Oliva presented a talk on faculty culturally aware mentoring predicting research students’ confidence and career interest in STEM at San Diego APA Division 45 Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Research conference. Mota Segura, O, Hernandez, I. A., Thoman, D. B., (2023, July). Cultural Aware Mentors Foster Confidence Among Racially Marginalized […]
Personalizing Science to Keep Students in STEM […]
*Mota Segura, O., Hernandez, I. A., Thoman, D. B., Smith, J. L. (2023, April). Oliva presents her work on Student perceptions of faculty communal values predict authenticity, belonging and identity development at a roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. “This was my first time presenting at […]
Our research team publishes a journal article led by Ivan A. Hernandez in Nature Review Psychology! https://twitter.com/NatRevPsych/status/1629137946237366273?s=20) Creating an inclusive research lab with student onboarding materials on Nature Reviews Psychology. Authors: Hernandez, I. A., Smith, J. L., Villodas, M. T., & Thoman, D. B. (2023). […]
Chelsea presented her work on the frequency of lab communications in research lab settings between faculty research mentors and student mentees and its impact on a students’ sense of belonging and science identity at the UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC). “I honestly didn’t think I would be accepted! It was wonderful seeing other psychology presenters from […]
Oliva was awarded the 2023 SDSU Aztec Achievement Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Service to recognize her service to the San Diego State Community while pursuing her Psychology Masters degree. Oliva was born and raised in the Southeast San Diego community and values service towards the diverse communities within San Diego. She has served many […]
Oliva presents her poster on “Student perceptions of faculty culturally aware mentoring predict science identity” at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association (WPA), Riverside, CA. Mota Segura, O., Hernandez, I. A., Thoman, D. B. (2023, April). Oliva is interested in researching mentoring styles that students experience within STEM environments. She is particularly interested […]
