Dr. Adriana Janette Umaña-Taylor is a professor of education in the

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. Prior to this, she was a faculty member in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at

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, where she worked from 2004 until 2017, starting as an

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and advancing through the ranks of

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and

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, eventually being named a Foundation Professor. Dr. Umaña-Taylor's first position after graduate school was at the

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in the Human and Community Development Department.

Education and research

She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in Psychology and Child Development and Family Relationships, respectively, from the

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and her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies at the

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in 2001. Dr. Umaña-Taylor is most known for her research on Latino adolescent adjustment and ethnic-racial identity development.

Awards

* 2017 - Umaña-Taylor was conferred a fellow of the

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. * 2018 - Umaña-Taylor was recognized "renowned psychologist" and elected to the governing ''Council of Representatives'' of the

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, in Division 45, ''Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race.''

References

External links

* https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/adriana-umana-taylor {{DEFAULTSORT:Umana Taylor, Adriana Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty University of Missouri alumni American women academics 21st-century American women