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Dr. Desi Rios Presentation Zoom Link

Dr. Desi Rios holds a doctorate in Psychology and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan. She is a former Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Director of Latinx and Latin American Studies at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) prior to working as a community-based educator and advocate. She has co-led university-wide justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) initiatives focusing on racial/ethnic and gender disparities at the faculty and administrative levels. 

Dr. Rios is the recipient of three national teaching awards from the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Association for Women in Psychology. Dr. Rios has published on intersectionality and minoritized faculty and student experiences in academia as well as community-engaged research practices. She is a Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and currently serves as Consulting Editor for Psychology of Women Quarterly and on Boards of Directors for several non-profits in Houston including Magnolia Park Arts & Community (MPAC) and Wellness on Wheels HTX (WOW), a nature therapy program focusing on mental health and well-being for students and families in underserved communities. She is also co-writing the first Psychology of Latinx People textbook in the field of psychology.