Vera, Elizabeth

Professor; Co-Program Chair for Counseling Psychology

Education

• PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Research Interests

• Prevention, resiliency, and subjective well-being in urban youth
• Multicultural competence
• Social justice
• Ethnic identity development
• Latino mental health

Professional/Community Affiliations

• American Psychological Association
  - Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) 
  - Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues)
• National Latina/o Psychological Association
• Association of Latino Psychology
• Provided prevention programs, psychological counseling, and consultation services to students and teachers at Helen C. Peirce Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois

Courses Taught

• CPSY 435 Prevention, Outreach, and Advocacy
• CPSY 445 Family Therapy II
• CPSY 454 Human Development
• CPSY 458 Psychology of Adolescence
• CPSY 535 Seminar in Supervision

Awards

• Loyola University Chicago, School of Education Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2015)
• Fellow, American Psychological Association, Counseling Psychology Division 
• Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist-Practitioner Award, American Psychological Association