Mayra Lopez-Humphreys
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3529434 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mayra Lopez-Humphreys |
| PRENOMES | Mayra |
| SOBRENOME | Lopez-Humphreys |
| ASSINATURA | LOPEZ-HUMPHREYS M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2592-8692 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 5 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Investigating the Relationship Between Disaster Preparedness Knowledge, Disaster Related Stress, and Post-Disaster Depression Among Students and Faculty in Higher Education
The worldwide prevalence of disasters exposes students, staff, and faculty at colleges and universities to multiple disasters, potentially impacting their mental health. This study investigates the influence of cumulative disaster-related stressors on depression among 1,497 higher education participants. Results from modified Poisson regression analyses reveal that individuals exposed to cumulative stressors (COVID-19 and Hurricane Sandy) have a …
Unearthing Belonging
A Case Study on Hotels as Noncongregate Emergency Living Accommodations for Returning Citizens
Background: The Transitional Hotel Project (THP) is a noncongregate emergency hotel initiative with comprehensive wraparound services implemented at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was designed to address the emergency housing needs of adults transitioning from incarceration (returning citizens) to community reintegration. Objective: The study aims to explore the external and internal recovery needs of returning citizens participating in t…
Discomforting pedagogies and affective learning processes in diversity & social justice courses
Social work education prepares students to ethically engage historically stigmatized populations. The importance of including diversity in the social work curriculum and preparing culturally competent social workers has been established. However, little is known about how social work educators utilize the syllabus as a tool to prepare students to develop the stamina to attend to and cope with emotional reactions that may result from engaging in c…
A Model for Supporting Affective Learning within Diversity and Social Justice Social Work Syllabi
Teaching approaches are needed that can normalize students’ process of exploring emotions related to their learning and support the internalization of the professional social work values (i.e. human rights and social justice). Within the literature on social work education, the importance of affective processes to support the students’ learning of diversity and social justice content is acknowledged; however, the teaching continues to over-rely o…
We Feel, Therefore, We Learn
Within social work education, the literature on affective learning processes is, for the most part, poorly conceptualized and minimally researched. Affective processes that engage students’ values, beliefs, and emotions are valuable resources supporting students’ development of self-reflection skills, stamina for discomfort, and curiosity for people who hold identities that differ from their own. Using a nationwide sample of syllabi in the United…
A Call for Person-Centered and City-Centered Student Supports
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is devastating the well-being of college students and society. This article examines the need for attention to collegiate mental health during public health emergencies, with a particular focus on college students in urban settings. The article begins with a brief description of the unique challenges faced by cities during pandemics and continues with a historical overview of pandemics. College …
It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts”
Peer mentorship programs with returned citizens (i.e., formally incarcerated) have recently emerged as a model that provides mentees and mentors with opportunities to practice new roles that broaden their self-identity and consequently can also assist with maintaining ongoing, non-recidivating behavior. Yet, few evidence-based models focus directly on supporting the peer mentor’s identity change process. This study employed a pretest–posttest eva…
Social Work Leadership
This commentary explores the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare’s (AASWSW) call to action, the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW), and the role that Black women will have in leading the GCSW initiative. From the historic courage of Ruby Bridges to social work leaders such as Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and U.S. Congresswomen Barbara Lee and Karen Bass, Black women social workers have made groundbreaking strides and contributed …
Transformations of the Self
The integration of peer mentors with a history of incarceration is a strengths-based intervention, primarily emerging within large urban U.S. cities. The Credible Messenger Institute is an innovative training program that aims to prepare adults who were formerly incarcerated to mentor justice-involved youth. Through two focus groups, this study explored the change experiences of 11 peer mentors who participated in the 6-week training. Data analys…
Exploring Language Dominance, English Literacy and Life Satisfaction Among Dominican Children of Immigrant Parents
The purpose of this pilot study was to explore language dominance and English language literacy, and examine the effects of an intervention focused on facilitating English language acquisition among Dominican children. Eighteen first and second generation Dominican children, ages 7–11, participated in a school based after school literacy language immersion program. Following participation in the literacy language immersion intervention, participa…
It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts”
Peer mentorship programs with returned citizens (i.e., formally incarcerated) have recently emerged as a model that provides mentees and mentors with opportunities to practice new roles that broaden their self-identity and consequently can also assist with maintaining ongoing, non-recidivating behavior. Yet, few evidence-based models focus directly on supporting the peer mentor’s identity change process. This study employed a pretest–posttest eva…
Social Work Leadership
