Ritika Rastogi, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Research Interests
Publications
Promoting Social Inclusion in Educational Settings: Challenges and Opportunities
Educational Psychologist / Oct 02, 2019
Juvonen, J., Lessard, L. M., Rastogi, R., Schacter, H. L., & Smith, D. S. (2019). Promoting Social Inclusion in Educational Settings: Challenges and Opportunities. Educational Psychologist, 54(4), 250–270. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2019.1655645
Interminority Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes Across Middle School: Quantity and Stability of Black-Latino Ties
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / May 29, 2019
Rastogi, R., & Juvonen, J. (2019). Interminority Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes Across Middle School: Quantity and Stability of Black-Latino Ties. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(8), 1619–1630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01044-9
Engagement with Diversity Experiences: A Self-Regulated Learning Perspective
Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education / Jan 01, 2020
Byrd, C. M., Rastogi, R., & Elliot, E. R. (2020). Engagement with Diversity Experiences: A Self-Regulated Learning Perspective. In Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education (pp. 137–156). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44939-1_8
Long COVID and psychological distress in young adults: Potential protective effect of a prior mental health diagnosis
Journal of Affective Disorders / Nov 01, 2023
Rastogi, R., Cerda, I. H., Ibrahim, A., Chen, J. A., Stevens, C., & Liu, C. H. (2023). Long COVID and psychological distress in young adults: Potential protective effect of a prior mental health diagnosis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 340, 639–648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.031
Effect of vicarious discrimination on race-based stress symptoms among Asian American young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy / Feb 01, 2024
ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Rastogi, R., Finneas Wong, G. T., Kim, G. S., Chae, D. H., Hahm, H. “Chris,” & Liu, C. H. (2024). Effect of vicarious discrimination on race-based stress symptoms among Asian American young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(2), 217–224. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001480
A PDZ-Binding Motif in DCAF7 Maintains Hematopoietic Homeostasis and Prevents Malignancy in DS-AMKL
Blood / Dec 02, 2016
Kirsammer, G., Schultz, R. F., Rastogi, R., Gurbuxani, S., & Crispino, J. (2016). A PDZ-Binding Motif in DCAF7 Maintains Hematopoietic Homeostasis and Prevents Malignancy in DS-AMKL. Blood, 128(22), 1205–1205. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v128.22.1205.1205
Suicidality associated with decreased help-seeking attitudes in college students: Implications for identifying and treating at-risk students
Psychiatry Research / May 01, 2024
Rastogi, R., Woolverton, G. A., Stevens, C., Chen, J. A., & Liu, C. H. (2024). Suicidality associated with decreased help-seeking attitudes in college students: Implications for identifying and treating at-risk students. Psychiatry Research, 335, 115825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115825
A scoping review of mental health and discrimination of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nature Mental Health / Jan 15, 2024
Ibrahim, A., Wong, S. H. M., Kim, S. E., Wong, G. T. F., Macaranas, A. R., Rastogi, R., Chang, A. R., Wang, J. J., Hibara, A., Larkin, P., Yang, S., Chen, J. A., & Liu, C. H. (2024). A scoping review of mental health and discrimination of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Mental Health, 2(2), 244–253. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00177-y
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, MA, Psychology / September, 2022
Northwestern University
BA, Psychology, Biological Sciences / June, 2016
Experience
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral Research Fellow / September, 2022 — Present
Postdoctoral researcher on the NIH-funded Building Our Bonds Authentically (BOBA) Project (1R01 MH129360-01; mPIs Cindy H. Liu, PhD & Tiffany Yip, PhD), which investigates Chinese American families' experiences of race and identity. Responsibilities entail general project management; data collection, cleaning, and coding; community engagement; staff training and mentorship; and direction of a Youth Advisory Board.
Director, Youth Advisory Board / March, 2023 — Present
The BOBA Project Youth Advisory Board (YAB) meets monthly to directly engage Chinese American adolescents in the research process; promote translation and application of culturally-relevant mental health research to community members; and promote youth agency, empowerment, and self-efficacy. Since 2023, I have partnered with over 40 youth leaders across 15 Boston-area schools. Community-based education initiatives include mental health workshops, partnerships and community psychoeducation with ethnic community organizations, and talks/lectures featuring established scholars and community leaders in the areas of Asian American mental health and anti-racist advocacy.
University of California, Los Angeles
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant / September, 2017 — June, 2022
Through the Underrepresented Graduate Students in Psychology (UGSP) at UCLA, I served as a consultant for the Department of Psychology and the broader Division of Life Sciences. During this time, I lead initiatives pertaining to undergraduate and graduate student recruitment and retention; equity in graduate school admissions; eliminating racial/gendered bias in fellowship funding; promotion of healthy student-faculty mentoring relationships; forging cross-departmental partnerships to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion; and COVID-19-related undergraduate and graduate student advocacy. I further engaged in general consulting to support department- and division-initiated DEIJ-related initiatives.
Graduate Research Assistant / September, 2017 — September, 2022
Served as a graduate research assistant on the NIH-funded UCLA Diversity Project (NICHD 1R01 HD059882; mPIs Sandra Graham, PhD & Jaana Juvonen, PhD) – a multi-cohort, longitudinal study of school diversity and adolescent development following over 6,000 California adolescents from sixth grade through early adulthood. I have 5 years of expertise in project and data management as a member of the research team, culminating in my dissertation investigating the peer status and social relationships of immigrant-origin youth (i.e., first- and second-generation) across the three years of middle school.
Teaching Assistant / January, 2018 — June, 2022
Teaching assistant in the UCLA Department of Psychology. Taught 7 distinct courses, across 14 academic terms. Courses include Introductory Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Research Methods in Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods in Developmental Psychology, Adolescent Development, Infant/Toddler Care and Education, and Dynamic Perspectives on Parenting.
University of Michigan
Research Assistant / August, 2016 — June, 2017
Full-time staff research assistant in the Lumeng-Miller Lab, at the Center for Human Growth and Development
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