Sthephany Escandell

Sthephany Escandell is a fourth-year doctoral student in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Cognitive and Developmental Sciences. She is a recipient of the Advanced Opportunities Program Fellowship and has served as a Teaching Assistant in both the Department of Psychology and the Department of Educational Psychology. Her research focuses on emerging adulthood development in college students, the roles of belonging and mattering in identity development, as well as ethnic-racial identity development among minority groups. She has numerous interdisciplinary publications and has presented her work at various academic conferences. Her doctoral advisor is Dr. Jacqueline Nguyen.