Dr. Carlisa Simon

Dr. Carlisa Simon is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Developmental Psychology department at the University of Maryland. Prior to joining the developmental psychology department as a postdoctoral researcher, she earned her Ph.D. in Education, human developmental and psychology from UCLA, her MA in Education from UCLA, and her BA in Psychology from Spelman College. Dr. Simon’s research centers the experiences of Adolescents and Young Adults of Color and how parent and peer messages of ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) impact their well-being and ethnic/racial identity.

Dr. Simon was specifically trained in mixed-method research during her time as a graduate researcher in the UCLA Middle and High School Diversity Project Lab under the supervision of her previous advisor, Dr. Sandra Graham.

As she continues her training as a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Fanita Tyrell, her current research involves the use of experimental methods to assess the restorative, buffering impact of ERS on Black individuals' spiked physiology due to in-lab exposure to racial stigma.  Upon completing her postdoctoral training, Dr. Simon’s goal is to earn a tenured-track faculty position at a university, in which she can balance her love for research, mentoring, and teaching.