Congratulations to Srushti Untawale for receiving an American Psychological Foundation grant

Srushti Untawale, doctoral student in Penn State’s Clinical Psychology program, recently received an American Psychological Foundation (APF) Division 56 CHANGE Grant. The Division 56 Cultivating, Healing, Advocacy, Nonviolence, Growth, and Equity (CHANGE) Grant supports graduate student or early-career psychologist-led collaborative projects aimed at identifying and dismantling all forms of systemic racism, discrimination, and violence.

Srushti works with Chardée Galán, Ph.D., and the Dismantling Racial inEquities Around Mental Health (DREAM) Lab. Srushti’s research broadly examines how intersectional identity-based stressors contribute to self-injurious thoughts and behaviors among marginalized youth, particularly Asian American youth. She aims to develop brief, scalable, culturally adapted, and visually engaging digital interventions to help youth and families recognize and respond to these stressors.

The APF grant will be instrumental in helping Srushti fund her master’s project, a single session intervention that seeks to promote cultural pride and racial coping self-efficacy among Asian American adolescents. Visit the DREAM Lab website to learn more about Srushti’s work.

Congratulations, Srushti!