FIFTH YEAR AND BEYOND
Clinical interests: working with underserved youth and families, especially Latino adolescents and their families.
Research Interests: Immigrant children, migration experiences and the effects on youth and families, ethnic identity, culturally relevant interventions and prevention models
Master's Thesis: The Relationship between Transnational Family Networks, Family Conflict, and Psychological Outcomes for Immigrant Children
Dissertation Title: Latino Immigrants' Psychological and Sociopolitical Responses to Immigration Raids: Personal and Community Resources Promoting Resilience, Resistance, and Familia
Practicum: (2004-2005) U Mass Counseling Center, (2005-2006): Martha Eliot Health Center
Awards: APA Minority Fellowship
Mentor: Jean Rhodes, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Trauma
Master’s Thesis: Attention, Emotion Regulation, and PTSD symptom severity in Female Sexual Assault Survivors
Dissertation Title : Understanding Revictimization: The Impact of Emotion Suppression, Acceptance, and PTSD Symptomatology on Risk Detection Abilities in Sexual Assault Survivors
Practicum: (2004-2005) U Mass Counseling Center, (2005-2006): McLean Hospital
Internship: (2008-2009) Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology/VA Healthcare System, Substance Abuse, Jamaica Plain, MA
Publications:
Tull, M.T., Barrett-Modell, H.M., McMillan, E.S., & Roemer, L. (2007). A preliminary investigation of the relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Behavior Therapy, 38, 303- 313.
Presentations:
Barrett-Model, H., & Roemer, L. (2007, November). Emotional correlates of emotion regulation strategies in female trauma survivors exposed to traumarelated stimuli. In H.M. Barrett (Chair) Examining Clinically Relevant Emotion Regulation Difficulties in the Laboratory. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Awards: Craig R. Bollinger Memorial Research Grant
Mentor: Lizabeth Roemer
Clinical interests: Developmental and family issues; cross-cultural psychology with special interest in social class and those living in poverty; and developmental disabilities, such as ADHD, autism, and Asperger's Syndrome.
Research interests: Play behavior in children with autism; Executive Functioning Skills in individuals with autism; how families cope with child's diagnosis of autism; environmental causes of autism; and early intervention treatment of children with autism.
Master's Thesis: Classification of Autism by Nonverbal IQ and Play Behavior: Evidence for the Executive Functioning Deficit Hypothesis?
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Family Resources on the Ability to Access and Receive Early Intensive Specialized Services for Children with Autism in Massachusetts
Practicum: (2006-2007) Bradley Hospital
Internship: The May Institute, National Autism Center, May Center for Child Development, Randolph, MA
Publications:
Manning, Margaret, Wainwright, Laurel, & Bennett, Jillian. (in press). Double ABCX Model of Adaptation in Racially Diverse Families with a School-Age Child with Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Presentations:
Bennett, J. & Wainwright, L. (2007, April). Classification of Autism by Nonverbal IQ and Play Behavior: Evidence for the Executive Functioning Deficit Hypothesis? Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA.
Awards: Scholar Award from the Philanthropic and Educational Organization (P.E.O) for Women
Mentor: Laurel Wainwright
Clinical interests: at-risk youth, marginalized Asian American communities
Research Interests: Asian American racial and ethnic identity development; Korean adoptees' identityMaster's Title: Asian American Youth: Development, Empowerment, and Racial and Ethnic Identities
Dissertation Title: Adopted Korean women: The interactive processes of negotiating identities and becoming first-time biological mothers
Practicum: (2004-2005) U Mass Counseling Center, (2005-2006): Cambridge Health Alliance
Internship: (2009-2010) Suffolk University Counseling Center, Boston, MA
Publications:
Suyemoto, K. L., Tawa, J., Kim, G. S., Day, S. C., Lambe, S. A., Nguyen, P. T., & AhnAllen, J. M. (2009). Integrating disciplines for transformative education in health services: Exploring strategies and effects of integration through the example of psychology and Asian American studies. In L. Zhan (Ed.). Asian American Voices: Engaging, empowering, and enabling. New York: NLN Press.
