Education:
- B.A.: Harvard University
- M.A., Ph.D.: University of Southern California
Specific Research Interests:
- Socio-cultural contributors to health disparities in metabolic disorders and obesity in ethnically-diverse groups
- Biopsychosocio-cultural determinants of weight gain and body composition changes in first-year college women from ethnically-diverse backgrounds
- Multicultural college health promotion for preventing disordered eating, unhealthy weight gain, and body image disturbance in ethnically-diverse college women
- Mindfulness, acceptance, and additional positive psychology-based approaches to enhancing the self-regulation of eating, appetite, weight, metabolism and overall well-being
Lab:
Mindfulness, Body Acceptance, Culture and Health Research Lab.