Room 4 - Dr. Melissa Y. Delgado

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Abstract

Dr. Melissa Delgado is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Family Studies and Human Development at The University of Arizona, where she is also co-chair of the Latinx Families Research Initiative of the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families. Dr. Delgado trained in family and human development and as a W.T. Grant Foundation post-doctoral fellow at Arizona State University. Taking a strengths-based approach, her collaborative program of research focuses on the mechanisms and adaptive cultural responses that reduce racial/ethnic inequality and promote positive development among early to late US-Latin American adolescents, particularly those of Mexican origin. In her most recent work, she employs mixed-methods (i.e., quantitative surveys and focus groups) to examine processes involving academic identity and sociocultural school climate. Dr. Delgado is also the 2021-2023 chair of the SRCD Latinx Caucus and the 2020-2021 co-chair of the Publications Committee of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Including her time as faculty at Texas State University, where she was also the graduate program coordinator, she has mentored over 50 undergraduate and graduate students.

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• Melissa Y Delgado, University of Arizona
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