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Dr. Amy J. Anderson

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Educational Psychology

(940) 565-2338

Email: Amy.Anderson2@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, DePaul University, 2020
    Major: Community Psychology
    Dissertation: Developing Critical Mentors through Social JUstice and Race Equity Trainings
  • MA, DePaul University, 2017
    Major: Community Psychology
    Dissertation: "It Just Weighs in the Back of Your Mind": Microagression in Science
  • MS, Johns Hopkins University, 2014
    Major: Educational Studies
  • BA, Oklahoma State University, 2012
    Major: Psychology

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2022 - Present).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois Chicago. University of Illinois Chicago. (2020 - 2022).
  • Graduate Researcher, DePaul University. DePaul University. (2018 - 2020).
  • Adjunct Instructor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. (2020 - 2020).
  • Graduate Researcher, DePaul University. DePaul University. (2015 - 2018).

    • Professional

  • Student Progress Monitor, District of Columbia Public Schools. District of Columbia Public Schools. (2014 - 2015).
  • General Educator, Baltimore City Public Schools. Baltimore City Public Schools. (2012 - 2014).

Professional Memberships

  • Society for Prevention Science. (2020 - Present).
  • Society for Research on Adolescence. (2018 - Present).
  • Society for Community Research and Action. (2015 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • EPSY 5123 - Human Development Across the Life Span, 1 course.
  • EPSY 5143 - Advanced Adolescent Development, 4 courses.
  • EPSY 5990 - Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, 2 courses.
  • EPSY 6113 - Application of Developmental Theories in Research, 1 course.
  • EPSY 6163 - Diversity in Individuals, Families, and Schools, 1 course.
  • EPSY 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 1 course.
  • HDFS 3153 - The Impact of Culture on Individuals and Families, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County, PSY 309 The Science and Profession of Psychology, Spring 2020.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Educational Psychology. (January 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Exploring the Association of Parent-Child Relationship and Language Brokering in Korean Immigrant Families.," Educational Psychology. (August 2022 - December 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Social Distancing & Social Barriers: A Study on the Impact of the Pandemic on Dallas Youth," Anthropology. (September 2022 - December 2022).

Awards and Honors

  • Faculty First Flight Award, University of North Texas. (July 2023).
  • Travel Award, Early Career Preventionists Network. (June 2023).
  • Postdoctoral Scholarship Award, University of Illinois Chicago. (April 2021).
  • Dr. Isaac Gottesman Featured Contribution Award, Journal of Critical Thought & Praxis. (June 4, 2020).
  • Graduate Student Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology. (2018).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Sanchez, B., Catlett, B., Monjaras-Gaytan, L., Mcgarity-Palmer, R., Anderson, A.J., Liao, C., Keys, C. (2020). The role of mentoring and service learning in youth’s critical consciousness and social change efforts.. Routledge.
  • Guerrero, M., Anderson, A.J. (2019). Public policy in community psychology..

