Applied Research

programs for preventing violent extremism

The majority of my applied work has focused on implementing or examining programs designed to reduce violent extremism across a variety of settings. Ongoing research includes the following:

Using sports and music to reduce youth participation in violent extremism (Spain)

Using machine learning to analyze patterns in radicalization helpline calls (Spain)

Assessing the effectiveness of school-based intergroup conflict training (USA)

Evaluation & consultation

As a community psychologist by training, I have worked with many community organizations by conducting research to help them improve their services. Below are a handful of the programs I have evaluated:

Implementing healthier standards for foods provided by food banks and food pantries for the CDC (USA)

Optimizing services provided to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness (USA)

Improving culturally-specific services for Latina women experiencing domestic abuse (USA)