Stacey Alicea, PhD, MPH
E-mail: [email protected]/Phone: (347) 385-9665
EDUCATION
2009 – 2015
Ph.D., Psychology and Social Intervention
Concentration in Quantitative Analysis
Department of Applied Psychology
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University, New York, NY
Dissertation Topic: Social networks, social capital, and youth development
among low income ethnic minority and immigrant origin community college
students; Chairs: Elise Cappella, Ph.D. and Carola Suarez-Orozco, Ph.D.
2002 – 2004
M.P.H., Population and Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University, New York, NY
Master’s Thesis: Avenues for support of women living with HIV/AIDS in the
Dominican Republic; Advisor: Linda Cushman, Ph.D.
1996 – 2000
Dual B.A., Community Health and Sociology
Brown University, Providence, RI
GRADUATE HONORS AND AWARDS
2015
John W. Withers Memorial Award, NYU Steinhardt
2014 – 2015
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship ($21,000)
2014
Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Applied Psychology, NYU
2013 – 2014
National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship ($25,000)
2013
Psychology and Social Intervention Professional Development Award, NYU
2013
Applied Psychology Summer Research Award, NYU
2012
Doctoral Student Travel Award, NYU
2012 – 2013
Graduate Student Scholarship Award, NYU
2012
Applied Psychology Summer Research Award, NYU
2012
Summer Institute on Innovative Methods Scholarship, Penn State
2012
Doctoral Fellowship Proposal Summer Development Award, NYU
2012
Psychology and Social Intervention Department Training Award, NYU
2009 – 2012
Graduate Fellowship, NYU
2002 – 2004
Latino Fellowship in Population and Family Health, Columbia University
2003
Graduate Applied Project (GAP) Population Fellowship, Michigan University
2003
Travel Award, Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (ABIA)
International Externship (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Columbia University
RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE
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3/2015 – present
Director, Ramapo Training, Ramapo for Children, New York, NY
Provide direction aimed at growing and evaluating a professional development
training and coaching division consisting of 100+ veteran teachers, principals, and
youth development and education experts that provide more than 1,200 coaching and
training sessions per year to over 250 schools and 100 community based agencies and
more than 10,000 educators, parents, and youth-service workers. Ramapo supports
adults who work with children across a variety of contexts: Exercise positive leadership
and role model effectively; Build healthy relationships; Structure environments and
establish routines that promote positive behaviors; Coach social and emotional skill
development with the same precision as academics; and Actively intervene with
practical techniques for de-escalating disturbing or aggressive behavior.
6/2013 – 3/2015
Principal Investigator, Youths’ Social Networks in Community Colleges:
Influences on Social Capital Accrual, Academic Achievement, Employment
Skills and Psychosocial Wellbeing, NYU, New York, NY
Spencer and Ford Foundation funded study exploring the structure and composition of
social networks in community colleges and linkages to social capital, academic,
employment and well-being outcomes for ethnic minority and immigrant origin youth.
8/2013 – 4/2015
Research Scientist, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, NYU,
New York, NY
Provided consultation and training services in relation to: methodological and analytic
plans for grant submissions, statistical software use, data analysis and manuscript
development for peer review journal submissions, application of empirical findings to
development of novel interventions and practices, and presentation of research to
collaborators, consumers and colleagues in both academic and social service settings.
9/2011 – 8/2013
Data Analyst, Every Classroom Every Day (ECED), Edward L. Deci, Ph.D., &
J. Lawrence Aber, Ph.D., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, & NYU, New
York, NY
Evaluation study of ECED, an efficacy trial of an instructional English and Math
improvement intervention in 20 national public high schools.
9/2010 – 8/2013
Graduate Assistant, Carola Suarez-Orozco, Ph.D., Marcelo-Suarez-Orozco,
Ph.D., & Robert Teranishi, Ph.D., Research on Immigrants in Community
College (RICC) Study, NYU, New York, NY, & UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
William T. Grant and Ford Foundation funded mixed methods (i.e., ethnography,
interviews, structured classroom observations, and archival data) multi-level study on
the role of settings on academic and relational engagement for immigrant origin and
ethnic minority students in community colleges.
9/2009 – 5/2011
Graduate Assistant, Diane Hughes, Ph.D., & Niobe Way, Ed.D., Early
Adolescent Cohort (EAC) Study, NYU, New York, NY
NSF-funded study examining factors that shape the course of socio-emotional
development, academic success, peer and parental relationships, and self-perceptions
among early and late adolescents as they move through middle and high school.
