Erika Sanborne

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Awards

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• PhD Candidate: Sociology, University of Minnesota
• MDiv: Theology, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School, formerly Andover Newton Theological School
• Graduate Certificate: Family Studies, University of Massachusetts
• MA: Community and Social Psychology, University of Massachusetts
• BLA: Psychology Concentration, Math Minor, University of Massachusetts

Specialties

• Population Health
• Subjective Wellbeing
• Critical Disability Studies
• Data Science
• Demography

Publications

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Publications

• Sanborne, Erika. 2025. “Community Psychology” Online Course, author. – University of Massachusetts Lowell https://gps.uml.edu/catalog/catalogsearch_detail.cfm?courseid=15736

• 2024. Ayers, Kara, Emily Lund, Erika Sanborne, and Allison Shaver. “Infusing Diversity and Representation in the High School Psychology Curriculum: Disability and Neurodiversity Resources.” Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/education-career/k12/infusing-diversity.

• Sanborne, Erika. 2022. Why World Leaders Should Prioritize the Well-Being of their People. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/226179.

• Sanborne, Erika. 2021. "Who Needs a Friend? How Age and Having Someone One Can Count on Explain Subjective Well-Being in India." Innovation in Aging 5(Supplement_1):916. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.3321. 

• Sanborne, Erika. 2020. “What is Community Psychology? An Interactive Video Explainer”- https://geterika.com/what-is-community-psychology/. Winner of the APA Division 27 SCRA Educational Video Award

• Sanborne, Erika. 2020. "Book Review: Church Refugees: Sociologists Reveal Why People Are Done with Church but Not Their Faith." Teaching Sociology 48(3):249-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X20931207. 

• Sanborne, Erika L. 2008. "Praying with Those Who Might Forget: Pastoral Considerations with Memory Impairment." Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 62(3):207-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/154230500806200303.

Awards

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Awards

• Certificate of Appreciation, Center for Educational Innovation and the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, University of Minnesota, "... for your contribution to the academic and personal development of students." , 2024
• Outstanding Service Award, Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation (IPUMS), Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, 2022
• American Psychological Association Division 27, Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) Educational Video Contest Winner, https://geterika.com/what-is-community-psychology , 2020
• Aaron and Anna Beek University-wide Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 2020
• Outstanding Teaching and Dedication to Helping Students Learn, Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota, Spring 2020
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2019 - 2020
• Outstanding Teaching and Dedication to Helping Students Learn, Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota, Fall 2019
• Innovative Use of Technology in Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2014
• Teacher Award Nomination, Student Government Association, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2010