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

mame@ucdavis.edu

Friends, schools, families

Shaping youth's identities

Helping them succeed

PROJECTS

Ethnic Diversity Experiences in High School


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.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

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