Awarded Grants

With this Fellowship, Bernadette Sanchez aims to understand how program development, staff training, and implementation of mentoring programs can be more responsive to staff, mentor, and youth needs when serving youth of color.

How are educators responding to the current immigration policy climate and anti-immigrant discourse to support immigrant students?

What kinds of interactions between police and youth can build trust, encourage civilian cooperation, and reduce the use of force by officers?

Can youth organizing experiences help young people develop critical consciousness and developmental competencies and promote their school engagement?

How do educational policies and programs designed for Latino youth affect immigrant Mexican youth from indigenous families?

Are postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptives (PPLARC) a culturally and developmentally appropriate strategy to reduce unplanned repeat births among Latina teenage mothers?

Can an informational intervention increase Black, Latino, and low-income student participation in Advanced Placement courses?

Does the Coordinated Knowledge System intervention increase clinical supervisors’ use of research evidence in working with therapists and in therapists’ work with students?

Under what conditions does a summer employment program reduce academic, economic, and behavioral inequalities for economically disadvantaged youth?

Hamilton proposes to use this award as an opportunity to learn how to help her mentees identify resources that can speak to issues facing scholars of color and first-generation college students.