    • Journal Article

  • Anderson, A., Jones, K., DuBois, D., Cifci, F. A qualitative synthesis of adult mentors' cultural humility development in formal youth mentoring.. American Journal of Community Psychology. Wiley.
  • Hagler, M., Jones, K., Anderson, A.J., McQullin, S., Weiler, L., Sanchez, B. (2023). Striving for safety, impact, and equity: A commentary on American Journal of Community Psychology publications on formal youth mentoring programs. American Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Anderson, A., Jones, K., Melton, T., Keller, T., DuBois, D. (2023). Identifying predictors of psychological well-being among volunteer mentors at Big Brothers Big Sisters.. Journal of Community Psychology. Wiley.
  • Anderson, A., , D. (2023). Are adults influenced by the experience of mentoring youth? A scoping review.. Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Anderson, A.J., Sanchez, B. (2022). A pilot evaluation of a social justice and race equity training for volunteer mentors. American Journal of Community Psychology. 69 1-17.
  • Baggett, H.C., Anderson, A.J., Andrzejewski, C.E. (2022). Photo collages and near-peer interviewing: Scaffolding data collection in youth participatory action research projects with children. 3 (3) 1-9.
  • Anderson, A.J., Riordan, A.J., Smith, L., Hillard, B., Sanchez, B. (2022). Culturally humility training for mentors: Lessons learned and implications for youth programs. 17 (3) 1-18.
  • Monjaras-Gaytan, L.Y., Sanchez, B., Anderson, A.J., Garcia-Murillo, Y., McGarity-Palmer, R., De Los Reyes, W., Catlett, B., Liao, C. (2021). Act, talk, reflect, then act: The role of natural mentors in the critical consciousness of diverse college students.. American Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Sanchez, B., Anderson, A.J., Weiston-Serdan, T., Catlett, B. (2021). Anti-racism education and training for adult mentors who work with BIPOC youth.. 36 (6) 1-31.
  • Guerrero, M., Anderson, A., Catlett, B., Sanchez, B., Liao, C. (2021). Emerging adults’ social justice engagement: Motivation, barriers, and social identity.. American Journal of Community Psychology. 68 (1-2) 73-87.
  • Anderson, A.J., Baggett, H.C. (2020). “I just put my head down, but they still get on to me”: Navigating silence in an alternative school in Alabama.. 9 (1) 1-21.
  • Anderson, A.J., Sanchez, B., Reyna, C., Rasgado-Flores, H. (2020). “It just weighs in the back of your mind”: Microaggressions in the sciences.. 26 (1) 1-30.
  • Anderson, A.J. (2020). A qualitative systematic review of youth participatory action research implementation in U.S. high schools.. American Journal of Community Psychology. 65 (1-2) 242-257.
  • Sanchez, B., Anderson, A.J., Carter, J.S., Mroczkowski, A.L., Monjaras-Gaytan, L., DuBois, D.L. (2020). Helping me helps us: The role of natural mentors in the ethnic identity & academic outcomes of Latinx adolescents.. Developmental Psychology. 26 (2) 208-220.
  • Anderson, A.J., Sanchez, B., McMahon, S. (2019). Natural mentoring, academic motivation, and educational values among Latinx adolescents.. American Journal of Community Psychology. 63 (1-2) 99-109.
  • Anderson, A.J., Keys, C. (2019). Social inequality within the IEP meeting: Three factors that disempower students.. 48 (4) 352-342.
  • Steltenpohl, C.N., Anderson, A., Daniels, K. (2019). Giving community psychology away: A case for open access publishing.. 10 (3) 1-14. gjcpp.org
  • Anderson, A.J., Sanchez, B., Meyer, G., Sales, B.P. (2018). Supporting adults to support youth: An evaluation of two social justice trainings.. Journal of Community Psychology. 46 (8) 1092-1106.

    • Mentoring program resource

  • Anderson, A.J. (2022). A brief primer on youth participatory action research for mentoring programs..

Presentations Given

    Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Anderson, A. (Presenter), Jones, K. (Presenter), Mentoring Research Symposium, Do mentors benefit, too? Emerging findings and promising new directions for future research., Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Virtual, United States of America. (2022).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Bourke, K.T. (Author & Presenter), Sepulveda, P. (Author & Presenter), Sanchez, B. (Author), Anderson, A. (Author), Herrera, C. (Author), DuBois, D.L. (Author), Society for Research on Adolescence, April 18-20). Volunteer mentors’ responses to adolescents’ experiences with racism., Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), Lee, S. (Author & Presenter), Bourke, K. (Author & Presenter), Sanchez, B. (Author), Monjaras-Gaytan, L. (Author), Herrera, C. (Author), DuBois, D.L. (Author), Society for Research on Adolescence, Does ethnic/racial identity weaken or worsen the effect of discrimination from adults on loneliness among adolescents of color?, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), Cifci, F. (Author), Jones, K. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action, Moving toward social justice: Exploring changes to mentor cultural humility in youth mentoring interventions, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author), DuBois, D. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action, A scoping review of mentor outcomes in formal mentoring relationships., United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author), Sanchez, B. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action, An experimental evaluation of a social justice and race equity training for volunteer mentors., Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author), Sanchez, B. (Author), Flitner, A. (Author), McQuillin, S. (Author), Society for Prevention Research, Cultural humility training for volunteer mentors: Self-efficacy to provide racial/ethnic support as a mediator of training effects., Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Monjaras-Gayan, L. (Author), McGarity-Palmer, R. (Author), Sanchez, B. (Author), Society for Research on Adolescence, The roles of natural mentors and sociopolitical control in youth critical consciousness., United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Sanchez, B. (Author), American Psychological Association, Lessons learned from the field in training mentors on cultural humility and social justice., United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Long, E. (Author), Scott, T. (Author), Crowley, M. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action, Increasing the reach of research messages: A case study related to the opioid epidemic., United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