Suyemoto, K. L., Kim, G. S., Tanabe, M., Tawa, J., & Day, S. C. (in press). Challenging the model minority myth: Engaging Asian American students in research on Asian American college student experiences. In S. D. Museus (Ed.) Conducting Research on Asian Americans in Higher Education: New Directions in Institutional Research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Presentations:
Tawa, J., Day, S. C., Kim, G. S., AhnAllen, J. M., Suyemoto, K. L., Nguyen, P. T., & Lambe, S. A. (2008). Tranformative education as a means of resisting oppression: Integrating Asian American studies and psychology curricular and pedagogical strategies. Symposium presented at the 2008 annual convention of the Asian American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Day, S. C. & Nguyen, P. T. (2008). Adoption and identity: A workshop for adoptive parents of Vietnamese children. Workshop presented at the 2008 Wellesley College Vietnamese Heritage Day, Wellesley, MA.
Nguyen, P., Lin, N., Day, S., & Suyemoto, K. (2006, August). Social Justice Research: Who Decides What is “Just”? Interactive session presented at the Asian American Psychological Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA.
Day, S.C., Suyemoto, K.L., AhnAllen, J.A., Lin, N.J., Nguyen, P.T., Tawa, J., & Rhee, D.J. (2006). Asian American youth: Development, empowerment, and racial and ethnic identities. In S. Kim (Chair), Listening to the Silence: Educational, Psychological, and Community Experiences of Asian American Youth in Massachusetts, Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Atlanta, GA.
Day, S.C., Nguyen, P.T., Lin, N.J., & Suyemoto, K.L. (2006). When justice seemed undermined: Challenges in doing social justice research. Symposium presented at the Teachers College Winter Roundtable, “Empowerment and Social Justice in Cultural Psychology and Education,” New York, NY.
Day, S. C., Suyemoto K. S., Ahn J. A., Nguyen, P., Kim, G. S., & Lin, N. J. (2004). The impact of Asian American Studies workshops on Asian American high school students: A pilot study. In K. L. Suyemoto (Chair), Psychological Impacts of Asian American Studies. Paper presented at the annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
Mentor: Karen Suyemoto
Research: Exploring the role of mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies in alleviating psychological difficulties.
Master's Thesis: The Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Emotion Regulation
Dissertation Title: The Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Positive Emotional Experience Among Psychosis-Prone Individuals
Practicum: (2006-2007) Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Internship: (2009-2010) Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Mental Health Clinical Internship
Publications:
Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2009). The role of mindfulness in emotion regulation: The effects of a brief mindfulness intervention. Invited submission to Emotion special series. Topic: Mindfulness training and emotion regulation: Clinical and neuroscience perspectives. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Treanor, M., Erisman, S. M., Salters-Pedneault, K., Orsillo, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2008). Implications of an Acceptance-Based Behavior Therapy for theoretical models of GAD. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Roemer, L., Lee, J. K., Salters-Pedneault, K., Erisman, S. M., & Orsillo, S. M., & Mennin, D. S. (in press). Mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties in generalized anxiety disorder: Preliminary evidence for independent and overlapping contributions. Behavior Therapy.
Roemer, L., Lee, J. K., Salters-Pedneault, K., Erisman, S. M., Orsillo, S. M., & Mennin, D. S. (in press). Mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties in generalized anxiety disorder: Preliminary evidence for independent and overlapping contributions. Behavior Therapy.
Roemer, L., Erisman, S. M., & Orsillo, S. M. (In press.) Mindfulness- and acceptance-based treatments for anxiety disorders. In M. M. Antony & M. B. Stein (Eds), Handbook of anxiety and the anxiety disorders. New York: Oxford.
Presentations:
Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2009). The effects of a brief mindfulness intervention on emotion regulation. Symposium submitted to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2009). Mindfulness Process Questionnaire: Assessing the process rather than the outcome of mindfulness. Poster submitted to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Levin, O., Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2008, August). The relationship between mindfulness and different anxiety states. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Treanor, M., Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2008, November). Emotional responding and GAD: The moderating effect of mindfulness. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Erisman, S. M. & Roemer, L. (2007, November). The relationship between trait mindfulness and clinically-relevant aspects of emotion responding and regulation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Lee, J. K., Roemer, L., Salters-Pedneault, K., Erisman, S. M., Mennin, D. S., & Orsillo, S. M. (2007, November). Mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties in GAD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Peters, J. R., Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2007, November). The relationship between mindfulness and impulsivity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Erisman, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2007, November). Emotion regulation in the laboratory: Response to and recovery from a range of affective stimuli and their relationship to trait self-report measures. In H. Barrett-Model (Chair) Examining clinically relevant emotion regulation difficulties in the laboratory. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA
Erisman, S.M., Roemer, L., & Orsillo, S.M. (2006, November). Proposed Mechanisms of Change of an Acceptance-Based Behavioral Treatment for GAD. In Waltz, J. (Chair), Mindfulness-Based Interventions: New Developments on Possible Mechanisms of Change. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
Awards: Spayne Memorial Grant
Mentor: Lizabeth Roemer
Research: Issues of political psychology, the mass media, and sexual harassment.
