Center for the Psychological Study of Urban Diversity

这个新的M-RISP应用程序建立在现有的生产力更新的心理健康的势头 研究人员/教师在心理学系在西班牙裔服务机构，加州州立大学，北岭（CSUN）。这个M-RISP奖将促进当前较新的教师的研究生涯，并吸引合格的教师的颜色到我们的部门，目前并不代表我们的53%少数民族学生人口。CSUN的位置是独特的，在一个种族多样化，人口稠密的城市地区提供的研究机会的质量。该大学努力通过提供资金和设备来支持研究生产力，但最近的削减意味着研究资源减少。这个MRISP 奖励将为开发项目和教师提供丰富的机会， 以配合本署现有的优势。这里提出的项目代表了精神健康研究的重要领域-神经学测试的文化敏感规范（Razani）、精神分裂症患者的社会认知（Sergi）、低收入拉丁美洲人的调整和教育期望（Saetermoe）、学术调整中的社会心理学和精神健康问题（Grant/Quilici）以及老年人在基于计算机的活动中的调整和参与（Lagana）。通过提供重新分配的时间，参与者的报酬，文书服务，旅行资金，设备资金，以及最重要的是，教育机会，该计划旨在为发展中的教师提供他们进行最先进的研究所需的资源，并传播研究结果，同时向非发展性 资助的研究。这项M-RISP赠款的教育部分包括定量统计和方法方面的研讨会和讲习班（例如，结构方程建模，特定项目研讨会），定性方法和分析（例如，访谈，定性解释），伴随着每周座谈会和研讨会，包括教师和学生介绍自己的研究，演讲嘉宾，图书馆信息研讨会，数据库研讨会，以及各种其他丰富的活动。我们的目标包括发展一个研究中心（城市多样性心理研究中心），致力于建立一个训练有素的学者社区，他们致力于指导教师 和有色人种的学生，他们正在努力改善所有人的心理健康。

This new M-RISP application builds on the existing momentum of productive newer mental health researchers/faculty members in the Department of Psychology at an Hispanic Serving Institution, California State University, Northridge (CSUN). This M-RISP award would facilitate the research careers of current newer faculty and attract qualified faculty of color to our department, which currently does not represent our 53% minority student population. CSUN's location is unique in the quality of research opportunities available in an ethnically diverse, highly populous urban region. The university strives to support research productivity by providing funding and equipment, but recent cutbacks have meant fewer research resources. This MRISP award would provide enrichment opportunities for developing projects and faculty that would complement the existing strengths of the Department. The projects proposed here represent crucial areas of mental health research -- culturally sensitive norms for neurological tests (Razani), social perception of schizophrenics (Sergi), adjustment and educational expectations in low income Latinos (Saetermoe), social psychology and mental health issues in academic adjustment (Grant/Quilici), and adjustment and engagement of elders in computer-based activities (Lagana). By providing reassigned time, payment for participants, clerical services, travel funds, equipment funds, and, most importantly, educational opportunities, this program proposes to provide developing faculty members with the resources they need to conduct state-of-the-art research and to disseminate findings while moving toward non-developmentally funded research. The educational component of this M-RISP grant includes seminars and workshops in quantitative statistics and methodology (e.g., structural equation modeling, project-specific workshops), qualitative methods and analysis (e.g., interviewing, qualitative interpretation), accompanied by weekly colloquia and workshops including faculty and student presentations of their own research, guest speakers, library informational workshops, data base workshops, and a variety of other enrichment activities. Our goals include the development of a research center (The Center for the Psychological Study of Urban Diversity) dedicated to the creation of a community of well-trained scholars who are committed to mentoring faculty and students of color and who are working toward improving the mental health of all people.