Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
@alvazquezphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Co-Director of THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab | Researching Mental Health Disparities among Latinx Youths/Families | He/Him | Views = Own | 🇨🇺🇺🇸
🚨 New publication 🚨
Provider's attitudes towards telehealth and parenting interventions during COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory cross-sectional study from Brazil and Mexico
doi.org/10.1186/s411...
Provider's attitudes towards telehealth and parenting interventions during COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory cross-sectional study from Brazil and Mexico
doi.org/10.1186/s411...
January 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🚨 New publication 🚨
Provider's attitudes towards telehealth and parenting interventions during COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory cross-sectional study from Brazil and Mexico
doi.org/10.1186/s411...
Provider's attitudes towards telehealth and parenting interventions during COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory cross-sectional study from Brazil and Mexico
doi.org/10.1186/s411...
🚨New publication 🚨
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🚨New publication 🚨
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
📢 New publication out!
Our paper uses network analysis to examine how proximal minority stressors and identity resilience factors interact among LGBTQ+ adults—moving beyond latent models to capture complex, interconnected processes.
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#LGBTQMentalHealth #CounselingPsychology
Our paper uses network analysis to examine how proximal minority stressors and identity resilience factors interact among LGBTQ+ adults—moving beyond latent models to capture complex, interconnected processes.
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#LGBTQMentalHealth #CounselingPsychology
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
📢 New publication out!
Our paper uses network analysis to examine how proximal minority stressors and identity resilience factors interact among LGBTQ+ adults—moving beyond latent models to capture complex, interconnected processes.
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#LGBTQMentalHealth #CounselingPsychology
Our paper uses network analysis to examine how proximal minority stressors and identity resilience factors interact among LGBTQ+ adults—moving beyond latent models to capture complex, interconnected processes.
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#LGBTQMentalHealth #CounselingPsychology
🚨 New publication 🚨
Caught in the web of polyvictimization, uses network analysis to compare theory-driven vs. data-driven groupings of potentially traumatic events among adolescents.
Free access (50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1mNnDX18Yd...
#AdolescentMentalHealth #Polyvictimization
Caught in the web of polyvictimization, uses network analysis to compare theory-driven vs. data-driven groupings of potentially traumatic events among adolescents.
Free access (50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1mNnDX18Yd...
#AdolescentMentalHealth #Polyvictimization
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🚨 New publication 🚨
Caught in the web of polyvictimization, uses network analysis to compare theory-driven vs. data-driven groupings of potentially traumatic events among adolescents.
Free access (50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1mNnDX18Yd...
#AdolescentMentalHealth #Polyvictimization
Caught in the web of polyvictimization, uses network analysis to compare theory-driven vs. data-driven groupings of potentially traumatic events among adolescents.
Free access (50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1mNnDX18Yd...
#AdolescentMentalHealth #Polyvictimization
Happy holidays from the THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab! 🎄🎁
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Happy holidays from the THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab! 🎄🎁
Deadline for the UTK counseling psych Ph.D. program is one week away (Dec 1st). Consider applying to work with us if our work aligns well with your training/career goals!
Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year).
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Deadline for the UTK counseling psych Ph.D. program is one week away (Dec 1st). Consider applying to work with us if our work aligns well with your training/career goals!
Big thanks to Centro Hispano de East Tennessee for the Latinidad Award that @CMNavarroFlores, Lucybel Mendez, and I received for our community work. Also grateful to the National Latinx Psychological Association for a presidential citation for co-chairing this year’s conference.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Big thanks to Centro Hispano de East Tennessee for the Latinidad Award that @CMNavarroFlores, Lucybel Mendez, and I received for our community work. Also grateful to the National Latinx Psychological Association for a presidential citation for co-chairing this year’s conference.
