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Rachel L. Navarro
Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology
College of Education MSC 3CEP NMSU
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003

Section III has three student representatives—Nayeli Chavez, Lideth Ortega-Villalobos, and Araceli Mejia. Please see the student affiliate page for more information about them.

Dr. Patricia Gonzalez Named 2006–2007 Student Scholar Hispanic Woman/Latina Awardee

Dr. Patricia Gonzalez

Dr. Patricia Gonzalez recently earned her doctorate in Social and Health Psychology from Colorado State University. Dr. Gonzalez is very concerned about the persistent disparities in health and is particularly concerned about cancer disparities among Latinos. In her dissertation titled “The Design, Construction, and Testing of an Instrument to Measure Latina’s Health Beliefs about Breast Cancer and Screening” Dr. Gonzalez developed and tested the Latina Breast Cancer Screening (LBCS) Scale, which measures traditional cultural health beliefs that influence Latinas decision to engage in regular breast cancer screening. Dr. Gonzalez is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education (CCARE) at the City of Hope National Medical Center, CA. She is collaborating with CCARE’s director Dr. Ashing-Giwa on studies examining quality of life issues among multiethnic breast and cervical cancer survivors to improve HRQOL among underserved populations. As well, she is developing and implementing her studies focusing on cultural health beliefs and health behaviors for Latinas. Her interests are breast cancer screening, cultural health beliefs, measurement, and understanding how culture and ethnicity influence health outcomes.

Click here to read about previous Hispanic Woman/Latina Award Recipients.

Student Scholar Hispanic Woman/Latina Award

The Student Scholar Hispanic Woman/Latina Award honors the scholarly contributions of a Division 35 student member who has conducted research and/or scholarly work that advances the psychology of Hispanic women/Latinas. Submissions for consideration may include products based on degree-related work (e.g., dissertations) or other projects (class papers).

Nomination Requirements

Division 35 Student members who are currently enrolled in graduate training
A letter of reference from the student’s advisor or faculty mentor who can verify enrollment, address the merits of the student-initiated and -developed product, provide a general reference about the nominee, and attend to the nominee’s commitment and potential for advancing Latina’s/Hispanic women’s issues.
Electronic submission (via e-mail attachment) of the following files:
- 2–3 page letter of application addressing project (include full contact information)
- 100-word abstract of scholarly product
- Copy of the scholarly product
All materials should be forwarded to Alberta M. Gloria at agloria@education.wisc.edu by 18 February 2008.

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