Doctoral Students

Alexandra Golik, BA
BA (2015) Florida International University
Dole Human Development Center

Minority groups, immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, trauma, violence, terrorism, war, disaster, risk and resilience, global mental health

Christopher Gomez
BA (2017) UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Dole Human Development Center

Racial/ethnic disparities; immigrants; evidence-based treatments; community violence; internalizing and externalizing behaviors; treatment engagement

Alexandra Zax
BA (2015) Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Dole Human Development Center

Immigrants; Childhood adversity and trauma exposure; Risk and resiliency factors; PTSD; Culturally sensitive interventions; School performance.


LAB COORDINATOR

Veronica Heredia
BA (2019) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2004 Dole Human Development Center

Latinx mental health; immigrants; family dynamics; acculturation/enculturation; trauma exposure and resiliency; racial bias


UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

Leonor Ramos-Salamanca, BA (2020), McNair Project: Exposure to Violence, Coping, and Academic Achievement Within the Latinx Population


One of 34 U.S. public institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities
44 nationally ranked graduate programs.
—U.S. News & World Report
Top 50 nationwide for size of library collection.
—ALA
5th nationwide for service to veterans —"Best for Vets: Colleges," Military Times
KU Today