CATHERINE DECARLO SANTIAGO, PH.D.
Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Training (DCT), Clinical Psychology at Loyola University Chicago
Office: Coffey Hall 343
Phone: 773.508.2712
Email: csantiago4@luc.edu
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
- B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from Notre Dame (2004)
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver (2010)
- Clinical Internship, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior (2009-2010)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, UCLA Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior (2010-2012)
Research interests
My research program focuses on how children and families respond to stress and trauma as well as how community interventions can improve functioning and promote resilience. In partnership with school and community leaders, administrators, clinicians, and parents, we conduct school- and community-based intervention research. Our work examines effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of these interventions among underserved populations. At a basic level, I am interested in individual and family adaptation to the accumulation of stress and trauma. In addition, I am focused on cultural and family factors in relation to psychopathology and mental health intervention. In particular, I am interested in how family and cultural factors might enhance or ameliorate the relationship between stress and child psychopathology, especially among minoritized families. Our lab will continue both basic and intervention research that explores adaptation to stress and adversity among children and families.
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MORE ABOUT DR. SANTIAGO:
I love mentoring and learning from my awesome team of undergraduates, post-baccalaureate students, and graduate students. I am a descendent of Italian immigrants and mother to two amazing multiracial daughters (Indigenous and European American). Outside of CASA, I enjoy making Italian food, running, hiking with my family, enjoying Chicago’s lakeshore (in the summer!), and soaking up family time with my husband and daughters.
**Dr. Santiago will NOT be reviewing graduate student applications for this upcoming application cycle (school year 2023-2024)**
BOOKS:
- Santiago, C.D., Raviv, T., & Jaycox, L.H. (2018). Creating Healing School Communities: School-based Interventions for Students Exposed to Trauma. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
RECENT FUNDING:
- Foundation for Child Development
- American Psychological Foundation
- Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation
COURSES TAUGHT:
- Psychotherapy Practicum (graduate)
- Clinical Treatment of Children and Adolescents (graduate)
- Trauma-informed Interventions for Children and Adolescents (graduate)
- Childhood Psychopathology (undergraduate)
- Psychological Perspectives on the Experience of Globalization (undergraduate)
SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
- I am currently one of the faculty co-chairs for the Committee on Diversity Affairs (CODA) within the Department of Psychology. I am a faculty advisor for the Diversifying Clinical Psychology Committee within our Clinical Program.
- At the university level, I serve on the advisory board for the Center for Human Rights of Children and mentor students in the ACE program.
- I am a member of the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health (https://ourcimh.org) and Society for Community Research in Action (SCRA). I also serve on the Education and Standards Committee for Division 53.
MORE ABOUT DR. SANTIAGO:
I love mentoring and learning from my awesome team of undergraduates, post-baccalaureate students, and graduate students. I am a descendent of Italian immigrants and mother to two amazing multiracial daughters (Indigenous and European American). Outside of CASA, I enjoy making Italian food, running, hiking with my family, enjoying Chicago’s lakeshore (in the summer!), and soaking up family time with my husband and daughters.
**Dr. Santiago will NOT be reviewing graduate student applications for this upcoming application cycle (school year 2023-2024)**
