Psychology Graduate Students

- Title
- Graduate Student
- Division Social Sciences Division
- Department
- Psychology Department
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 2, 206
- Mail Stop Psychology Faculty Services
Biography, Education and Training
Felicity is a second-year developmental psychology doctoral-track graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She identifies as a proud Chicana first-generation college-turned-graduate student from Southern California.
Felicity began her undergraduate career at Moorpark College, a California Community College, and transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At UCLA, Felicity majored in psychology and minored in international migration studies. Felicity's capstone project examined ecological, behavioral, and relationships shifts during COVID-19 using big data collected from Mexican media.
After her undergraduate career, Felicity received a master's in Psychological Science from California State University, Northridge. During her time in the program, Felicity assisted in a longitudinal research project focusing on underrepresented students' cultural, health, and developmental changes during the transition to college. Her master's thesis investigated the 'pros and cons' of the home enviornment (e.g., cultural wealth and home-school value mismatch) in underrepresented college students' campus engagement.
In the Identity Development and Education in Adolescence and Adulthood (IDEAA) lab at UC Santa Cruz, Felicity's research interests center Latiné/x/a/o college student ethnic labeling practices and socialization.
Selected Publications
Evers, N. F., Evers, G. W., Greenfield, P. M., Yuan, Q., Gutierrez, F. B., Halim, G., & Du, H. (2024). COVID-19 Increased Mortality Salience, Collectivism, and Subsistence Activities: A Theory-Driven Analysis of Online Adaptation in the United States, Indonesia, Mexico, and Japan. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 55(3), 239-259.