Master's Thesis: "I'm not a feminist, but...": The role of feminist self-labeling and efficacy in collective action
Dissertation Title: Unattainable beauty: An analysis of the role of media and self-objectification in hopelessness depression.
Practicum: (2006-2007) Cambridge Hospital – Victims of Violence
Internship: (2009-2010) Millard Health Group, Millard Health Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publications:
Evans, M. A. & Bobel, C. (2007). I am a contradiction: Feminism and feminist identity in the third wave. New England Journal of Public Policy (in press).
Presentations:
Evans, M. & Bobel C. (2007, June/July). I am a Contradiction: Reconciling the Tensions Between Embracing Feminism and Rejecting Feminist Identity in the Third Wave. Paper to be presented at the 28th Annual National Women’s Studies Association Conference, St. Charles, IL.
Community Service: Helped co-ordinate the 3rd annual Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies graduate conference. The title this year was Who’s Laughing? The Politics of Humor and it was a great success. I was also involved with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center’s Walk for change.
Mentor: Michael Milburn
Clinical interests: working with school age children and their families
Research interests: control beliefs and coping strategies, particularly among children who live in low-income urban settings and children with chronic illness.
Clinical interests: Urban Children's Development and Use of Problem-Solving Abilities in Middle-Childhood
Dissertation: The role of control beliefs and coping in the relationship between socioeconomic status and health
Practicum: (2002-2003) U Mass Counseling Center, (2003-2004): New York – Presbyterian Hospital
Internship: University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry Child Trauma Clinic, Hartford, CT
Publications:
Murdock, K., Greene, C., Adams, S.K., Hartmann, W., Bittinger, S., & Will, K. (2009) The Puzzle of Problem-Solving Efficacy: Understanding Anxiety among Urban Children Coping with Asthma-Related and Life Stress. Manuscript submitted to Anxiety, Stress, and Coping. Revised submission is under review.
Greene, C., Murdock, K.K., & Mitchell, D.K. (2006). Coping with illness-related stress among urban children with asthma. Children's Health Care, 35, 4.
Mentor: Karla Klein Murdock
Research: the social construction of identity and particularly the social negotiation of invisible and ambiguous identities
Master's Thesis: Emerging Adulthood Trajectories or Influence and Change: Depresive Symptoms, Gender, and Social Support
Practicum: (2006-2007) MGH Chelsea Memorial Health Center
Publications:
Liem, J. H., Kahn, V. D., Frye, A., & Gore, S. (submitted). Depressive Symptoms, Gender, and Support from Parents and Peers During Emerging Adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Presentations:
Kahn, V., Liem, J., Frye, A. & Gore, S. (2007 August). Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms During Emerging Adulthood. Poster presented at the American Psychological Asociation 115th Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA.
Kahn, V. & Liem, J. (2007). “Emerging Adulthood Trajectories of Influence and Change: Depressive Symptoms, Gender, and Support.” Poster presented at the Emerging Adulthood Conference, Tucson, AZ.
Community Service:
Active member of the Diversity Committee
Mentor: Karen Suyemoto
Research: The neural and psychological characteristics of children with more severe learning disorders and related neurological impairments. Of particular interest are disorders involving structural malformations in the nervous system and related cognitive impairments.
Master's Thesis: Academic Achievement in Children with Prenatal Exposure to Phenobarbital
Dissertation Subject: Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury through an Asian American Lens: Interrelationships among Asian Values, Coping Style, and Psychosocial Outcomes
Practicum: (2006-2007) Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Behavioral Neurology
Internship: (2009-2010) Mailman Center for Child Development/U Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Presentations:
Lee, P. H. (2009, March). Coping with traumatic brain injury through an Asian American collectivistic lens. Poster presented at the First International Conference on Culture, Ethnicity and TBI Rehabilitation, Arlington, VA.
Lee, P., Janulewicz, P. A., Dhillon, R., Holmes, L. B., & Adams, J. (2007, June). Academic relevance of reduced psychometric performance in children prenatally exposed to phenobarbital. Poster to be presented at the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Behavioral Toxicology Society, Pittsburgh, PA.
Awards: Asian American Instutitue Award, Craig R. Bollinger Memorial Research Grant
Mentor: Jane Adams.
