I am a fastidious, entrepreneurial, and inquisitive first-generation biracial man. My experience at an interdisciplinary, liberal arts and open curriculum university like Wesleyan has allowed me to explore psychology with boldness, rigor, and practical idealism. Both my personal and academic experiences are an asset to my research interests. I can understand, interpret, communicate, and engage with people through the intersectionalities of the identities I inhabit and through my own personal experiences.
My research interests include investigating the relationship between race-related stress and perceived discrimination, as well as its long-term effects on the mental health of African Americans. Additionally, I seek to help athletes in sports psychology, as well as in psychosocial functioning and psychopathology. Specifically, I wish to help treat African American and minority populations to break the vicious cycle and false narrative that seeking professional psychological help is unnecessary.
The African American community has been critically under-represented in psychological research. I am highly motivated, eager to learn, and naturally hungry for success. As an aspiring clinical psychologist, I will be certain to represent the African American community and ensure the narrative voices are heard deconstructing false narratives and embedded stereotypes.