    • Other

  • Dancis, J. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), Chaudhary, N. (Author & Presenter), christensen, K. (Author & Presenter), Eccleston, S. (Author & Presenter), Hwang, S. (Author & Presenter), Morgan, k. (Author & Presenter), Reischer, H. (Author & Presenter), Renick, J. (Author & Presenter), Society for Community Research and Action, From competition to communalism: Prefiguring a culture shift in academia., Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Jones, K. (Author & Presenter), Riordan, A. (Author & Presenter), Midwest and Southeast ECO Conference, Expanded sociopolitical awareness among mentors in formal youth mentoring relationships: opportunities and tensions., Society for Community Research and Action, Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Anderson, A. (Author), Baggett, H.C. (Author), American Educational Research Association, Silence as unpaid currency: Teacher-student interactions at an alternative school., United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

    • Poster

  • sanchez, b. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Bourke, K.T. (Author), Sack, J. (Author), Murillo-Garcia, Y. (Author), Monjaras-gaytan, L. (Author), Herrera, C. (Author), DuBois, D. (Author), Society for Research on Child Development Anti-Racist Developmental Science Summit, Disrupting racism and promoting positive ethnic/racial identity: An intervention for mentors of youth of color., Panama City, Panama, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), Cifci, F. (Author), Society for Prevention Research, Mentor cultural humility profiles and relationship duration in formal youth mentoring., Early Career Preventionist Network, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Southwestern Psychological Association, Exploring demographic differences in enhancement motivation for mentoring among volunteer mentors., Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Cifci, F. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Southwestern Psychological Association, Exploring moderators to the association between empathy and awareness of racial privilege., San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Anderson, A. (Author & Presenter), DuBois, D.L. (Author), Keller, T. (Author), Society for Research on Adolescence, Exploring moderators of the effects of supports for adolescent thriving in the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program., New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Garcia-Murillo, Y. (Author), Reyna, C. (Author), Society for Community Research and Action, Possible selves and institutional agents: The role of natural mentors in adolescent girls’ science interest., United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Sanchez, B. (Author), Association for Maternal and Child Health Programs annual meeting, Lessons learned from a cultural humility training for adults at a youth mentoring organization: Implications for adolescent health programs., Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Garcia-Murillo, Y. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A. (Author), Reyna, C. (Author), Society for Personality and Social Psychology, The roles of shared identity and science support from natural mentors on adolescent girls’ science interest., United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Long, E. (Author & Presenter), Scott, T. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, A.J. (Author), Crowley, M. (Author), American Public Health Association, Getting science into the hands of state and federal lawmakers: Lessons learned in messaging., Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Baggett, H.C. (Author), Andrzejewski, C.e. (Author), Anderson, A.J. (Author), American Educational Research Association, Exploring food insecurity: Engaging alternative school students in youth participatory action research., United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Reyna, C. (Author), Society for Research on Adolescence, The roles of shared identity and science support from natural mentors on adolescent girls’ science interest., United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Valenzuela, M.X. (Author), Reyna, C. (Author), Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Latina adolescents’ ethnic identity and science interest: The role of helping others through science., Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Anderson, A.J. (Author & Presenter), American Psychological Association, Benefits to students: A qualitative review of YPAR in U.S. high schools., Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

    • Symposium

  • Anderson, A.J. (Chair), Society for Community Research and Action, The Roles of Social Identity and Supportive Others in Sociopolitical Development., United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "Cultivating Mentor Well-Being – A Conversation with Dr. Amy Anderson," Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring. (September 2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Anderson, A., "A Mixed-Method Study of Cultural humility Training and Ongoing Support for Volunteer Mentors," sponsored by University of Illinois Chicago, State, $5000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Anderson, A., "National Mentoring Resource Center Con," sponsored by National Mentoring Partnership, Other, $3337.5 Funded. (2022 - 2023).

    • Fellowship

  • Anderson, A., "Project AIM: Acquiring Skills to Improve Mentoring Relationships," sponsored by Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Private, $40318 Funded. (2018 - 2020).

    • Grant - Research

  • Anderson, A., "Project AIM: Acquiring Skills to Improve Mentoring Relationships," sponsored by College of Science and Health, DePaul University Role, Private, $300 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Anderson, A., "Responsibility for Civic Engagement: The Role of Identity in Social Action," sponsored by Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Private, $1500 Funded. (2018 - 2018).

Service

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, American Educational Research Association. (September 2023 - September 2023).

Consulting

  • Professional Design Work – Non-profit, National Mentoring Resource Center, United States of America. (October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022).
  • Professional Design Work – Non-profit, Living in Empathy, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Professional Design Work – Non-profit, MENTOR, United States of America. (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Academic, Research-to Policy-Collaboration, United States of America. (September 2017 - June 2018).
  • Other (Non-profit organization, government placement), Leadership for Educational Equity; Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (June 2018 - July 2017).