Michael Medina
Postdoctoral Scholar
B.S. with Honors in Psychology, Brown University, 2008
M.S. in Psychology, University of Michigan, 2018
Ph.D. in Education and Psychology, University of Michigan, 2020
Friends, schools, families
Shaping youth's identities
Helping them succeed
PROJECTS
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Medina, M. A., Rivas-Drake, D., Jagers, R. & Rowley, S. (2019). Friends matter: Ethnic-racial identity and school adjustment among African American and Latino early adolescents. Applied Developmental Science, 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2018.1524712
Mathews, C., Medina, M. A., Banales, J., Pinetta, B., Marchand, A., Agi, A. C.,…Rivas-Drake, D. (2019). Bridging critical consciousness and ethnic-racial identity during adolescence: intersections and future directions. Adolescent Research Review, 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s40894-019-00122-0
Rivas-Drake, D. & Medina, M. A., (2019). Ethnicity and race as contexts for moral development. In Jensen, L. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Moral Development: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. New York, NY: Oxford.
Medina, M. A., Rivas-Drake, D., & Umaña-Taylor, A. (2020). How Friend Diversity and Support Shape the Link between Racial Identity and Academic Adjustment. Society for Research in Child Development.
Medina, M. A., Peiffer, S., & Nishina, A. (2020). Daily Lunchtime Cross-Ethnic Peer Interactions and STEM Involvement in High School. Society for Research on Adolescence. San Diego, California.
Medina, M. A., Constante, K., Mendez. L., Cross, F., & Rivas-Drake, D. (2019). From Parent Beliefs to Adolescent Experiences: Relationship Quality and Ethnic-Racial Socialization in Latinx Families. Society for Research in Child Development. Baltimore, Maryland.
Medina, M. A., McDermott, E. R., Medina, A., Miller, S., Rivas-Drake, D., Ison, A., & Umaña-Taylor, A. (2019). Discrimination and Racial Identity among Multiracial Youth. International Convention of Psychological Science. Paris, France.
LIkes
Tennis
Comic books
Cooking competitions
Dislikes
Bowling
Horror movies
Vanilla ice cream