December 2025: New paper from Dr. Arce and collaborators, A Multidimensional Conceptualization and Measure of Youth Civic Agency is now published in an issue in the Journal of Community Psychology
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September 2025: We are excited to welcome our newest research assistants, Carissa Johnson, Analeah Mafnas, Brenda Perez, Hannah Teshome, Fernanda Guizar Contreras, Jose Rios, and Juliana Guevara
Welcome to the IMPACTO team!
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June 2025: We are excited to welcome Valerie Valencia Castillo, Abby Hinojales, and Amanda Tafoya as our new undergraduate research assistants, and Gelysia Anderson as our visiting student researcher. Welcome to the IMPACTO team!
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June 2025: New paper from Dr. Arce’s Civic Action among Immigrant Youth of Color research project is out now in Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology! Interpersonal and Structural Discrimination, Ethnic-Racial Identity and Civic Action Among Immigrant-Origin Youth of Colour in the United States
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May 2025: As part of our collaboration with the Youth Impact Study team, Dr. Arce released a research brief with our latest findings on Immigrant-Origin Youth and the 2024 U.S. Election. Check out the Civic Life Lab for other research briefs and publications by this team.
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April 2025: New paper with collaborators is out now in Applied Developmental Science! Youth activism: developing sociopolitical synergy across interest, knowledge, and involvement.
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March 2025: New paper with collaborators is out now in Mental Health Science Interrupting the “Costs of Competence” Through Mindfulness Intervention for High Achieving Minoritized Students: A Protocol for the Project STRIVE Mechanistic Trial
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March 2025: We are excited to welcome Haylee Lemus as our lab manager! Welcome to the team, Haylee!
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November 2024: Dr. Arce will be reviewing PhD student applications through the Developmental Psychology area at UCR. For information on the application and admissions process in our department, please visit https://psychology.ucr.edu/graduate-admissions
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October 2024: New paper led by Dr. Arce is out now in Journal of Community Psychology! Development and initial validation of the Immigrant Optimism Questionnaire (IOQ) for immigrant-origin young adults
