AERA OPEN

This paper details the development of a scale assessing teachers’ perceived capacity to enact transformative justice pedagogy, the Transformative Justice Scale (TJS). This measure is grounded in transformative justice (TJ) scholarship and is comprised of two subscales.

JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY

In the current examination, we consider past and modern methodologies in ethnic/racial identity and critical consciousness work, ways in which they are and may be theoretically founded, and how we may best advance anti-racist research methodology in these areas. To do so, we discuss the processes of ethnic/racial identity and critical consciousness development within a developmentally relevant time-frame and context: adolescence and school spaces.

JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT RESEARCH

Through Constructivist Grounded Theory, we explored: How do nonparental adults (1) positively shape and (2) hinder the sociopolitical development of immigrant-origin Latinx emerging adults? Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants (N = 23; M age = 20) from U.S. regions with large but varying Latinx populations in collaboration with university and community partners.

ADOLESCENT RESEARCH REVIEW

This systematic review examined the current literature on the role of mentoring (i.e., both natural and formal mentoring) in a variety of developmental outcomes of Latinx children and adolescents in the U.S., ranging from kindergarten-age to under 18 years old. The 24 included studies had mixed results, yet findings pointed to a range of potential benefits for this population, such as improved academic and psychosocial outcomes, language and ethnic identity.

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE

Study aims were to examine oppression in education among Mexican immigrant youth with undocumented status and how mentors and other adults helped them resist oppression. Qualitative, narrative one-on-one interviews were conducted with 17 Mexican immigrant young adults with undocumented or DACA status in the U.S.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY

The current mixed-method study examined the role of natural mentors in the cyclical process of college students’ sociopolitical development, particularly their critical consciousness. Findings inform the iterative nature of critical consciousness and on how older adolescents leverage support from natural mentors in this process.