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Please join us in congratulating Clinical Psychology PhD student, Maya Cook Alford, on successfully defending her dissertation, “Black Parenting Power: A Qualitative Study Examining Coparental Racial Socialization Practices in Black Families.” Maya has accepted a postdoc position at Westchester Jewish Community Services (where she completed her APA-accredited internship). In this position, she will continue training in trauma-focused interventions and will serve as project evaluator for their Certified Community Behavioral Health Center grant.

Her committee included: Drs. Christina Gee (Dissertation Director), Sherry Molock, Lionel Howard, Jody Ganiban, and Jameta Barlow.

Congratulations, Maya!

Maya Cook Alford and Christina Gee

Please join us in congratulating Vicky Ho on her first-authored publication in the Asian American Journal of Psychology. This study was co-authored with clinical program alum Mia Khera.

Full citation below:

Ho, V. C., Gee, C. B., & Khera, G. S. (2025). Asian Indian male international graduate students’ help-seeking intentions toward formal and informal supports: The role of cultural and familial factors. Asian American Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000355

Congratulations Vicky 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Join us in congratulating graduate students Rebecca Hoffman, Maya Cook, and Matt Balaguer, along with their mentor, Dr. Gee, on the acceptance of their manuscript Exploring the Interaction between Social Strain and Support and its Association with College Students' Well-Being for publication in the journal Emerging Adulthood. It is wonderful to see such fruitful collaboration across labs and across programs within our department!