Jasmine Mena

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Rhode Island
• Predoctoral Internship, Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center and the Boston University School of Medicine
• M.A., Psychology, University of Rhode Island
• B.A., Psychology, Rhode Island College

Research Interests

Professor Mena’s research examines the influence of cultural and contextual factors on physical and mental health. She is especially interested in illuminating the experiences of historically marginalized groups and strives to apply research findings in community settings. She has a passion for working with students on research from conceptualization to publication and every step in between.

Courses Taught

• FOUN 098: (Un)intended Health Disparities
• FOUN 098: Success and Failure
• PSYC 100: Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 240: Critical Multicultural Psychology
• PSYC 287: Research Methods in Critical Multicultural Psychology
• PSYC 374/674: Latinx Psychology

Books

Mena, J. A. & Pittman, D. M. (Eds.). (2024). BIPOC and LGBTQ feminist radical visionaries. Taylor & Francis.

Mena, J. A. & Quina, K. (Eds.). (2019). Integrating multiculturalism and intersectionality into the psychology curriculum: Strategies for instructors. American Psychological Association.

Selected Publications

(*Student co-Author)

Nolan, S. A., Cranney, J., Jia, F., Sokolová, L., Selvam, S. G., Dunn, D. S., Mena, J. A., Richmond, A. S., Machin, M. A., & Yahiiaiev, I. (2025). Going global: Intersections of the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines 3.0 with international foundational competence framework. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 11(1), 37–48. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000409

Mena, J. A., & Naufel, K. Z. (2025). Advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice with the American Psychological Association’s guidelines for the undergraduate major 3.0. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 11(1), 24–36. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000418

*Zhang, R., & Mena, J. A. (2024). Gender Differences in Coping with Discrimination, Psychological Distress, and College Stress Among International Chinese Students in the United States. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 17(4), 285–303. https://doi.org/10.1080/26379112.2024.2386024

Mena, J. A., Fuentes, M. A., & Soto, J. A. (2023). Cultivating collaborative synergy to promote equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice in the psychology curriculum. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 9(4), 480–493. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000392

Soto, J. A., Mena, J. A., Borge, M., Stoyer, M. R., Witherspoon, D. P., & Dawson-Andoh, N. A. (2023). Multicultural competence building blocks: Multicultural psychology courses promote multicultural knowledge and ethnic identity. Teaching of Psychology, 50(4), 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283211031854

Mena, J. A. & Stevenson, J. R. (2024). The promise of labor-based grading contracts for the teaching of psychology and neuroscience. Teaching of Psychology, 51(4), 466-471. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283221119783

Mena, J. A. (2022). From cradle to college: Cultural socialization and the college experience of Latinxs college students. Journal of Latinx Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000207

*Campbell, C., & Mena, J. A. (2021). LGBTQ+ counseling center website friendliness and structural stigma. Journal of College Counseling, 24 (3), 241-255.https://doi.org/10.1002/jocc.12194

*Ulerio, G., & Mena, J. A. (2020). Parental cultural socialization practices in a predominantly White rural college community. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 2697–2709.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01778-2

Mena, J. A., Soto, J. A., Wei, W., *Kaplan, S., & *Salazar, S. (2020) Does centrality moderate the relation between skin tone satisfaction and psychological adjustment for Latinx Blacks and non-Latinx Blacks? Race and Social Problems, 12, 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-020-09284-2

Selected Presentations

Mena J. A. (2024). Developing inclusive psychology departments by cultivating collaborative synergy. Tulane University, New Orleans, L.A.

Mena, J. A. (2022). Aiding and abetting racism: Curricular and pedagogical considerations for dismantling racism in psychology. Yale University, New Haven, CT.