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This paper shows that immigration enforcement can _increase_ crime. Undocumented immigrants already have the lowest crime rate, but tough-on-immigration policy makes immigrants less likely to report crime. So immigration enforcement worsens the problem it was ostensibly meant to solve

Honored to officially receive notification of my promotion to Associate Professor with Indefinite Tenure at the @psychillinois.bsky.social! So grateful to the NIH Director’s DP5 Early Independence Award, mentors, collaborators, students, colleagues, and the families who make this work possible!

Hi friends, we have a new publication in Adversity and Resilience Science doi.org/10.1007/s428... on parental childhood adversity, parenting-specific emotion regulation, and child mental health in SGM parents w/ @vjrp.bsky.social @mingcong.bsky.social @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social and Kiyan Irani.

Differential Associations from Parental Childhood Adversity to Child Psychopathology: Evidence from Sexual and Gender Minority Families - Adversity and Resilience Science

Abstract Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to intergenerational transmission of psychopathology, yet limited work has examined how distinct dimensions of parental ACEs (i.e., threat and deprivation) interact with parenting-specific emotion regulation (ER) in relation to child outcomes in sexual and gender minority (SGM) families. We applied linear regression to examine how threat- and deprivation-based parental ACEs are differentially associated with child psychopathology, and how these associations vary by parenting-specific ER strategies among 568 SGM parents of children aged 3–17. Parental deprivation-based ACEs, suppression, and rumination predicted more child psychopathology symptoms whereas adaptive parenting-specific ER predicted fewer symptoms. Furthermore, low suppression amplified threat-based associations between ACEs and child outcomes whereas high suppression amplified deprivation-based associations between ACEs and child outcomes. Findings are consistent with differential patterns of association between parental ACE dimensions, parenting-specific emotion regulation, and child psychopathology. Parenting-specific ER may represent a potentially modifiable parenting-related process and a potential target for future intervention research. Key Findings Deprivation-based childhood adversity in parents was linked to higher child psychopathology. Parenting-specific emotion regulation showed independent effects, with adaptive strategies relating to lower child psychopathology and suppression and rumination relating to higher child psychopathology. Suppression moderated these associations, suggesting that parenting-specific emotion regulation may be an important target for future intervention research. Differential Associations from Parental Childhood Adversity to Child Psychopathology: Evidence from Sexual and Gender Minority Families.

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Folks have started reaching out again, and yes! I will be reviewing PhD applications this fall! 📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2026 🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity... 📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu 🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social #PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych

From P.E.O. Scholar Award recipient (2022) to convention speaker (2026). Honored to speak at the Illinois State Chapter P.E.O. Convention this weekend. Grateful to Meg Cline, Chapters BL and KD, Fran Becque, Amy Peterson, and the many P.E.O. women who make these opportunities possible.

Proud mentor moment 💙 Congrats to Aadarsh Nair on graduating with honors and heading to Tufts for a research MA in Clinical Developmental Psychology, Antonia Yuxin Hua on the Graduate Award for Excellence in Psych Science, and Jess on the Frederick & Ruby Kanfer Community Action Award. So proud!

One of the most meaningful parts of grad school was helping found the UGA Racial Trauma Task Force during COVID-19 and anti-Black racism in 2020. Big lesson: sometimes you just have to DO. Grateful to Dr. Isha W. Metzger and everyone involved in this work. doi.org/10.1002/ajcp...

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Due to an increase in media and news attention on anti-Black racism in 2020, the APA declared racism a pandemic as the CDC highlighted the challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the work ...

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New paper in Developmental Psychology: Rethinking parenting: A function-based framework for understanding caregiving across contexts We move from labeling parenting and focus on the goals behind behaviors (emotional connection, structure, cultural values). w/ Sungha Kang & @qmmmmliu.bsky.social!

New scoping review with @dllabarrie.bsky.social, Isha Metzger, & Sawyer Adams on racial socialization interventions for Black youth showing that caregiver involvement & culturally grounded approaches are linked to better coping, racial identity, & communication about race. A small evidence base!

Racial Identity and Racial Socialization: A Scoping Review of Clinical, School-Based, and Community Interventions and Trauma Among Black Youth Since COVID-19 - Violeta J. Rodriguez, Sawyer J. Adams, D...

The COVID-19 pandemic, alongside the heightened racialized sociopolitical unrest following the murder of George Floyd, intensified longstanding structural racis...

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New paper led by Yasmin Butt on transgender and gender diverse families with @qmmmmliu.bsky.social. We examine how stigma, parenting emotion regulation, and mental health are interconnected using network analysis. Internalized stigma and anxiety were central. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2770...

Parenting Under Pressure: Network Analysis of Stigma, Emotion Regulation, and Mental Health in TGD Parents

Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) parents face distinct stigma-related challenges that may be associated with emotion regulation in the parenting context and with family mental health. This stud...

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So proud of @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social and this exciting work being presented at #ADAA2026. If you are at the conference, be sure to stop by Poster S64 on Saturday afternoon. Great work on maternal depression, parenting, and youth mental health!

Antonia Yuxin Hua@antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Excited to be attending #ADAA2026 in Chicago this weekend! I’m presenting our poster “Maternal Depression, Parenting Aggravation, and Youth Depressive Symptoms: Insights from Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models”, co-authored with Ashley Yang, @qmmmmliu.bsky.social, and @vjrp.bsky.social

So proud of @jpstand.bsky.social on his first first-author paper (!!) 🎉 Important findings on disparities in suicidal ideation and unmet mental health needs using national data with a team lead by @qmmmmliu.bsky.social. Excited to see this work out in Archives of Suicide Research!

