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Depression and Latino Adults: Measurement Issues

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Research Meeting:  Fairness in Educational and Psychological Tests: Issues and Solutions
October 12-13, 2017

Hosted by the Buros Center for Testing with conference grant funding from American Educational Research Association (AERA)
      
LENGTH: 14 minutes

PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY: 

Azara Santiago Rivera, PhD. is the Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate program at Merrimack College. Her publications and research interests include multicultural issues in the counseling profession, bilingual therapy, Latinos and depression, and the impact of environmental contamination on the bio-psychosocial well-being of Native Americans. More recent research interests center on issues regarding the assessment of depression in Latino adults, including older adults with dementia. Dr. Santiago Rivera has presented on these topics at major conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Journal of Counseling and Development, the Journal of Community Psychology, Journal. of Environment of Psychology, and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training.  She is a past- President of the National Latino/a Psychological Association, an American Psychological Association (APA) affiliated association. She is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Latina/o Psychology (APA journal) and is a Fellow of Divisions 45 and 17 of APA. In 2014, Dr. Santiago Rivera received the APA Presidential Citation for outstanding contribution to the profession.
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TITLE: Depression and Latino Adults: Measurement Issues LENGTH: 14 minutes BIO: Azara Santiago Rivera, PhD. is the Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate program at Merrimack College. Her publications and research interests include multicultural issues in the counseling profession, bilingual therapy, Latinos and depression, and the impact of environmental contamination on the bio-psychosocial well-being of Native Americans. More recent research interests center on issues regarding the assessment of depression in Latino adults, including older adults with dementia. Dr. Santiago Rivera has presented on these topics at major conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Journal of Counseling and Development, the Journal of Community Psychology, Journal. of Environment of Psychology, and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. She is a past- President of the National Latino/a Psychological Association, an American Psychological Association (APA) affiliated association. She is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Latina/o Psychology (APA journal) and is a Fellow of Divisions 45 and 17 of APA. In 2014, Dr. Santiago Rivera received the APA Presidential Citation for outstanding contribution to the profession.