Dr. Hardin Coleman is a professor of Counseling Psychology The DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING and Dean of the School of Education at Boston University. His expertise is in minority student achievement, culturally relevant AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY interventions with diverse populations, and the assessment of multicultural competence in counseling. He received his PhD in Counseling Psychology from Stanford University. In 2007 Dr. Coleman received the Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award from the American Psychological Association which honors psychologists who have made outstanding contributions to the professional development of ethnic minority graduate students.

Twenty-first ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Tuesday, march 14, 2017

4:30 – 8:00 p.m. O’DOnnell Hall, ROOm 111 and Atrium

Sponsored by Acknowledgement Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology Funded in part by a Graduate Psychology Education grant from Health Resources & Services Administration Grant the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. COllege Of eDuCatiOn Dean’s OffiCe Department of Health and Human Services.

Schedule Doctoral Student Presentations

4:30 p.m. Counseling Psychology doctoral students research Rebecca L. Pruitt, M.S. presentations Self Compassion as a Mediator and Gender as a Covariate in the Relation Between the Subscales of the Anger 5:30 p.m. Rumination Scale and Life Satisfaction for Latinos Keynote Speaker: Hardin L. K. Coleman, Ph.D. . Professor and Dean in the School of Education at Boston University Kayla Boland Perceptions of Therapist Empathy and Credibility when Presentation Title: Working with Survivors of Sexual Assault School Counseling and Closing the Achievement Gap

7:00 p.m. Steve R. Pereira, M.S. . Catered reception in O’Donnell Hall, Lobby La Frontera Cósmica: Exploring Spiritual Holism in the . Poster presentations of College of Education Southwest Borderland graduate students’ research projects

Alejandro Cervantes, M.S. Escúchame porque Tengo Voz: Increasing Mental Health Awareness of Latino Male Adolescents in a Secondary Additional Poster Presentation School through the use of Testimonios

Chadrhyn A. A. Pedraza, Ed.M. Asian American Students in a Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Wiley Stem, B.S. Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach to Exploring the Psychological Quality of Life in an LGBT sample: Correlates Impact of Social and Campus Environment Experiences on of Stress, Mindful Acceptance & Self-Esteem Racial Identity