12/2007 – 8/2011 Project Director, Claude Mellins, Ph.D., Mary McKay, Ph.D. Arvin Bhana,
Ph.D., Inge Petersen, Ph.D., & Elaine Abrams, M.D., Adapting CHAMP+ for
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South Africa: Supporting HIV+ Youth and Families, HIV Center for Clinical
and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia
University, New York, NY
NIMH-funded adaptation and pilot study of the Collaborative HIV/AIDS and
Adolescent Mental Health Programs (CHAMP/CHAMP+) – developmentally-timed
interventions targeting prevention and management of HIV in pre-adolescents and
their families – in the Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa.
8/2005 – 9/2006
Project Consultant, Fred Ssewamala, Ph.D., SUUBI: Asset-ownership
Development, Creating Life Options and Health Promotion among HIVorphaned Children in Uganda, Columbia University, New York, NY
NIMH-funded study to refine and test the feasibility of an HIV focused intervention
program designed to create and broaden asset ownership opportunities and life options,
including reduction in sexual risk-taking intentions, among school-going AIDSorphaned adolescents in rural Uganda.
8/2004 – 9/2009
Project Director and Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, New York, NY
Project Step-Up: School-based Mental Health Services, Mary McKay, Ph.D.
Multi-level (youth, family, school, community) alternative mental health and youth
development high school intervention funded by the Robinhood Foundation to address
youth mental health, socio-emotional and academic outcomes.
CHAMP+ Argentina: Supporting HIV-Infected Youth and Families in
Argentina, Mary McKay Ph.D.
NIMH-funded longitudinal RCT designed to test the feasibility and impact of
CHAMP+ program in the Buenos Aires, Argentina.
CHAMP+: Supporting HIV-infected youth and families, Mary McKay, Ph.D.,
Claude Mellins, Ph.D., & Elaine Abrams, M.D.
NIMH-funded study to: (1) refine, adapt and pilot test the CHAMP program for
perinatally HIV-infected pre- and early adolescents and their caregivers in three urban
pediatric AIDS clinics; and (2) examine preliminary impacts on adolescent risk taking
behaviors and family processes that promote adolescents’ physical and mental health.
Using CHAMP to Prevent Youth HIV Risk in a South African Township
(CHAMPSA), Carl Bell, M.D., Mary McKay, Ph.D., Arvin Bhana, Ph.D., & Inge
Petersen, Ph.D.
NIMH-funded longitudinal RCT designed to test the feasibility and impact of the
CHAMP program in the Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa.
Community Partnerships to Prevent Urban Youth Health Risks
(CHAMPIONS), Mary McKay, Ph.D.
NIMH-funded community-level RCT of a CDC approved HIV adolescent risk
reduction intervention delivered by community recruited parent educators.
6/2003 – 5/2004
Principal Investigator – M.P.H. Thesis Research, Avenues for Support of
Women Living with HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic, Red Dominicana
de Personas Viviendo Con VIH/SIDA(REDOVIH+) & Universidad Autónoma
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de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, & Columbia
University, New York, NY
Michigan Population Fellows Program funded study to: (1) evaluate the feasibility of
adding a family planning component to HIV+ women’s support groups, and (2)
explore family planning hospital-patient relations as structures that inhibit HIV+
women’s control over family planning decisions.
9/2002 – 5/2003
Research Assistant and Health Educator, Sally Findley, Ph.D., Controlling
Asthma in American Cities: Northern Manhattan Asthma Basics for Children
(ABC) Initiative, Columbia University, New York, NY
CDC-funded community-based intervention program comprised of community health
providers, community and child care organizations, and schools to develop effective
and integrated ways to empower parents to manage their children’s asthma.
PUBLICATIONS
Manuscripts in preparation and under peer review:
Alicea, S. (in preparation). Community colleges and social capital accrual: A social network
perspective.
Alicea, S. (in preparation). Social networks in community colleges: Embedded resources and
supports.
Alicea, S. (in preparation). Testing a conceptual model linking social networks, social capital, and
community college student’s academic achievement, employment skills and psychosocial
wellbeing.
Alicea, S., Suarez-Orozco, C., Singh, S., Darbes, T. (revise/resubmit). Observing classroom
engagement in community college: A systematic approach. Educational Evaluation and Policy
Analysis.
Flynn, R.M., Lissy, R., Alicea, S., Tazartes, L., & McKay, M.M. (under review). Professional
Development for Teachers plus Coaching Related to School-wide Suspensions for a Large
Urban School System. Children and Youth Services Review.
