Maureen Burns

Advisor: Lidia Monjaras Gaytan, PhD
Lab: Empower Lab

Thesis/Dissertation

Thesis Title: Investigating the role of out-of-school experiences in racial and ethnic identity formation for Black youth within an ecological model

Research Interests

Participatory research methods, out-of-school settings, school and community partnerships, strengths-based and culturally responsive interventions 

Courses Taught

PSYC 346: Psychopathology of Childhood

Publications/Research Listings

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IyLpLTsAAAAJ&hl=en

Awards

Applied Social Issues Internship, 2025-2026, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Honorable Mention Research Poster, April 2025, Loyola University Chicago Graduate School