Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Claremont United States
Occupation
Professor
Industry
Education
Website
www.williamperezphd.com
About
I am an applied developmental psychologist. My program of research focuses on immigrant adolescent social development (e.g., ethnic identity development, self-esteem, acculturation), academic achievement, Hispanic education, and child and adolescent well-being.I have studied how cultural brokering, family obligation, acculturation, biculturalism and ethnic identity are related to academic engagement among immigrant adolescents. A second line of work examines how physical characteristics like skin color and physiognomy are associated with the acculturation patterns of immigrant youth. In a parallel line of work, I have also studied how minority adolescents' experiences with discrimination and
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undocumented students mental health research
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