This commentary explores the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare’s (AASWSW) call to action, the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW), and the role that Black women will have in leading the GCSW initiative. From the historic courage of Ruby Bridges to social work leaders such as Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and U.S. Congresswomen Barbara Lee and Karen Bass, Black women social workers have made groundbreaking strides and contributed …
Transformations of the Self
The integration of peer mentors with a history of incarceration is a strengths-based intervention, primarily emerging within large urban U.S. cities. The Credible Messenger Institute is an innovative training program that aims to prepare adults who were formerly incarcerated to mentor justice-involved youth. Through two focus groups, this study explored the change experiences of 11 peer mentors who participated in the 6-week training. Data analys…
Exploring Language Dominance, English Literacy and Life Satisfaction Among Dominican Children of Immigrant Parents
The purpose of this pilot study was to explore language dominance and English language literacy, and examine the effects of an intervention focused on facilitating English language acquisition among Dominican children. Eighteen first and second generation Dominican children, ages 7–11, participated in a school based after school literacy language immersion program. Following participation in the literacy language immersion intervention, participa…
Transformations of the Self
The integration of peer mentors with a history of incarceration is a strengths-based intervention, primarily emerging within large urban U.S. cities. The Credible Messenger Institute is an innovative training program that aims to prepare adults who were formerly incarcerated to mentor justice-involved youth. Through two focus groups, this study explored the change experiences of 11 peer mentors who participated in the 6-week training. Data analys…
It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts”
Peer mentorship programs with returned citizens (i.e., formally incarcerated) have recently emerged as a model that provides mentees and mentors with opportunities to practice new roles that broaden their self-identity and consequently can also assist with maintaining ongoing, non-recidivating behavior. Yet, few evidence-based models focus directly on supporting the peer mentor’s identity change process. This study employed a pretest–posttest eva…
Social Work Leadership
This commentary explores the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare’s (AASWSW) call to action, the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW), and the role that Black women will have in leading the GCSW initiative. From the historic courage of Ruby Bridges to social work leaders such as Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and U.S. Congresswomen Barbara Lee and Karen Bass, Black women social workers have made groundbreaking strides and contributed …
A Call for Person-Centered and City-Centered Student Supports
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is devastating the well-being of college students and society. This article examines the need for attention to collegiate mental health during public health emergencies, with a particular focus on college students in urban settings. The article begins with a brief description of the unique challenges faced by cities during pandemics and continues with a historical overview of pandemics. College …
Discomforting pedagogies and affective learning processes in diversity & social justice courses
Social work education prepares students to ethically engage historically stigmatized populations. The importance of including diversity in the social work curriculum and preparing culturally competent social workers has been established. However, little is known about how social work educators utilize the syllabus as a tool to prepare students to develop the stamina to attend to and cope with emotional reactions that may result from engaging in c…
A Model for Supporting Affective Learning within Diversity and Social Justice Social Work Syllabi
Teaching approaches are needed that can normalize students’ process of exploring emotions related to their learning and support the internalization of the professional social work values (i.e. human rights and social justice). Within the literature on social work education, the importance of affective processes to support the students’ learning of diversity and social justice content is acknowledged; however, the teaching continues to over-rely o…
We Feel, Therefore, We Learn
Within social work education, the literature on affective learning processes is, for the most part, poorly conceptualized and minimally researched. Affective processes that engage students’ values, beliefs, and emotions are valuable resources supporting students’ development of self-reflection skills, stamina for discomfort, and curiosity for people who hold identities that differ from their own. Using a nationwide sample of syllabi in the United…
A Case Study on Hotels as Noncongregate Emergency Living Accommodations for Returning Citizens
Background: The Transitional Hotel Project (THP) is a noncongregate emergency hotel initiative with comprehensive wraparound services implemented at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was designed to address the emergency housing needs of adults transitioning from incarceration (returning citizens) to community reintegration. Objective: The study aims to explore the external and internal recovery needs of returning citizens participating in t…
Investigating the Relationship Between Disaster Preparedness Knowledge, Disaster Related Stress, and Post-Disaster Depression Among Students and Faculty in Higher Education
The worldwide prevalence of disasters exposes students, staff, and faculty at colleges and universities to multiple disasters, potentially impacting their mental health. This study investigates the influence of cumulative disaster-related stressors on depression among 1,497 higher education participants. Results from modified Poisson regression analyses reveal that individuals exposed to cumulative stressors (COVID-19 and Hurricane Sandy) have a …
Unearthing Belonging
Psychology (9 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Medical education (4 obras) · Pedagogy (4 obras) · Social Work (4 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 obras)