Psychology in the News

Wright Receives APA Fellowship

The American Psychological Association Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP) awarded LaTrice Wright a $23,000 fellowship for the 2020-2021 academic year. Wright, a counseling graduate student who works with Jioni Lewis and Kirsten Gonzalez, will receive training and support in working with community-based ethnic and racial minority populations as part of this fellowship

The new fellowship program is designed for master’s and doctoral students in psychology, nursing, social work, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and substance use and addictions counseling whose training prepares them for careers in behavioral health services for ethnic and racial minorities.