Ciara Smalls Glover

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2007
M.S., University of Michigan, 2005
B.S., Morgan State University, 2002

My active research program uses community-based methods, advanced quantitative analyses, and mixed-method approaches to the study of social problems. Specifically, my work examines the protective roles of ecological and cultural factors for ethnically and racially diverse students and their families.

I am faculty in the Psychology Department (Development, Community, and Clinical-Community programs) and affiliated with several areas including Africana Studies and the Partnership for Urban Health Research.

Prior to my current appointment, I was an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition, I am an NIMH-Career Opportunities in Research alum and alum of the American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program.

Research Interests

• Hardship and adversity experiences that are associated with differences in college
  students' STEM persistence. Racial discrimination and family adversity (burdensome
  experiences) receive close attention in my work.
• Motivational differences in promoting STEM persistence among STEM college students at
  Minority Serving Institutions, and
• Ethnic-racial socialization and family processes as factors that directly promote
  positive development