Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Honored to have been selected to share the 2026 National Latinx Psychological Association’s Distinguished Professional Early Career Award with Dr. Zelaya! NLPA is my professional home and I’m humbled to now be listed alongside my friends and colleagues who I so deeply admire. 🎉🎊🍾 000
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excited to share our new paper led by Dr. Oscar Rojas Perez! We describe the development of the Latine Well-Being Scale, a culturally grounded measure capturing spiritual, adaptive, collective & convivial well-being. 🎉 🎊 doi.org/10.1037/lat0... 010
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Congratulations to lead author Anjelica Martinez and the team on our new publication highlight the importance of psychometrically evaluating cultural measures across populations and contexts. 🎉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... 000
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We’re excited to share that the THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab will be reviewing applications this year for the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville! 🍊🌱 000
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🚨Open-access pub🚨 We evaluated the structure and language-based measurement invariance of the Psychological Acculturation Scale, a brief proxy measure of emotional attachment and belonging-based acculturation among Latinx caregivers. doi.org/10.1371/jour... 000
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Congratulations to our RA Bella King on her first lead-authored publication. Our study found that higher state-level opportunity was linked to lower ACE exposure for White youth, but not for Black or Hispanic youth, highlighting structural inequities. doi.org/10.1002/jts.... 021
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Congrats to Alfonso Mercado and the rest of the team on our new publication! Using data collected from 2016–2023, we found persistently high rates of domestic and sexual violence among Latin American asylum-seeking women across the U.S.–Mexico border. doi.org/10.1017/gmh.... 020
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026A picture from our end of year party! As we wrap up another year with the THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab, I’m feeling grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow alongside such brilliant students and collaborators. Big congrats to this years grads! The future is in good hands. 🎉🎊🎓 010
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Medical interpreters are essential—but often exposed to trauma with little support. Our new paper presents a community-driven, trauma-informed model to prevent secondary traumatic stress (STS) in interpreter training. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s108... 010
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026We are proud to celebrate Dr. Rebeca Nieves Rodríguez on her successful dissertation defense! Cynthia Navarro Flores and I were lucky to work closely with Rebeca on her three-manuscript dissertation for her Ph.D. in Public Health. If you are hiring, she is amazing! 🎉🎊🌟 021
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Congratulations to my first graduate student, Jimena Mendoza Barrón, who successfully defended her masters thesis today! 🎉🎊🌟 020
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Using network analysis in 1,191 trauma-exposed Salvadoran youth, we examined how PTSD, anxiety, and depression symptoms connect. Findings suggest comorbidity may be driven by symptom-level interactions, informing transdiagnostic interventions. doi.org/10.1037/trm0... 020
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🚨New publication🚨 We conducted a pilot implementation trial evaluating the ACT Guide for Immigrant Resilience—a culturally adapted, self-guided ACT intervention designed with and for undocumented community members. Article is open access. doi.org/10.1371/jour... 040
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026🚨Publication🚨 Puerto Rican youth exposed to Hurricane Maria show distinct PTSD symptom profiles and thinking they might die and post-storm violence were the strongest correlates of higher-risk groups. www.repsasppr.net/index.php/re... 011
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDLorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 11/03/2026@eikofried.bsky.social really coming out as a non-believer in fish with this latest. “Fish, however, do not exist.” He goes on to refer to them as “ necessarily limited.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comMental Disorders as Homeostatic Property ClustersThis narrative review explores the idea of understanding mental disorders according to homeostatic property clusters rather than through typical classification systems. 3304
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026🚨New pub🚨 We found that higher state-level structural ethnoracism (inequalities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic White communities) is linked to fewer ACEs for non-Hispanic White youth but not for Hispanic youth. doi.org/10.1007/s406... 020
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026🚨 New publication 🚨 Provider's attitudes towards telehealth and parenting interventions during COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory cross-sectional study from Brazil and Mexico doi.org/10.1186/s411... 000
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026🚨New publication 🚨 Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas doi.org/10.1371/jour... 011
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026📢 New publication out! Our paper uses network analysis to examine how proximal minority stressors and identity resilience factors interact among LGBTQ+ adults—moving beyond latent models to capture complex, interconnected processes. doi.org/10.1080/0951... #LGBTQMentalHealth #CounselingPsychology 032
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026🚨 New publication 🚨 Caught in the web of polyvictimization, uses network analysis to compare theory-driven vs. data-driven groupings of potentially traumatic events among adolescents. Free access (50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1mNnDX18Yd... #AdolescentMentalHealth #Polyvictimization 030
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Happy holidays from the THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab! 🎄🎁 020
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Deadline for the UTK counseling psych Ph.D. program is one week away (Dec 1st). Consider applying to work with us if our work aligns well with your training/career goals! 010
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Big thanks to Centro Hispano de East Tennessee for the Latinidad Award that @CMNavarroFlores, Lucybel Mendez, and I received for our community work. Also grateful to the National Latinx Psychological Association for a presidential citation for co-chairing this year’s conference. 030
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22/10/2025In 2024, 68 million Hispanics made up 20% of the U.S. population. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 44419
