Amelia Blankenau

she/her

blank131@umn.edu

Psychology

N582 Elliott Hall

75 East River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Amelia Blankenau is a third-year PhD student in Counseling Psychology at the University of Minnesota and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (NSF GRFP). She works with Dr. Rich Lee, researching race, ethnicity, migration, and mental health, and with Dr. Melissa Ertl, researching health equity. Amelia also works as an advanced practicum therapist at Tubman at Chrysalis Center (community mental health) and at UMN's Career Counseling and Assessment Clinic. She is a lead mentor for the Next Gen Psych Scholars Program (NPSP) and a teaching assistant for PSY 3511 Intro to Counseling Psychology.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

B.A.: Psychology, Occidental College, 2021

Specialties

transracial, transnational adoption
colorblind racial attitudes
racial socialization
discrimination
health equity

Publications

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Publications

Blankenau, A., Wax, A., Auerbach, L., Schuman, Z., & Hopmeyer, A. (2023). Queer peer crowds on campus: LGBT crowd affiliation as a critical correlate of college students’ loneliness, academic well-being, & stress. Journal of Homosexuality, 70(7), 1411-1439. https://doi-org.ezp2.lib.umn.edu/10.1080/00918369.2022.2030616
Wexler, J., Cai, J., McKee, K., Blankenau, A., Lee, H., Kim, O. M., Kim, A. Y., & Lee, R. M. (2023). Understanding adoption as a reproductive justice issue. Psychology of Women Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231166376
Simon, K., Sumontha, J., Blankenau, A., Domyancich-Lee, S., Kim, A. Y., Farr, R., & Lee, R. M. (under review). Adoptive parents' racial colorblindness and discrimination toward adopted Korean American adolescents. Journal name omitted.
Lee, R. M., Blankenau, A., Kim, A. Y., & Kim, O. M. (in preparation; invited book chapter). Unraveling the transracial adoption paradox: Construction of race and racism in adoptive families. Cambridge Handbook of Ethnic/Racial Discrimination and Youth Development.

Activities

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Activities

Research

Research Talk at AdopteeBridge OurHistory Retreat 2023

Outreach

Lead Mentor, Next Gen Psych Scholars Program (NPSP) 2023
Graduate Student Panelist, Midwest Interdisciplinary Symposium for Scientific Thought, St. Olaf College 2022
Panelist, Applying to Graduate School in Psychology Event, Psychology Club, Occidental College 2021

Professional

Graduate Student Affiliate, APA Div. 17 – Society of Counseling Psychology 2023
Graduate Student Affiliate, APA Div. 45 - Society of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race
Graduate Student Affiliate, American Psychological Association for Graduate Students 2023
Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta of California, at Occidental College 2021

Awards

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Awards

Beverly and Richard Fink Summer Research Fellowship, 2023
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP), 2023
Harold A. Korn Fellowship Award in Counseling Psychology, 2023
Beverly and Richard Fink Summer Research Fellowship, 2022
Gloria J. Randahl Fellowship, 2022
Diversity of Views and Experiences (DOVE) Fellowship, 2021-2022
Lloyd Lofquist/René Dawis Counseling Psychology Award, 2021-2023
Steven Snyder Travel Fellowship, 2021
Dr. Andrea Hopmeyer Excellence in Psychology Award, 2021

Courses

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Courses

Teaching Assistant, PSY 3511 Intro to Counseling Psychology, Fall 2023
Co-Graduate Instructor, PSY 3001W Research Methods, Summer 2023
Guest Lecture, Transracial/Transnational Adoption, PSY 3301 Intro to Cultural Psychology, March 2023
Teaching Assistant, PSY 3301 Intro to Cultural Psychology, Fall 2022 & Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant, PSY 4501 Psychology of Women and Gender, Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant, PSY 3001W Research Methods, Spring 2023
Teaching Assistant, PSY 3511 Intro to Counseling Psychology, Fall 2022

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