Research: The causes and effects of interpersonal violence
Practicum: (2007-2008) Reaching out to Chelsea Adolescents
Mentor: Ester Shapiro
Clinical interests: Working collaboratively with underserved children and their families to identify and utilize their existing strengths—primarily to increase their physical and psychological well-being, but also to help buffer against psychopathology.
Research Interests: Positive Psychology. In order to more comprehensively serve underprivileged children and families, I want to understand what mechanisms facilitate psychological flourishing—as opposed to functioning without psychopathology—in this understudied population.
Master's Thesis: Positive Emotionality, Asthma Attitudes and Perceptions of Asthma-Related Stress Among Urban Children: A Mediational Model
Dissertation Title: Couples’ Joint Community Service, sense of Shared Social Purpose, and Perceived Relationship Quality
Practicum: (2004-2005) U Mass Counseling Center, (2005-2006): The Brookline Center
Internship: (2009-2010) Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP), Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Psychology Internship, Boston
Publications:
Murdock, K., K.; Berz, J., B.; Adams-Labonte, S.; Rollock, M. J. D., (In press). Family-School Connections and Internalizing Problems Among Children Coping with Asthma. Journal of Child Health Care.
Murdock, K., K.; Berz, J., B.; Adams-Labonte, S.; Rollock, M. J. D., (2008). Family-School Connections and Internalizing Problems Among Urban Children Coping with Asthma. Journal of School Health.
Bender Berz, J., Adams, S.K., Rollock, M., & Murdock, K. (2005). Childhood Asthma and Anxiety: a Cumulative Risk Model. Journal of Urban Health, 82(2), ii70-ii71.
Presentations:
Rollock, M.J., Laidlaw, P., Liem, J. H., (2008). Brotherhood Toward Success: African-American Boys Navigating Educational and Contextual Transitions. Peer reviewed poster presented at the 116th APA Convention 2008, Boston, MA.
Rollock, M.J., Laidlaw, P., Liem, J. H., (2008). Brotherhood Toward Success: African-American Boys Navigating Educational and Contextual Transitions. Peer reviewed poster presented at the 116th APA Convention 2008, Boston, MA.
Laidlaw, P. & Rollock M.J., (2007). Brotherhood Toward Success (BTS) – A Community-Based Intervention for Young Black Males. Peer reviewed poster presented at the annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
Mongillo, L., Nguyen, P., Rollock, M., & Tauriac, J. (2004). Invited Panel Presentation on Cultural Immersion Project as part of K. L. Suyemoto's Reflexivity and Learning about Others: A Workshop for Teaching about Race and Culture. Peer reviewed workshop presented at the annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
Bender Berz, J., Adams, S.K., Rollock, M.J., & Murdock, K. (2004) Cumulative Risk in UrbanChildren with Asthma. Peer-reviewed poster presented at The Third International Conference on Urban Health, Boston, MA
Rollock, M.J., & Murdock, K.K. (2004). Positive Emotionality, Stressors, and Adaptive Beliefs among Urban Children: A Theoretical Model Considering General and Asthma-Related Processes. Peer Reviewed Poster presented at the 38th Annual Conference of The Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA
Rollock, M.J., Laidlaw, P., Green, C., (2008). Boys to Men: Racial Socialization and Transcending Your Mind. Invited presentation given to male METCO students at METCO Retreat 2008, Emmanuel College.
Rollock, M.J., (2007). Positive Psychology and Pathways to Successful Aging. Invited Presentation at the American Association of University Women, Canton, MA
Awards: Craig R. Bollinger Memorial Research Grant
Mentor: Karla Klein Murdock, Joan Liem
Clinical interests: Racial/ethnic identity, acculturation and enculturation processes, interracial alliances and relationships
Research: My research interests are Asian American self and identity, the effects of racism on mental health, and interminority relations, specifically the interactions between Asian American and African American individuals and communities.
Master's Thesis: Perceived Racism on Asian Americans' Personal and Collective Self-Esteem.
Dissertation Title: Title: The factors and processes in decreasing social distance between Black/African Americans and Asian/Asian Americans
Practicum: (2006-2007) Martha Eliot Health Center
Publications:
Suyemoto, K. L., Tawa, J., Kim, G. S., Day, S., Lambe, S.A., Nguyen, P. T. & AhnAllen, J. M. (2009). Integrating Disciplines for Transformative Education in Health Services: Strategies and Effects. In L. Zhan (Eds). Asian American Voices: Engaging, Empowering, and Enabling. NLN Press. New York.