Journal articles (peer reviewed):
Early, D.M., Berg, J.K., Alicea, S., Si, Y., Aber, J.L., Ryan, R.M, & Deci, E.L. (in press). The impact
of Every Classroom, Every Day on student achievement: Results from a school-randomized
efficacy trial. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.
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Mellins, C.A., Nestadt, D., Bhana, A., Petersen, I., Abrams, E.J., Alicea, S., … & McKay, M. (in
press). Adapting evidence-based interventions to meet the needs of adolescents growing up
with HIV in South Africa: The VUKA case example. Global Social Welfare Journal.
McKay, M.M., Alicea, S., Elwyn, L., McClain, Z.R.B., Parker, G., Small, L.A., Mellins, C.A.
(2014). The development and implementation of theory-driven programs capable of
addressing poverty-impacted children's health, mental health, and prevention needs:
CHAMP and CHAMP+, evidence-informed, family-based interventions to address HIV risk
and care. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43(3), 428-441.
Bhana , A., Mellins, C.A., Petersen, I., Alicea, S., Myeza, N., Holst, H., Abrams, E., John, S.,
Chhagan, M. Nestadt, D.F., Leu, C. & McKay, M. (2014). The VUKA Family
Program: Piloting a family-based psychosocial intervention to promote health and mental
health among HIV infected early adolescents in South Africa. AIDS Care, 26(1), 1-11.
Nestadt, D. F., Alicea, S., Petersen, I., John, S., Myeza, N. P., Nicholas, S. W., ... & Mellins, C. A.
(2013). HIV+ and HIV–youth living in group homes in South Africa need more psychosocial
support. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 8(3), 195-205.
Chowdhury, J., Alicea, S., Jackson, J. M., Elwyn, L., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., Miranda, A., ... &
McKay, M. M. (2013). Collaboration with urban parents to deliver a community-based youth
HIV prevention program. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 94(3),
150-156.
Gopalan, G., Alicea, S., Conover, K., Fuss, A., & McKay, M. (2013). Project Step-Up: Feasibility of
a comprehensive school based prevention program. Journal of Early Adolescence, 33(1), 131-154.
Alicea, S., Pardo, G., Conover, K., Gopalan, G., & McKay. M. (2012). Step-Up: Promoting youth
mental health and development in inner-city high schools. Clinical Social Work Journal, 40(2),
175-186.
Holloway, I., Traube, D.E., Schrager, S.M., Levine, B., Alicea, S., Watson, J., Miranda, A., &
McKay, M. (2012). The effects of sexual expectancies on early sexualized behavior among
urban minority youth. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 3(1), 1-12.
McGill, R.K., Hughes, D., Alicea, S., & Way, N. (2011). Academic adjustment across middle
school: The role of public regard and parenting. Developmental Psychology, 48(4), 1003-1018.
Messam, T., McKay, M., Kalogerogiannis, K., & Alicea, S. (2010). Adapting a family-based HIV
prevention program for homeless youth and their families: The HOPE (HIV outreach for
parents and early adolescents) Family Program. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social
Environment, 20(2), 303-318.
Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Myeza, N., Alicea, S., John, S., Holst, H., McKay, M., & Mellins, C. (2010).
Psychosocial challenges and protective influences for socio-emotional coping of HIV+
adolescents in South Africa. A qualitative investigation. AIDS Care, 22(8), 970-978.
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Ssewamala, F.M., Ismayilova, L., McKay, M., Sperber, E., Bannon, W., & Alicea, S. (2009). Gender
and the effects of an economic empowerment program on sexual risk-taking among
adolescent youth in Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46(6), 372-378.
Ssewamala, F.M., Alicea, S., Bannon, W., & Ismayilova, L. (2008). A novel economic intervention
to reduce HIV risks among AIDS orphans in rural Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42(1),
102-104.
UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND MANUALS
Technical Reports:
Deci, E.L., Early, D., Aber, J.L., Ryan, R.M., Berg, J., Alicea, S., & Si, Y. (2013). Validation of the EAR
Classroom Visit Protocol & Every Classroom, Every Day evaluation. New York: US Department of
Education.
Alicea, S. & Suarez-Orozco, C. (2013). The Community College Classroom Observation (CCCO) form:
Preliminary validation of a novel classroom-level measurement tool. New York: NYU/UCLA.
