Ashly Gaskin is a third year graduate student.  She completed her undergraduate degree in May 2009 at Washington University in St. Louis where she focused her studies on Psychology, African American history, and Spanish.  Ashly's most recent focus has been exploring individual characteristics that may influence a person's racial experiences such as gender and physical features (e.g., skin tone, physical size, and maturation).  More broadly, she is focused on factors that may influence long-term mental and physical health outcomes of Black adolescents and young adults.

Shawn Jones

Shawn Jones is a second year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Program. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Duke University in 2008, and most recently received a Master of Health Science in Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.  His research interests have focused on ethnic minority youth development, with an emphasis on risk and protective factors across a variety of contexts. His previous research has examined ethnic identity and parenting practices in the context of externalizing behaviors and substance use. Shawn is passionate about eliminating racial health disparities, particularly those related to mental health services.

Daniel Lee

Daniel Lee is a third year graduate student in the clinical psychology program at UNC. He received his Bachelor of Arts in psychology at the University of Michigan. During his undergraduate career he examined a variety of research topics, including cross-cultural differences between East Asians and Western Europeans, gender- and race-specific coping behavior, and positive psychology. Daniel’s current interests include the protective nature of spiritual coping in the relationship between various forms of racial discrimination and African American youth development and mental health. He is also broadly interested in mechanisms underlying resilience in the context of race-related stress and the role of racial discrimination in African American health disparities.

Taylor Brower is a Senior Psychology major.  After completing her B.A. degree, she would like to study Clinical Psychology in graduate school. She aspires to become a Clinical Psychologist for adolescents with a focus on either eating disorders or OCD.

Gon Kim

Gon Kim is a Senior majoring in Psychology and Philosophy. His broad interests in psychology include interpersonal relationships beyond peer relations and development and maintenance of self-esteem in relation to mental health. He is also interested in social phobia, race, stereotypes and discrimination, and coping mechanisms. Upon completion of his undergraduate studies, Gon plans to attend graduate school in Clinical Psychology.