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 16/10/2025First day of NLPA Summit at the U.S. Mexico border hosted by UTRGV. Grateful to have Michelle Silva as co-chair in organizing this event. 🎉🎊 020
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget. “Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win fundingDespite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth. 4392121
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025We hope to see you at the NLPA 2025 Summit in Texas. This year, you can choose to attend in-person or virtual. Register through the following link: ow.ly/nzsO50WWagM 021
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Please share widely! Review starts 9/19. 🟧⬜️ 🟧⬜️ 020
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Its counseling and clinical psych Ph.D. program application season! If you are looking for potential mentors to apply to, check out the following resource: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comAccepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student? 010
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year). Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼 010
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDDavid A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Outstanding new paper on machine learning at AMPPS-- hit the virtual stands this summer. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comBridging Traditional-Statistics and Machine-Learning Approaches in Psychology: Navigating Small Samples, Measurement Error, Nonindependent Observations, and Missing Data - Rosa Lavelle-Hill, Gavin Smi...In recent years, machine learning has propagated into different aspects of psychological research, and supervised machine-learning methods have increasingly bee... 0144
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDDaniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Reading the first round of discussion questions for my class and they are all criticizing the PHQ-9 as an outcome measure and talking about the weaknesses of ignoring individual symptoms when analyzing datamedia.tenor.coma man with a beard is smiling for the camera .ALT: a man with a beard is smiling for the camera . 2291
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDAlejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025📢 We are hiring! The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in Counseling Psychology: Assistant Professor Assistant or Associate Professor Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545 055
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 25/08/2025Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy... 461001285
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDChronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 04/09/2025The Big Ten is airing a video advertisement defending higher education at its sporting events and on broadcasting channels. The effort comes after faculty leaders within the conference pushed their institutions to adopt a "mutual-defense compact."chronicle.comIt’s Not a ‘Mutual-Defense Compact.’ But a New Ad From 18 Universities Aims to Send a Message.The Big Ten’s member institutions have collaborated on a 30-second TV spot that will air during conference football games and other sporting events. 1116
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🚨New pub🚨 Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas doi.org/10.1371/jour...doi.orgIntersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in TexasDiversity among college students has increased and, yet experiences of discrimination persist and predict mental health symptoms. The role of various overlapping demographics in predicting discriminat... 011
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025📢 We are hiring! The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in Counseling Psychology: Assistant Professor Assistant or Associate Professor Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545 055
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2025#NLPA2025 Summit registration is open. Excited to soon learn from and be in community with other Latinx psychologist. If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas! www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere... 022
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Consider supporting the #NLPA2025 Summit, which will expand student access, support culturally grounded programming, and facilitate advocacy for Latinx mental health across the country. Sponsorship opportunities available through the link: www.nlpa.ws/2025-sponsor... 000
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025NLPA pre-conference registration now open for two great workshops! Hope to see you there! www.nlpa.ws/2025-pre-con... 010
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Our department has a new name: 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️ artsci.utk.edu/new-name-ref...artsci.utk.eduNew Name Reflects Neuroscience Growth at UT - College of Arts and SciencesWith an expansion of its name, the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is showcasing wide opportunities for studying systems that control behavior in humans and other animals. The neuroscience major and minor began as a College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) interdisciplinary program in 2013 and became part of […] 000
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Big life event! Nearly two weeks into being a girl dad. Barely slept but grateful that my wife and baby Sofía are healthy. Going to have to learn some new time management techniques. 👶🏻👨🏻🍼 1230
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDJuan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social · 23/06/2025🚨 New article with infographic! Kindly retweet! The full article is open-access and available here: doi.org/10.1037/amp0... 23615
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025🚨New pub🚨 Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊 dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour... 041
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhDJuan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Science is under siege. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escalated assault on science in America. #StandUpForScience actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...actionnetwork.orgSign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala... 062
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025NLPA is seeking reviewers for conference proposals. Please consider volunteering through the following link: ow.ly/C9zT50W1FGK 001
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025NLPA PROPOSAL DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Consider submitting a proposal for this years Summit. 🎉🎊https://www.nlpa.ws/ 021
Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @alvazquezphd.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Grateful to @lluaces.bsky.social and the Association for Psychological Science for the invitation to present my work on Latinx caregivers’ beliefs about the causes of youth mental health problems. Survived not loading presenter view and having to do the talk without notes. 🙏🏼🍾 1111