Measures and Training Manuals:
Suarez-Orozco, S., Darbes, T., Alicea, S., Singh, S., & Martin, M. (2011). The Community College
Classroom Observation (CCCO) Protocol. New York: IGEMS NYU.
Intervention Manuals:
Alicea, S., Jerman, J., K., Conover, K., & McKay, M. (2008). Step-Up Life Skills Curriculum. New
York: Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Alicea, S., Mellins, C., & McKay, M. (2005). CHAMP+ Intervention for HIV+ youth and their adult
caregivers. New York: Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Alicea, S., Nabunya, P., & Ssewamala, F. (2006). SUUBI Youth Curriculum. New York: Columbia
University School of Social Work.
Ssewamala, F., & Alicea, S. (2005). SUUBI: Pastor’s Guide. New York: Columbia University School
of Social Work.
Alicea, S., Bronx Collaborative Board-CHAMPIONS Mentors & McKay, M. (2004). CHAMPIONS
Community Collaboration Training Manual. New York: Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (selected)
Berg, J., Aber, J.L., Early, D., Alicea, S., Deci, E. (2015, March). Testing classroom instructional quality
as a causal mediator of an instructional improvement intervention on math achievement. In S. Jones
(Chair), How do school-based interventions improve children’s academic development? Estimating
mediation effects with causal methods. Symposium paper presented at the 2015 Society for
Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Alicea, S. (2014, September). The relational composition of social network ties among low-resourced
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community college students: Associations with social capital, academic achievement, employment skills
and psychosocial wellbeing. Poster presented at the 2014 Ford Fellows Conference, Santa Ana,
CA.
Alicea, S. (2014, April). The relational composition of social network ties among low-resourced
community college students: Associations with social capital, academic achievement, employment skills
and psychosocial wellbeing. Poster presented at the 2014 American Educational Research
Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Alicea, S. (2014, March). Social capital, academic achievement, employment skills and psychosocial
wellbeing among low-resourced community college students. In S. Alicea (Chair), Diversity of
capital, diversity of contexts: The role of capital in the promotion of family and youth health and wellbeing. Symposium paper presented at the 2014 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial,
Austin, TX.
Alicea, S. (2014, March). The relational composition of social network ties among low-resourced
community college students: Associations with social capital, academic achievement, employment skills
and psychosocial wellbeing. Paper presented at the 2014 National Academy of Education
Fellows Retreat, Washington, DC.
Alicea, S., Deci, E.L., Berg, J. (2014, March). Two-year impacts of the Every Classroom, Every Day
instructional improvement intervention on teachers' attitudes and practices and classroom
engagement, alignment, and rigor. In L.J. Aber (Chair), Efficacy of Every Classroom, Every Day:
Results from a two year randomized trial of a high-school instructional improvement program.
Symposium paper presented at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Spring
2014 Conference, Washington, DC.
Alicea, S. (2013, October). Understanding social networks in community college settings among lowincome ethnic minority and immigrant origin youth. Poster presented at the 2013 National
Academy of Education Annual Meeting & Fellows Retreat, Washington, DC.
Alicea, S., Mckay, M., Bhana, A., Petersen, I., Pardo, G., & Mellins, C.A. (2013, April). Adapting a
theory-driven family-based intervention for perinatally infected HIV+ (pHIV+) adolescents
and families in South Africa. In L.J. Aber (Chair), Multilevel risks and their influence on child and
teacher development: Unique challenges in two developing countries. Poster Symposium presented
at the Society for Research on Child Development 2011 Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Alicea, S., Singh, S., & Darbes, T. (2012, October). Classroom-level engagement differences across
community colleges. In C. Suarez-Orozco (Chair), Immigrant origin emerging adulthood in
community college: Contextualized perspectives. Paper Symposium presented at the Society for
Research on Child Development 2012 Themed Meeting: Transitions from Adolescence to
Adulthood 2012, Tampa, Florida.
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Alicea, S. (2011, April). The role of perceived educational utility in predicting school engagement
during transition from middle school to high school. In S. Alicea & R.K. McGill (Chairs),
Race-related factors contributing to academic declines for ethnic minority and immigrant early
adolescents. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development
2011 Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Myeza, N. & Alicea, S. (2010, November). CHAMP+ South Africa workshop: Engaging HIV-infected
youth and their families in community based participatory research intervention. Workshop
presented at ICAP’s Third Annual PMTCT Pediatric Conference, Mombasa, Kenya.
