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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, stu­dent(s) work with Pro­fes­sor Al­mond on all as­pects of the so­cial sci­ence re­search process. New/On-go­ing re­search in­cludes: scale val­i­da­tion for self-care be­hav­iors of women en­rolled in grad­u­ate pro­grams; the ef­fects of mi­croag­gres­sion on self-com­pas­sion, health pro­mo­tion, and pro­fes­sional em­pow­er­ment; and racial iden­tity and at­tri­bu­tions of race in the pro­cess­ing of dis­ease-risk mes­sages tar­get­ing Black Amer­i­cans. The stu­dent’s role(s) will in­clude: re­cruit­ment of sub­jects for re­search, iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of psy­chol­ogy pro­grams for so­lic­it­ing par­tic­i­pants, en­ter­ing data, en­ter­ing sur­veys into Qualtrics, data col­lec­tion and or­ga­ni­za­tion, lit­er­a­ture searches, an­no­tated bib­li­ogra­phies, and writ­ing lit­er­a­ture re­views. Re­search skills re­quired in­cluded CITI cer­ti­fi­ca­tion train­ing for eth­i­cal con­duct in human sub­jects re­search. Skills: li­brary lit­er­acy, writ­ing, con­struct­ing bib­li­og­ra­phy, Excel, and Qualtrics (which I will train). Val­ues: eth­i­cal ac­cess to jour­nal ar­ti­cles, eth­i­cal re­search prac­tices, and in­clu­sion of di­verse view­points in psy­cho­log­i­cal re­search. Knowl­edge: Health psy­chol­ogy con­tent and the­ory, so­cial psy­chol­ogy and per­son per­cep­tion the­ory, biopsy­choso­cial model, and gen­der/race stud­ies.

In the psychology research lab, student(s) work with Professor Almond on all aspects of the social science research process. New/On-going research includes: scale validation for self-care behaviors of women enrolled in graduate programs; the effects of microaggression on self-compassion, health promotion, and professional empowerment; and racial identity and attributions of race in the processing of disease-risk messages targeting Black Americans. The student’s role(s) will include: recruitment of subjects for research, identification of psychology programs for soliciting participants, entering data, entering surveys into Qualtrics, data collection and organization, literature searches, annotated bibliographies, and writing literature reviews. Research skills required included CITI certification training for ethical conduct in human subjects research. Skills: library literacy, writing, constructing bibliography, Excel, and Qualtrics (which I will train). Values: ethical access to journal articles, ethical research practices, and inclusion of diverse viewpoints in psychological research. Knowledge: Health psychology content and theory, social psychology and person perception theory, biopsychosocial model, and gender/race studies.