Email: krk387@nyu.edu
Program: PhD in Counseling Psychology
Year Entered Program: 2022
Research Interests: Youth mental health, parent-child interactions, culturally-informed interventions
Principal Advisor(s): Anil Chacko
Research Description/Bio: Kailee Kodama Muscente is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program under the direction of Anil Chacko, Ph.D. at New York University Steinhardt. Her research interests lie at the intersection of youth mental health, parent-child relationships, and culturally-informed interventions. Her previous scholarship examines how parent-child interactions impact caregiver mental health and youth development, and how practitioners can improve access to and retention of minority populations in mental health services.
Prior to joining NYU, Kailee was a research assistant for the Culture and Health Promotion of Minority Youth and Families lab at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she studied the mental health and well-being of Asian American parents. She also partnered with researchers at George Mason University to explore the impacts of parenting on leadership development. Her past clinical experiences include training at Jersey City Medical Center’s Child Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization department and servicing behavioral and socio-emotional therapy to youth with developmental disorders.
Kailee received her B.A. in Psychology from Pepperdine University, her Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology, and M.A. in Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.