Solicia Lopez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591363 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Solicia Lopez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Solicia |
| FAMILY NAME | Lopez |
| SIGNATURE | LÓPEZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Denver Public Schools |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Healing justice in multicultural counseling
Prioritizing healing for Latinx youth involves more than increased access to mental health resources. Community-based educators are articulating a vision of healing justice that combines psychological healing and social change. In this paper, we draw on 2 years of collaborative community-engaged co-design with youth and young adults of color to propose a framework for healing justice in youth development and education spaces. We discuss the relev…
Co-Constructing Knowledge for Action in Research Practice Partnerships
Community-engaged research (CER) aspires to co-construct knowledge for action in groups that recognize people's varied expertise and engage in democratic decision making. The CER literature has chronicled these processes in small participatory collectives but is less clear on the strategies or principles that guide collaborative approaches to data analysis in research partnerships that have hundreds of contributors playing distinct roles. The pur…
A Theory of Change for Scaling Critical Civic Inquiry
Case studies of single classrooms and schools have shown promising evidence of learning outcomes associated with action civics and student voice. These findings justify efforts to expand and sustain such opportunities, to ensure greater access for students, and to create a positive feedback loop between youth activism and equity-centered systems change. Although the literature on educational innovation and scaling offers some guidance, this liter…
Use of Research Evidence Generated by Youth
Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is a social justice-focused approach for promoting social change and positive youth development in which youth conduct systematic research and actions to improve their schools and communities. Although YPAR is oriented to generating research for action, with evidence-based recommendations often aimed at influencing adults with power over settings and systems that shape youths' lives, we have little u…
Co-Constructing Knowledge for Action in Research Practice Partnerships
Community-engaged research (CER) aspires to co-construct knowledge for action in groups that recognize people's varied expertise and engage in democratic decision making. The CER literature has chronicled these processes in small participatory collectives but is less clear on the strategies or principles that guide collaborative approaches to data analysis in research partnerships that have hundreds of contributors playing distinct roles. The pur…
A Theory of Change for Scaling Critical Civic Inquiry
Case studies of single classrooms and schools have shown promising evidence of learning outcomes associated with action civics and student voice. These findings justify efforts to expand and sustain such opportunities, to ensure greater access for students, and to create a positive feedback loop between youth activism and equity-centered systems change. Although the literature on educational innovation and scaling offers some guidance, this liter…
Healing justice in multicultural counseling
Prioritizing healing for Latinx youth involves more than increased access to mental health resources. Community-based educators are articulating a vision of healing justice that combines psychological healing and social change. In this paper, we draw on 2 years of collaborative community-engaged co-design with youth and young adults of color to propose a framework for healing justice in youth development and education spaces. We discuss the relev…
Use of Research Evidence Generated by Youth
Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is a social justice-focused approach for promoting social change and positive youth development in which youth conduct systematic research and actions to improve their schools and communities. Although YPAR is oriented to generating research for action, with evidence-based recommendations often aimed at influencing adults with power over settings and systems that shape youths' lives, we have little u…
Use of Research Evidence Generated by Youth
Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is a social justice-focused approach for promoting social change and positive youth development in which youth conduct systematic research and actions to improve their schools and communities. Although YPAR is oriented to generating research for action, with evidence-based recommendations often aimed at influencing adults with power over settings and systems that shape youths' lives, we have little u…
A Theory of Change for Scaling Critical Civic Inquiry
Case studies of single classrooms and schools have shown promising evidence of learning outcomes associated with action civics and student voice. These findings justify efforts to expand and sustain such opportunities, to ensure greater access for students, and to create a positive feedback loop between youth activism and equity-centered systems change. Although the literature on educational innovation and scaling offers some guidance, this liter…
Co-Constructing Knowledge for Action in Research Practice Partnerships
Community-engaged research (CER) aspires to co-construct knowledge for action in groups that recognize people's varied expertise and engage in democratic decision making. The CER literature has chronicled these processes in small participatory collectives but is less clear on the strategies or principles that guide collaborative approaches to data analysis in research partnerships that have hundreds of contributors playing distinct roles. The pur…
Healing justice in multicultural counseling
Prioritizing healing for Latinx youth involves more than increased access to mental health resources. Community-based educators are articulating a vision of healing justice that combines psychological healing and social change. In this paper, we draw on 2 years of collaborative community-engaged co-design with youth and young adults of color to propose a framework for healing justice in youth development and education spaces. We discuss the relev…
Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Action research (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (3 works) · Action (physics (2 works) · General partnership (2 works) · Participatory action research (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)