Alisia (Giac-Thao) Tran is an Associate Professor in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology program at Arizona State University’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. She is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor for the Global Sport Institute. She heads the Tran Ethnic and Minority Psychology and Experiences (TEMPE) Lab at ASU. Her broad research interests are in minority equity, mental health, and development. Dr. Tran's current emerging research foci are (1) athlete mental health and (2) socioeconomic disparities; financial stress; and contributory financial literacy, decision-making, and behaviors. Other research foci include discrimination, ethnic-racial or cultural socialization, and minority psychology. Her research draws on methodological approaches from Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and Public Health. Her clinical interests are in pediatric neuropsychology and psychology. Dr. Tran's advocacy work is based in local and national Asian American communities/organizations, as well as in APA Division 17 (Society for Counseling Psychology). She completed her doctoral training and clinical internship at the University of Minnesota. A few of Dr. Tran's vast honors include selection as the 2021 American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program Early Career Awardee for research, 2018 Asian American Psychological Association Early Career Research awardee, the 2017 Arizona Psychological Association Faculty of the Year, a 2014 APA Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute Fellow, and a 2013 Division 17 Leadership Academy member.