Biography
Antonia (Yuxin) Hua is a first-year doctoral student in the Clinical-Community psychology program, working with Dr. Violeta Rodriguez in the HEAL Lab. Antonia's research examines how developmental contexts, including parenting, peer relationships, and identity-based stress, shape risk and resilience for psychopathology, especially among ethnoracially minoritized and sexual and gender minority adolescents. Her broader goal is to generate evidence that informs culturally responsive intervention efforts for underserved youth and families.
Research Interests
- Child and Adolescent Development
- Developmental Psychopathology
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Discrimination
- Social Support
- Emotion Regulation
- Psychometrics and Advanced Quantitative Methods
Education
M.S. in Psychological Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.A. in Social Science with a Psychology Concentration, NYU Shanghai