Cristalís Capielo Rosario, PhD
Dr. Cristalís Capielo Rosario is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology Program at Arizona State University. Dr. Capielo Rosario’s research lab, Psicologia Latinx en Accion (PLENA), focuses on investigating sociocultural and sociopolitical determinants of the wellbeing of Latinx communities, particularly Puerto Ricans living in the United States. Her most recent publication shows how the colonization of Puerto Rico negatively influences the psychological health of Puerto Ricans. Dr. Capielo Rosario’s research findings have been featured in regional and national academic and community conferences and news outlets such as NBC News.
Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, PhD
Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Utah State University. Her research focuses on cultural adaptations of evidence-based interventions, cultural competence, and parenting. She has collaborated on cultural adaptions of GenerationPMTO parenting interventions for Latinxs in the US and México and developed Padres Preparados for Latinx parents of preschoolers. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, and a Past President of the National Latina/o Psychological Association.
Karina Gattamorta, PhD
Karina Gattamorta is a Research Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Miami interested in health disparities research. Her research focuses on Hispanic sexual minority youth and their families particularly as it relates to coming out and the impact of that experience on both youth and families. She has conducted research on the coming out experiences of Hispanic sexual minorities and their effects on youth and parents and has also examined health disparities of sexual minority high school students. Currently, she is evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the Family Acceptance Project (FAP) among a diverse sample of Hispanic families. Her goals are to continue pursuing a career working with Hispanic sexual and gender minority youth and their families to help increase acceptance and reduce rejection that is linked to disparities in mental and behavioral health among this population.
Kirsten A. Gonzalez, PhD
Dr. Kirsten A. Gonzalez [she/her/hers], PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) and the director of the Research on Social Intersections at Tennessee (ReSIsT) Lab. She also serves as a core faculty member of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies (WGS) program, and the Latin American and Caribbean studies (LACS) program at UTK. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Tennessee and teaches courses in Introduction to Counseling Psychology, Cognitive Assessment, Field Placement, and Multicultural Psychology. Her research interests include the psychological well-being of LGBTQ+ People of Color, the intersection of Latinx and LGBTQ+ identities, belonging and community connection for LGBTQ people broadly and bisexual and transgender folks specifically, ally development, social justice advocacy and interventions, biracial/multiracial experience, intersectionality, minority, race-related, and acculturative stress, and sociopolitical experiences of marginalization across race/ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
Tyler Lefevor, PhD
Tyler is an assistant professor in the combined clinical/counseling psychology program at Utah State University. His research examines how and when religiousness is related to health among sexual and gender minorities to better inform psychotherapy and public policy. In general, his research follows three trajectories: 1) examining the health disparities experienced by sexual and gender minorities, particularly those from a conservative religious background. 2) understanding how sexual and gender identities intersect with religious identities to help or hinder health and how those associations change over time. 3) translating my findings to help inform therapy, policy, and ministry. Tyler also maintains a private practice in Logan, UT where he works primarily with sexual and gender minority clients.
Della V. Mosley, PhD
Della V. Mosley, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at the University of Florida. She developed and leads the Wellness, Equity, Love, Liberation, and Sexuality (WELLS) Healing and Research Collective. Della received her doctorate in counseling psychology from the APA-accredited program at the University of Kentucky and completed her APA doctoral internship at Duke University Counseling and Psychological Services. Della tends to utilize contextually rich, qualitative, and intersectional approaches to exploring the experiences and promoting the psychological and political wellness of Black, queer, transgender and/or gender-expansive people. She has published, been invited to speak, and advocated extensively on issues impacting these communities. Della recently served as co-chair of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychological Study of Race, Ethnicity and Culture (Division 45) Presidential Task Force: “Promoting Healing through Social Justice.” She co-authors a Psychology Today blog with the Psychology of Radical Healing Collective titled “Healing through Social Justice” and is an APA Minority Fellow.