Philipp Standring@jpstand.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Published my first ever first-author paper in Archives of Suicide Research :)! A massive thanks to my co-authors Kiyan Irani, James Poh, Violeta Rodriguez (@vjrp.bsky.social), and my mentor Qimin Liu (@qmmmmliu.bsky.social)! Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RFJ4T...

My new career column in Nature is out. After reviewing hundreds of PhD applications for my lab and admissions at the UIUC, I kept seeing the same mistakes. I share 8 common application and interview mistakes and what applicants can do differently. doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Eight common errors I see in PhD applications and interviews, and how to avoid them

Convince a supervisor that you’re a great fit for their laboratory by preparing questions, honing your personal statement and showcasing strong team-player instincts.

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Shared a poster at the NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Symposium on structural topic modeling and network analysis of parent interviews—early results from my DP5 project. Shoutout to the Health Equity and Action Lab team for helping interview 151 parents in one semester. #NIH #EarlyIndependenceAward

Grateful to be in Bethesda for the NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Symposium. Honored to be here through the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award and to meet fellow awardees, including others in psychology. Inspiring science across fields!! #NIH #HighRiskHighReward

New paper w/ @qmmmmliu.bsky.social Network analysis of LGBTQIA+ parents linking parenting, stigma, & mental health. Supportiveness, reinforcement, & transphobia were central. Child psychopathology & parent anxiety bridged domains. Patterns varied by identity doi.org/10.1037/fam0001459

We loved having you @gramos.bsky.social!! Thanks so much for generously sharing your amazing work with us!

Giovanni Ramos@gramos.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last week, I had the privilege to present some of my work at UIUC and its Clinical and Community Psychology Brown Bag seminar. There were fantastic questions, and I had a blast! Thank you for thinking of me for this, @vjrp.bsky.social! Proud to be a FOP 🤓

Wow! Honored that my essay was named one of Science’s Top Personal Essays of 2025 for the second year in a row! It means a lot that honest stories about the real pressures + joys of research resonate. Grateful to all who read, shared, and reached out. Read here ➝ www.science.org/content/arti...

Academic betrayal, tapping into silliness: Science’s top personal essays of 2025

Our Working Life essays highlight the people behind the research and lessons learned as they overcome personal and professional challenges

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I’m excited to be a panelist at APF’s second annual Springfield Town Hall on sustaining impact in LGBTQIA+ psychological research. 🗓 Feb 11, 2026 | 6 PM ET | Zoom 🔗 ampsychfdn.org/events/sprin... Open to all. Please share.

Thrilled to share my new study validating the Regulation of Emotions in Parenting Scale (REPS) in a large, racially diverse U.S. sample journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Measurement Invariance of the Regulation of Emotions in Parenting Scale (REPS): Psychometric Validation Across Ethnoracial Groups - Violeta J. Rodriguez, 2025

Parental emotion regulation is crucial for parent–child interactions and child psychological outcomes. However, limited research has examined whether the Regula...

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SO HONORED AND GRATEFUL to receive the Emerging Latino Leader Award at the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation Gala. Thank you Senator Karina Villa and Rey Raigoza. Grateful to @psychillinois.bsky.social Head Diane Beck, Dean Venetria Patton, & @benhankin.bsky.social for nominating me.

anyone have any insight on how NIH study section catchup is unfolding? Don't wanna bother POs since I imagine backlog is bananas, but seeing section rosters posted for mtgs listed as 'did not take place'; curious ab what kinds of timelines we might expect from here (also seems odd to post rosters?)

New paper in Assessmentauthored by @psychillinois.bsky.social MSPS student @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social, with @qmmmmliu.bsky.social. We validated the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale (REPS) across LGBT parents. Read: doi.org/10.1177/1073...

Officially licensed as a clinical psychologist in Illinois!!!!

So proud to share our paper on Academic Brokering with brilliant #LatinaScholars. 🌟 Grateful to @dllabarrie.bsky.social for leading the way & to Amanda Perozo Garcia, Michelle Perez, and @thaniagalvanphd.bsky.social for making this project come to fruition. 💜 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Navigating Academic Brokering: Enhancing Belongingness in Scientific Training Programs

As more psychologists engage with marginalized communities for research, the lack of diversity in the academic workforce and inadequate cultural sensitivity training often leads to relying on trainee...

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Grateful to NIH OAR for inviting me to join the panel at the Early Career Investigator Workshop in HIV. 🙏 Loved being in conversation about the many pathways research careers can take, and inspired by the leadership + commitment across institutes. 📺 Recordings: oar.nih.gov/nih-workshop...

Excited to be included in Nature’s roundup of 99 lab hacks! I shared advice on lab meetings + clear expectations for trainees. Small structures that can make a big difference in mentoring. Check out the full piece here: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

It’s a new term: here are 99 lab hacks

Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

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Reminder 🚨 The NIH Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV is this Friday! I’ll be speaking at 1:35pm ET, but the whole day is packed with great sessions. 📅 Sept 26, 2025 | 11am–3pm ET | Virtual Register here: www.scgcorp.com/eciworkshop2...

Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd@vjrp.bsky.social · 11mo ago

✨ REGISTRATION OPEN! ✨ I’ll be speaking (1:35pm ET) at the NIH Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV, hosted by NIH OAR 🎤 Join us to talk NIH resources, funding, and advancing #EndingTheHIVepidemic. 🔗 www.scgcorp.com/eciworkshop2...

@qmmmmliu.bsky.social and I just gave a presentation for the UChicago internship program on writing faculty job statements. We talked through what makes them compelling (and what to avoid). Slides are here if interested 👉 osf.io/3skx4/?view_... Thanks to Dr. Shona Vas inviting us!!

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