Suyemoto, K. L., Kim, G. S., Tanabe, M., Tawa, J., & Day, S. C. (in press). Challenging the model minority myth: Engaging Asian American students in research on Asian American college student experiences. In S. D. Museus (Ed.) Conducting Research on Asian Americans in Higher Education:New Directions in Institutional Research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Tawa, J., Suyemoto, K.L., & Roemer, L. (under review) The effects of multiple dimensions of perceived racism on Asian Americans personal and collective self-esteem; Submitted for publication to the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
La Roche, M. & Tawa, J. (under review) Stop the Violence!: An Empowerment Model for Ethnically Diverse Adolescents. To be published in J.Helms & G..Nicolas (Eds.), Culture in the lives of youth, adolescents, and families.
Tawa, J., & Suyemoto, K.L. (in preparation) Asian American self-construal: A reconceptualization of the self in bicultural contexts; to be submitted for publication to Culture and Psychology.
Tawa, J., Tauriac, J.J., & Suyemoto, KL. (in preparation) Black-Asian relations: A model for a university based intervention; to be submitted for publication to the Journal of College Student Development.
Tawa, J. & Suyemoto, K.L. (in preparation) Recommendations for an inter-minority race-relations paradigm: The case of Blacks and Asians; to be submitted for publication to Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Suyemoto, K.L. & Tawa, J. (in press). Multiracial Asian American experiences, to be published in A. Alvarez & N. Tewari (Eds.), Asian American Psychology: Current Perspectives.
Suyemoto, K. L., Tawa, J., Kim, G. S., Day, S., Lambe, S.A., Nguyen, P. T. & AhnAllen, J. M. (in press). Integrating disciplines for transformative education and health services: Creating connections between Psychology and Asian American Studies. In L. Zhan (Eds). Asian Voices: Engaging, Empowering, and Enabling. NLN Press. New York.
Presentations:
Lambe, S.A., Tauriac, J.J., Tawa, J., Kim, G.S., & Kahn, V. (2009). Crossing Boundaries to Build Community: Cross-Race Dialogues among High School Students and Empirically Supported Outcomes; Panel presented at the 7th annual Harvard Graduate School of Education, Alumni of Color Conference, Cambridge, MA
Tawa, J., & Suyemoto, K.L. (2009). “How do Bumblebees Build their Hives?” The Psychology of Asian-Black Community Building; Paper presented at the Association of Asian American Studies annual conference, Honolulu, HI
Kim, G.S., Suyemoto, K.L., & Tawa, J. (2009). Teaching to Transform: Integrating Clinical Psychology and Asian American Studies to Challenge Inequalities; Workshop presented at the Association of Asian American Studies annual conference, Honolulu, HI
Suyemoto, K.L., Kim, G.S., Tawa, J., & Kahn, V. (2009). "But I'm not racist!": Strategies for Working with Resistance in Courses about Race and Culture; Roundtable presented at the Winter Roundtable, Teachers College, New York, NY.
Tawa, J. (2008). Privileging youth voices in addressing community violence. Invited panel presentation to be presented at the eighth annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
Tawa, J., Day, S.C., Kim, G.S., AhnAllen, J.M., Suyemoto, K.L., Nguyen, P.T., & Lambe, S.A. (2008). Transformative Education as a Means of Resisting Oppression: Integrating Asian American Studies and Psychology Curricular and Pedagogical Strategies. Interactive session presented at the Asian American Psychological Association annual conference, Boston, MA.
Tawa, J. (2009). Let’s rap: Polickin’ on Black and Asian race-relations in hip-hop. Invited talk presented at S.Lambe & J.Fish (Chairs), “So…What are you anyway?” Multiracialism in the 21st Century. Sponsored by Swirl Boston and Harvard HAPA. Boston, MA.
Kim, G.S. & Tawa, J. (2008). Asian American mental health on and off campus. Invited workshop presented at the Boston Asian Students Intercollegiate Conference. Boston, MA.
Tawa, J. (2008). Discussant. In C. Chen & M. Liu (Chairs), Differences in race-related trauma experiences amongst Chinese and Filipino Americans. Structured discussion conducted at the annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
``Tawa, J., Amory, J., & Williams, J. (2008) “And a Child Shall Lead Them:” Youths’ Perspectives on Violence. Invited keynote panel presentation presented at the eighth annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
La Roche, M. & Tawa, J. (2008). "Taking back our streets": An empowerment model for working with inner-city youth. Invited presentation to be presented at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology Peace Psychology Conference.
