adolescents who participate in a year-long intergroup dialogue program to better understand their sociopolitical and wellbeing experiences.