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Kameron MacNear

Biography

Kameron is a fifth year doctoral student working with Dr. Carla Hunter. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, Kameron worked under Dr. Babe Kawaii-Bogue on projects involving coping strategies for depression in Black men and establishing a mental health care delivery framework for African Americans. After graduating, Kameron worked as a research assistant and lab manager under Dr. Joe Kable and Dr. Karolina Lempert at the University of Pennsylvania. Seeking to return to the work he is most passionate about, Kameron's program of research investigates the mental health correlates of Black racial identity, specifically how aspects of racial identity facilitate positive mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Black Americans.  His goals as a clinician in training include addressing disparities in access to mental health resources and treatment effectiveness for underrepresented minority populations.

Outside of research, Kameron spends his time cooking (and eating) in his kitchen, playing games on his PlayStation, and watching movies with his wife.

Research Interests

How do racial identity factors impact the experience of psychopathology and mental health care for Black populations?

How can we capitalize on cultural strengths and resiliency to improve the mental health of Black Americans?

Education

University of Michigan, Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience, B.A.

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Psychology, M.S.

Awards and Honors

APA MFP Predoctoral Mental Health and Substance Abuse Fellow - 2022

Evelyn Hobson Fellowship - 2020

Fred and Ruby Kanfer Fellowship - 2019

Summer Predoctoral Institute Fellow - 2019

Courses Taught

PSYC 238 - Psychopathology & Problems in Living

Additional Campus Affiliations

University of Pennsylvania, Kable Lab, Lab Manager (2017-2019)

Highlighted Publications

MacNear, K., & Hunter, C. (2023). Anxious Arousal and Institutional Race-Related Stress: The Moderating Role of Racial Identity for Black College Students. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Kawaii-Bogue, B. & William, N., MacNear, K. (2017). An evidence-based integrative framework for mental health service delivery in African American communities. Best Practices in Mental Health, 13(2), 11-29.

Recent Publications

Lempert, K. M., Cohen, M. S., MacNear, K. A., Reckers, F. M., Zaneski, L. A., Wolk, D., & Kable, J. (2022). Aging is associated with maladaptive episodic memory-guided social decision-making. PNAS. 119(42).

Lempert, K. M., MacNear, K., Wolk, D., & Kable, J. (2020). Links between autobiographical memory richness and temporal discounting in older adults. Scientific Reports, 10(1).