Alicea, S., Mellins, C., Elwyn, L., Pardo, G., Kang, E., & McKay, M. (2009, July). CHAMP+: A
family-based intervention to support the health and mental health of perinatally infected youth. Poster
presented at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Cape
Town, South Africa.
Alicea, S., Elwyn, L. & McKay, M. (2009, May). Mobilizing parents as community resources for HIV
prevention intervention delivery. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Prevention Research. Washington, D.C.
Alicea, S. (2009, March). Step-Up: A youth-centered, family-linked, community and school-based
alternative mental health intervention program for at-risk inner city youth. In W.M. Bannon
(Chair), Implementing mental health care interventions with vulnerable youth in their natural
surroundings. Paper presented at the annual Research and Training Center for Children's
Mental Health Conference. Tampa, FL.
Alicea, S., Pardo, G., Humphrey, N., McKay, M., & Mellins, C.A. (2008, October). Developing
psychosocial family-based interventions for perinatally HIV-infected youths and their caregivers.
Skills building workshop presented at the NIMH Annual International Research Conference
on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, Providence, RI.
Alicea, S., Brackis-Cott, E., Mellins, C.A., & Dolezal, C. (2008, August). Raising HIV-infected and
affected youth: The impact on the mental health of caregivers. Poster session presented at the XVII
International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
Alicea, S., Brackis-Cott, E., Mellins, C.A., McKay, M.M., Abrams, E., Marhefka, S., & Kang, E.
(2008, August). Adapting an evidence-based HIV intervention to support HIV+ youth and their
families. Poster exhibition presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City,
Mexico.
Alicea, S., Ssewamala, S., & Nabunnya, P. (2008, January). Exploring mentorship as a supplemental
component to interventions targeting orphans and vulnerable children. Paper presented at the
Society for Social Work and Research's 12th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Alicea, S., Brackis-Cott, E., Marhefka, S., Kang, E., Mellins, C.A., & McKay, M. (2008, January).
Process evaluation of the adaptation of an evidence-based HIV intervention for a vulnerable
population: HIV+ youth and their families. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and
Research's 12th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Alicea, S., Elwyn, L., Watson, J., & Mckay, M. (2007, November). Impact of a community collaborative
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HIV prevention program on urban parents training to become HIV community educators. Poster
presented at the 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC.
Sorensen, R., Alicea, S., Balls, N., McKay, M., & Mellins, C. (2007, July). CHAMP+: Consulting with
Spanish speaking adult caregiver and adolescents on family-based intervention programs for
perinatally HIV-infected adolescents. Poster presented at the NIMH Annual International
Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, San
Francisco, CA.
McKay, M., Alicea, S., Messam, T., Beharie, N., & NYC Collaborative Board. (2006, August).
Helping researchers to better dialogue with participants around research processes. Poster session
presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Alicea, S., Bannon, W. M., & McKay, M. (2006, March). Creating and testing mechanisms for
meaningful collaboration between members of urban communities and HIV prevention researchers.
Paper presented at the First Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teachers’ College,
Columbia University, New York, New York.
Ali, S., Alicea, S., Watson, J., & McKay, M. (2006, March). Community partnerships to prevent urban
HIV risks (CHAMPIONS). Poster presented at the First Annual Health Disparities Conference
at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Alicea, S., & McKay, M. (2005, April). CHAMPions: Organizing communities for HIV prevention.
Paper presented at the AIDS Impact Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.
Alicea, S. (2004, January). Family planning in the Dominican Republic: Avenues for the support of
women living with HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de
AIDS, ABIA International HIV/AIDS field-based conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (selected)
Alicea, S. (2013, June). Global mental health panel. Panel discussant at NYU Silver School of Social
Work Conference on Global Health and Well-Being: The Social Work Response, New York,
NY.
Cappella, E., Alicea, S., Kim, H. Y., & McCormick, M. (2013, April; Alphabetical beyond
1st author). Social network perspectives in psychology and social intervention. NYU Steinhardt
Psychology and Social Intervention Colloquium Series, New York, NY.
Alicea, S. (2010, August). Adapting CHAMP to strengthen families and communities. Workshop
presented at HIV/AIDS Community Day at the APA 118th Annual Convention, San Diego,
CA.
Alicea, S. (2009, April). The Step-Up Program. Paper presented at the Child and Adolescent
Research for Mental Health Action consortium meeting, New York, NY.