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
In 2024, 68 million Hispanics made up 20% of the U.S. population.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In 2024, 68 million Hispanics made up 20% of the U.S. population.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
First day of NLPA Summit at the U.S. Mexico border hosted by UTRGV. Grateful to have Michelle Silva as co-chair in organizing this event. 🎉🎊
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
First day of NLPA Summit at the U.S. Mexico border hosted by UTRGV. Grateful to have Michelle Silva as co-chair in organizing this event. 🎉🎊
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding
Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.
www.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We hope to see you at the NLPA 2025 Summit in Texas. This year, you can choose to attend in-person or virtual. Register through the following link: ow.ly/nzsO50WWagM
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We hope to see you at the NLPA 2025 Summit in Texas. This year, you can choose to attend in-person or virtual. Register through the following link: ow.ly/nzsO50WWagM
Please share widely! Review starts 9/19. 🟧⬜️ 🟧⬜️
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Please share widely! Review starts 9/19. 🟧⬜️ 🟧⬜️
Its counseling and clinical psych Ph.D. program application season! If you are looking for potential mentors to apply to, check out the following resource:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
docs.google.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Its counseling and clinical psych Ph.D. program application season! If you are looking for potential mentors to apply to, check out the following resource:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year).
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year).
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Outstanding new paper on machine learning at AMPPS-- hit the virtual stands this summer. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Bridging Traditional-Statistics and Machine-Learning Approaches in Psychology: Navigating Small Samples, Measurement Error, Nonindependent Observations, and Missing Data - Rosa Lavelle-Hill, Gavin Smi...
In recent years, machine learning has propagated into different aspects of psychological research, and supervised machine-learning methods have increasingly bee...
journals.sagepub.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Outstanding new paper on machine learning at AMPPS-- hit the virtual stands this summer. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Reading the first round of discussion questions for my class and they are all criticizing the PHQ-9 as an outcome measure and talking about the weaknesses of ignoring individual symptoms when analyzing data
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ALT: a man with a beard is smiling for the camera .
media.tenor.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Reading the first round of discussion questions for my class and they are all criticizing the PHQ-9 as an outcome measure and talking about the weaknesses of ignoring individual symptoms when analyzing data
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Reposted by Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
The Big Ten is airing a video advertisement defending higher education at its sporting events and on broadcasting channels. The effort comes after faculty leaders within the conference pushed their institutions to adopt a "mutual-defense compact."
It’s Not a ‘Mutual-Defense Compact.’ But a New Ad From 18 Universities Aims to Send a Message.
The Big Ten’s member institutions have collaborated on a 30-second TV spot that will air during conference football games and other sporting events.
www.chronicle.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Big Ten is airing a video advertisement defending higher education at its sporting events and on broadcasting channels. The effort comes after faculty leaders within the conference pushed their institutions to adopt a "mutual-defense compact."
🚨New pub🚨
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The effects of demographics on experiences of discrimination and mental health outcomes among college students in Texas
Diversity among college students has increased and, yet experiences of discrimination persist and predict mental health symptoms. The role of various overlapping demographics in predicting discriminat...
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨New pub🚨
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Intersecting identities, different struggles: The
effects of demographics on experiences of
discrimination and mental health outcomes
among college students in Texas
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
#NLPA2025 Summit registration is open. Excited to soon learn from and be in community with other Latinx psychologist.
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#NLPA2025 Summit registration is open. Excited to soon learn from and be in community with other Latinx psychologist.
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
Consider supporting the #NLPA2025 Summit, which will expand student access, support culturally grounded programming, and facilitate advocacy for Latinx mental health across the country. Sponsorship opportunities available through the link: www.nlpa.ws/2025-sponsor...
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consider supporting the #NLPA2025 Summit, which will expand student access, support culturally grounded programming, and facilitate advocacy for Latinx mental health across the country. Sponsorship opportunities available through the link: www.nlpa.ws/2025-sponsor...
NLPA pre-conference registration now open for two great workshops! Hope to see you there! www.nlpa.ws/2025-pre-con...
August 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
NLPA pre-conference registration now open for two great workshops! Hope to see you there! www.nlpa.ws/2025-pre-con...