Email: natalie.may@nyu.edu
Year Entered Program: 2020
Research Interests: Research Practice Partnerships (RPPs); Implementation Science; School-Prison Nexus; Transformative Social Emotional Learning (TSEL)
Principal Advisor(s): Dr. Elise Cappella, Dr. Erin Godfrey, Dr. Shabnam Javdani
Research Description/Bio:
Natalie is a community- and developmentally-oriented applied psychology researcher. She focuses on three, intersecting areas of research: (1) supporting educators to implement culturally responsive and trauma-informed social-emotional learning in schools, (2) understanding the educational trajectories of young people impacted by the juvenile legal system and identifying strategies to support their educational goals, and (3) investigating the processes and dynamics that shape partnerships between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in education. Prior to NYU, Natalie worked as a project coordinator for the Center for Social Development and Education at UMass Boston and received a Bachelor's and Master's in Psychology from Wesleyan University.