Student 638084’s Profile Student

STRIDE is a digital infrastructure using the OpenLab platform that converges a variety of science resources and applications bearing a capacity for enriched engagement in research, and community building. More that a mere website for the NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate at City Tech, it will contains the following components: • A resource center of digital presentations of faculty mentors research interests/profiles. • A multimedia library of faculty/student research project presentations. • An online journal of students’ scholarly works in research including the sharing of conference abstracts and papers. • Digital platform for an interactive research community that includes online social media.

STRIDE is a digital infrastructure using the OpenLab platform that converges a variety of science resources and applications bearing a capacity for enriched engagement in research, and community building. More that a mere website for the NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate at City Tech, it will contains the following components: • A resource center of digital presentations of faculty mentors research interests/profiles. • A multimedia library of faculty/student research project presentations. • An online journal of students’ scholarly works in research including the sharing of conference abstracts and papers. • Digital platform for an interactive research community that includes online social media.

In the Psychology Research Lab at City Tech, students worked with Dr. Amanda Lee Almond on every stage of the social science research process—from study design and participant recruitment to data analysis and scholarly writing. Projects in the lab explored self-care and empowerment among women enrolled in graduate psychology programs, the effects of microaggressions on self-compassion, health promotion, and professional identity, and racial identity and attributions of race in the interpretation of disease-risk messages among Black Americans. More recent research extended these themes to applied health settings, including the validation of the Racial Microaggression in Medical Practice Scale (RMMPS), the development of the Anti-Racist Efficacy Scale (Almond, 2025, OSF Preprint), and a new framework published in Current Psychology (Almond, 2025) that uses the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change to promote anti-racist action in medical and educational environments. Together, this body of work advances an interdisciplinary understanding of how race, bias, and behavioral change intersect to shape health and well-being. Student roles included recruiting participants, identifying psychology programs for outreach, entering and managing data, developing surveys in Qualtrics, conducting literature searches, preparing annotated bibliographies, and contributing to literature reviews. All student researchers completed CITI certification for the ethical conduct of human subjects research. Skills developed: library and research literacy, academic writing, bibliography construction, Excel data organization, and Qualtrics survey design (training provided). Core values: ethical access to scholarship, integrity in research practices, and inclusion of diverse and underrepresented perspectives in psychological science. Knowledge areas: health psychology and behavior change, social and person-perception theory, the biopsychosocial model, and gender and race studies. Interested in joining the lab? Motivated students with strong writing skills, curiosity about the psychology of health, and a commitment to equity in research are encouraged to apply. Please contact Dr. Amanda Lee Almond at AAlmond@citytech.cuny.edu with a brief statement of interest and a copy of your résumé or CV.

In the Psychology Research Lab at City Tech, students worked with Dr. Amanda Lee Almond on every stage of the social science research process—from study design and participant recruitment to data analysis and scholarly writing. Projects in the lab explored self-care and empowerment among women enrolled in graduate psychology programs, the effects of microaggressions on self-compassion, health promotion, and professional identity, and racial identity and attributions of race in the interpretation of disease-risk messages among Black Americans. More recent research extended these themes to applied health settings, including the validation of the Racial Microaggression in Medical Practice Scale (RMMPS), the development of the Anti-Racist Efficacy Scale (Almond, 2025, OSF Preprint), and a new framework published in Current Psychology (Almond, 2025) that uses the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change to promote anti-racist action in medical and educational environments. Together, this body of work advances an interdisciplinary understanding of how race, bias, and behavioral change intersect to shape health and well-being. Student roles included recruiting participants, identifying psychology programs for outreach, entering and managing data, developing surveys in Qualtrics, conducting literature searches, preparing annotated bibliographies, and contributing to literature reviews. All student researchers completed CITI certification for the ethical conduct of human subjects research. Skills developed: library and research literacy, academic writing, bibliography construction, Excel data organization, and Qualtrics survey design (training provided). Core values: ethical access to scholarship, integrity in research practices, and inclusion of diverse and underrepresented perspectives in psychological science. Knowledge areas: health psychology and behavior change, social and person-perception theory, the biopsychosocial model, and gender and race studies. Interested in joining the lab? Motivated students with strong writing skills, curiosity about the psychology of health, and a commitment to equity in research are encouraged to apply. Please contact Dr. Amanda Lee Almond at AAlmond@citytech.cuny.edu with a brief statement of interest and a copy of your résumé or CV.