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Please join us in congratulating our first-year clinical student, Lauryn Hoard, who received NSF GRFP award for her project titled "‘Examining the effects of online vicarious racism on loneliness and social contact among Black college students: The role of racial identity."

This mixed methods project will investigate the relationships between online vicarious racism, loneliness, and intra- and intergroup contact among Black college students, and examine how racial identity might mitigate the negative effects of online vicarious racism.

Congratulations, Lauryn 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mbaba on the successful defense of her dissertation, titled: The Stereotypical Yogi(ni): Exploring the Effects of Prototype Similarity and Racial Centrality on Black Adult Women’s Willingness to Practice Yoga.

A hearty thank you to the following faculty members for their valuable guidance and insight throughout the dissertation process:

Dr. Michelle Stock (committee member)

Dr. Ellen Yeung (committee member)

Dr. Sharon Lambert (examiner)

Dr. Jameta N. Barlow (examiner)

And a very special thank you to Dr. Paul Poppen for chairing the defense.

Congratulations Mary 🥳🥳🥳🥳