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Kang, E., Alicea, S., Mellins, C.A., & McKay, M. (2007, June). HIV prevention and mental health risk
factors in HIV perinatally infected adolescents: Research-based implications for intervention. Oral
presentation at South African-United States Workshop on Behavioral HIV/STI Prevention
and Mental Health Research: Emerging Research Priorities, Durban, South Africa.
INVITED LECTURES AND TRAININGS (selected)
Alicea, S. (2014, July). Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling. Statistical training workshop for
the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, NYU, New York, NY.
Alicea, S. & Pardo, G. (2012, September). Meeting the needs of perinatally HIV-infected youth and their
adult caregivers: CHAMP+ US, South Africa and Argentina. Graduate course in Social and
Behavioral Intervention Research: Design and Development, NYU, New York, NY.
Alicea, S. (2010, June). State of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Undergraduate course in Sex, Health, and
Decision Making, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL.
Alicea, S. (2009; 2010, March) Conducting focus groups in resource poor settings. Global Health Center
MPH program lecture series, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Alicea, S., Pardo, G., & Mellins, C.A. (2008, October). Family-based prevention for youth: The
CHAMP+ model. MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative Fellows Workshop, HIV Center for
Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
TEACHING AND MENTORING
Courses:
Instructor: Research Methods I (Spring 2014; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology
Department, NYU
Instructor: Research Methods II (Fall 2013; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology
Department, NYU
Teaching Assistant: Research Methods II (Spring, 2013; undergraduate level), Applied
Psychology Department, NYU
Instructor: Micro Practice – Global Mental Health and Health Practice (Winter 2013; graduate
level), Silver School of Social Work, NYU
Instructor: Adolescent Development: Theory and Research (Fall 2012; graduate level), Applied
Psychology Department, NYU
Teaching Assistant: Research Methods I (Fall 2012; undergraduate level), Applied Psychology
Department, NYU
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Psychology (Spring 2010; undergraduate level), Applied
Psychology Department, NYU
Teaching Assistant: Survey of Developmental Psychology (Fall 2009; undergraduate level),
Applied Psychology Department, NYU
Mentoring:
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Master’s Research and Thesis Mentor, Applied Psychology Department, NYU: Meghan Manfro,
& Francesca M. Bradley
M.PH. Practicum Research and Intervention Supervisor, Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University: Rebecca Sorensen, Jenna Jerman, & Danielle Friedman
Research and Intervention Internship Supervisor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Kassia
Ringell, Samira Ali, Kelly Conover (M.S.W.), & Zachary McClain (community medicine)
QUANTITATIVE TRAINING AND SKILLS
Quantitative courses:
Intermediate Quantitative Analysis; Regression; Advanced Seminar: Analysis of Change; MultiLevel Modeling: Growth Curves; Multi-Level Modeling: Nested Data; Multi-level Modeling:
Clustered Models (audit); Topics in Advanced Quantitative Methods: Causal Analysis; Topics in
Advanced Quantitative Methods: Missing Data (audit)
Quantitative training workshops:
SAS/R Training Workshop (2010); Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups:
Moderation, Mediation, & Meta-Analysis (2011); Social Network Analysis Workshop (2012)
Measurement Certifications:
Certified Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Observer, Pre-K, March 2015
Programs:
SPSS, Stata, SAS, Mplus, HLM, UCINET/ENET, NVivo, Atlas.ti, Qualtrics, Microsoft Office
LANGUAGES: Spanish (fluent)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2014 – present
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
2013 – present
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2013 – present
American Psychological Association (APA)
2009 – 2011
Society for Prevention Research (SPR)
2005 – 2010
International AIDS Society (IAS)
2003 – 2010
American Public Health Association (APHA)
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SERVICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2013 – 2015
Social Committee, Psychology and Social Intervention (PSI) Program, NYU
2011 – 2013
Faculty-Student Liaison, PSI Program, NYU
2010 – 2011
Recruitment Committee, PSI Program, NYU
2009 – 2013
Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis Reviewer, Applied Psychology Department, NYU
2009
Journal Reviewer, Development in Practice
2008 – present
Alumni Undergraduate Admissions Interviewer, Brown University
2007 – present
Class Representative, De La Salle Academy Alumni Association
2006 – present
Member, Brown University Latino Alumni Council
2006 – 2008
Team Leader, AIDS Walk New York – Team raised $13,000+
2003 – 2004
President, Black and Latino Student Caucus (BLSC), Columbia University
2002 – 2003
Fundraising Chair, BLSC, Columbia University
2002 – 2003
Coordinator & Facilitator, BLSC Adopt-A-School Program, Columbia University
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