Amy J. Anderson

Previous Scheduled Teaching

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., Baggett, H.C., Andrzejewski, C.E., Forbes, S. (2024). “Why don’t they just move there?”: Adolescent critical consciousness development in youth participatory action research about food security..
• Anderson, A., Simpson, S., Sanchez, B. (2024). Profiles in cultural humility: Examining differences in openness to training and match length among volunteer mentors.. Children and Youth Services Review. 163 107803.
• Anderson, A., Jones, K., DuBois, D., Cifci, F. (2024). 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..

Contracts, Grants and 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).