Amelia Blankenau

she/her

Psychology

N582 Elliott Hall

75 East River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Amelia Blankenau is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology at the University of Minnesota and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Amelia works with Dr. Melissa Ertl, researching health equity and social determinants of health.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

B.A.: Psychology, Occidental College, 2021
Exchange Student: Psychology, University of Sussex, 2019

Specialties

Transracial adoption
Racial socialization
Colorblind racial attitudes
Health equity
Social determinants of health

Publications

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Publications

Blankenau, A., Sumontha, J., Simon, K. A., Kim, A. Y., Wax, A., & Lee, R. M. (2024). Colorblind racial attitudes and racial socialization in transracial adoptive families. [Manuscript in preparation]. Psychology Department, University of Minnesota.
Ajayi, A., Ertl, M. M., Schachter, J., & Blankenau, A. Longitudinal associations of body image disturbance, psychological distress, and substance use in diverse young adults. [Manuscript in preparation].
Simon, K. A., Sumontha, J., Blankenau, A., Domyancich-Lee, S., Kim, A. Y., Farr, R. H., & Lee, R. M. (2024). Adoptive parents' racial colorblindness and adopted Korean adolescents' experiences of discrimination. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Ertl, M. M., Maroney, M. R., Becker, A., Paschen-Wolff, M. M., Blankenau, A., Hoffman, S., Tross, S. (2024). Sexual and reproductive justice and health equity for LGBTQ+ women. Journal of Lesbian Studies,1-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2024.2369434
Kleinbardt, H. M., Garrison, Y. L., & Blankenau, A. (2024). Transracial and transnational adoption in children’s literature: Implications for Asian American adoptees’ representation, cultural authenticity, and identity. Adoption Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2024.2345053
Wexler, J. H., Cai, J., McKee, K. D., 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, 47(4), 510-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231166376
Blankenau, A., Wax, A., Auerbach, L., Schuman, Z. D., & 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

Activities

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Activities

Outreach

Panelist, Women Alumni in STEM Panel, Women in STEM Club, Occidental College 2024
Lead Mentor, Next Gen Psych Scholars Program (NPSP) 2023-2024
Mentor, Tri-Psych Diversity in Psychology Support Mentorship Program
Panelist, Applying to Graduate School in Psychology Event, Psychology Club, Occidental College 2021
Graduate Student Panelist, Midwest Interdisciplinary Symposium for Scientific Thought, St. Olaf College 2022

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

Research

Research Talk at AdopteeBridge OurHistory Retreat 2023
Poster Presenter at American Psychological Association Conference 2023
Poster Presenter at American Psychological Association Division 45 Conference 2023

Awards

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Awards

Jo-Ida Hansen Fellowship in Counseling Psychology, 2023, 2024
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP), 2023
Beverly and Richard Fink Summer Research Fellowship, 2022, 2023
Harold A. Korn Fellowship Award in Counseling Psychology, 2023
Gloria J. Randahl Fellowship, 2022
UMN Diversity of Views and Experiences (DOVE) Fellowship, 2021-2022
Lloyd Lofquist/René Dawis Counseling Psychology Award, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Steven Snyder Travel Fellowship, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Dr. Andrea Hopmeyer Excellence in Psychology Award, 2021

Courses

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Courses

PSY 3901 Capstone in Psychology Research Laboratory (Section Leader, Spring 2024)
PSY 3511 Intro to Counseling Psychology (TA, Fall 2023)
PSY 3001W Research Methods (Graduate Instructor, Summer 2023)
PSY 3301 Intro to Cultural Psychology (Guest Lecturer, March 2023)
PSY 4501 Psychology of Women and Gender (TA, Spring 2023)
PSY 3001W Research Methods (TA, Spring 2023)
PSY 3301 Intro to Cultural Psychology (TA, Fall 2022 & Spring 2023)
PSY 3511 Intro to Counseling Psychology (TA, Fall 2022)