Tawa, J. & Suyemoto, K.L. (2008). A dialogic analysis of Blacks' and Asians' intergroup perceptions. Poster to be presented at the American Psychological Association annual conference, Boston, MA.
Tawa, J. & Suyemoto, K.L. (2008). The psychology of interminorty relations: Blacks and Asians. Poster to be presented at the American Psychological Association annual conference, Boston, MA.
Tawa, J., Lambe, S.A., & Lin, N.J. (2007). Asians talking to Asians about our relations with Black/African American individuals and communities. An interactive session presented at the Asian American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
La Roche, M. & Tawa, J. (2007). Stop the Violence!: Psychotherapeutic Recommendations to work with Culturally Diverse Adolescents. Invited panel presentation at the seventh annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
Tawa, J., & Suyemoto, K.L. (2007, May/June). A preliminary study exploring endorsement of competing theories of the concept of race and demographic variability. Poster to be presented at the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.
Tawa, J., Lambe, S.A., Suyemoto, K.L., & Hazeltine, K. (2007, August). Multiracial Japanese Americans: Ascribed identities, prejudice, and peer group composition. Poster to be presented at the American Psychological Association 115th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Tawa, J. (2007). When Worldviews Converge and Diverge: Dynamics Between a Multiracial Asian American Therapist andLatino Youth. In K.L. Suyemoto (Chair), We're Not All the Same: Reflections on Training for and Therapy by Therapists of Color Treating Clients of Color. Paper to be presented at the annual Winter Roundtable at Teachers College, Columbia University,
New York, NY.Suyemoto, K.L., Tawa, J., Kim, G.G.S., Tauriac, J.J., & Hamilton, J. (2006). Building Asian American-Black American alliances: Processes, benefits, and challenges. Interactive session presented at the Asian American Psychological Association, New Orleans, L.A.
Tawa, J., Suyemoto, K.L., & Roemer, L. (2006). Perceptions of racism among Asian/Asian Americans from three generational cohorts. Poster presented at the sixth annual Diversity Challenge conference from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA.
Tawa, J., Tauriac, J.J., & Suyemoto, K.L. (2006). Black – Asianrelations: A model for a university based intervention. Poster presented at the Asian American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Tawa, J., Suyemoto, K.L., & Roemer, L. (2006). Effects of perceived racism on Asian Americans' psychological distress. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association annual conference, New Orleans, LA.
Awards: APA Minority Fellowships
Community Service:
Asian American Psychological Association, proposal reviewer for the annual conference.
University of Massachusetts, Boston, student representative on two searche committees for a new staff member at the Counseling Center.
UMB Clinical Psychology, Diversity Committee and Clinical Graduate Student Association, Student of Color group.
Martha Eliot Health Center, outreach committee at MEHC that has played a role in fostering the collaboration between MEHC and the Bromely-Heath housing project, attend bi-weekly anti-violence roundtable meetings at the health center to address the increasing incidents and effects of violence in our community, served as a peer-support supervisor for current interns at MEHC.
Mentor: Karen Suyemoto
Catherine Thomann
Master's Thesis: Cumulative Risk and Social Competence in Early Childhood: The Protective Role of the Child-Teacher Relationship
Dissertation Topic: Developing an Anti-Racist Stance: How White Youth Understand Structural Racism
Practicum: (2006-2008) Wediko Children’s Services
Publications:
Thomann, C. & Carter, A. (2008). Social and emotional development theories. In M. M. Haith and J. B. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of infant and early child development (pp. 199-207). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.
Thomann, C., Carter, A., & Rhodes, J. (to be submitted shortly). Cumulative risk and social competence in early childhood: The protective role of the child-teacher relationship. Merrill- Palmer Quarterly.
Presentations:
Thomann, C. & Carter, A. (2008, July). Cumulative risk and social competence in early childhood: The protective role of the child-teacher relationship. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Würzburg, Germany.
Tauriac, J. & Thomann, C. (2008, May). Socialized into racism: How children and adolescents learn race and racism (working title). Inservice presentation for Cambridge Youth Guidance.
Mentor: Alice Carter
Celeste Atallah-Gutiérrez 
Heidi Barrett-Model
Jillian Bennett
Stephanie Day
Shannon Erisman
Meredith Evans
Patricia Lee
Michael Rollock
John Tawa