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DeutschAdriana Umaña-Taylor
Adriana Umaña-Taylor | |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | University of Missouri |
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| Discipline | Psychology |
| Institutions | Harvard Graduate School of Education Arizona State University |
Dr. Adriana Janette Umaña-Taylor is a professor of education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to this, she was a faculty member in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University, where she worked from 2004 until 2017, starting as an assistant professor and advancing through the ranks of associate professor and full professor, eventually being named a Foundation Professor. Dr. Umaña-Taylor's first position after graduate school was at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the Human and Community Development Department.
Education and research[edit]
She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in Psychology and Child Development and Family Relationships, respectively, from the University of Texas and her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 2001. Dr. Umaña-Taylor is most known for her research on Latino adolescent adjustment and ethnic-racial identity development.[1][2]
Awards[edit]
- 2017 - Umaña-Taylor was conferred a fellow of the National Council on Family Relations.[3]
- 2018 - Umaña-Taylor was recognized "renowned psychologist" and elected to the governing Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association, in Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Molly Schulson (February 10, 2014). "Studies show ethnic pride linked to success in youth". The Brown Daily Herald. The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "Intervention that engages youth on ethnic and racial identity can enhance positive development". Phys.org. March 21, 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Conferred Fellow Status by NCFR". National Council on Family Relations. www.ncfr.org. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ American Psychological Association. "Renowned psychologists elected to fellow status". Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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