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Presenting our Summer 2020 QUEST Scholars! QUEST is an 8-week full-time summer program that seeks to increase the opportunities for underrepresented students of color to get into doctoral degree programs in applied psychology. 

Meet the scholars!

[image description: Pictures of Summer 2020 QUEST Scholars. Row 1 L → R:  AnaCristina Bedoya, Onyi Nnajiofor, Adela Ochoa, and Mel Ceren Row 2 L → R: Rakim Griffin, Tyra Andrus, Medina Shah, and Jessica Pitts Row 3 L → R: Fatima Gutierrez Jhong, Nancy Hernandez, Duc Pham, and QUEST Logo]

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The Applications are in! As we review QUEST applications for the 2020 Summer, we wanted to reshare thoughts from our previous cohort!

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Kudos, to our former QUEST student, Ariyanna Simmons, for having her QUEST paper entitled Does Awareness of Self and Privilege Influence Critical Consciousness in Social Justice Advocates be accepted for presentation at the 2020 Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) as a part of the programming of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI; Division 9)

[Image Description: Portrait shot of Ariyanna Simmons]

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The 2019 QUEST Research Journal is here!

Visit the QUEST website to read via ISSU or PDF

[Accessibility: GIF of various pages of the journal]

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#TBT The QUEST Research Conference on July 25th. Where our 12 fabulous QUEST scholars presented their work from the summer! 

ICYMI stay tuned for the QUEST journal, to read their articles, coming in September!

[Image description: QUEST Conference Program and various crowd shots of the QUEST conference]

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QUEST Scholars crushed it at NYU’s 6th Annual Summer Student Research Conference! 

Thanks to all the PI’s and Mentors who came to support them!

[Image description: Images of QUEST scholars presenting at the SSRC conference]

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Counseling Psychology student, Taymy Caso, presents her work exploring identity development and reconfigurations, among Latinx, transgender or gender nonconforming people of color to QUEST students. 

In her presentation, she also explains the importance of social change through leadership in large organizations like APA to help destabilize power structures! 🙌🏽🏳️‍🌈

[Image description: Taymy speaking in front of QUEST group and a powerpoint slide with Taymy’s leadership roles at local and national levels, including APAGS, APA, NLPA]

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After a jam-packed week in classes and lab, QUEST students took some time out to “hang out” at The Cliffs in Dumbo. Rock on QUEST! 🧗🏽‍♂️🧗🏽‍♀️

[Image Descriptions: Image 1: Group shot of students and staff, Image 2: Two male students climbing a wall, Image 3: Female student hanging from one arm, Image 4: Group of students climbing a wall, Image 5: Male student hanging from one arm, Image 6: Female student climbing, Image 7: Group of students climbing”]