Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd
@vjrp.bsky.social
Clin-Com Psychology Asst Prof @University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Health & parenting in minoritized groups
‘18 Pre @NASEMFordFellow & @universityofga PhD
she/her. views = mine
Health & parenting in minoritized groups
‘18 Pre @NASEMFordFellow & @universityofga PhD
she/her. views = mine
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Folks have started reaching out again, so here’s your reminder: I will be reviewing PhD applications this fall!
📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social
#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych
📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social
#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych
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.
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.
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd
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?)
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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...
We validated the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale (REPS) across LGBT parents.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/1073...
Psychometric Evaluation of the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale in Sexual and Gender Minority Parents - Antonia Yuxin Hua, Qimin Liu, Violeta J. Rodriguez, 2025
Emotion regulation (ER) in parenting is crucial for parental well-being and children’s mental health. However, ER in parenting is often studied as a general con...
doi.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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...
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!!!!
October 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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/...
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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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...
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...
NIH Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV | National Institutes of Health
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September 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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...
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...
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.
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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...
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...
@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!!
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!!
Faculty Jobs
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
osf.io
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@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!!
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!!
🚨 New publication in Archives of Sexual Behavior! ❤️
Co–first authored w/ Dr. Qimin Liu — we applied conditional inference trees to examine intragroup nuances in discrimination + psychological distress among U.S. sexual minority adults.
@psychillinois.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Co–first authored w/ Dr. Qimin Liu — we applied conditional inference trees to examine intragroup nuances in discrimination + psychological distress among U.S. sexual minority adults.
@psychillinois.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Disentangling the Heterogeneity in Minority Stress: A Data Mining Approach - Archives of Sexual Behavior
Minority stress theory posits that discrimination contributes to increased distress among individuals with minoritized identities, including individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual. The...
link.springer.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨 New publication in Archives of Sexual Behavior! ❤️
Co–first authored w/ Dr. Qimin Liu — we applied conditional inference trees to examine intragroup nuances in discrimination + psychological distress among U.S. sexual minority adults.
@psychillinois.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Co–first authored w/ Dr. Qimin Liu — we applied conditional inference trees to examine intragroup nuances in discrimination + psychological distress among U.S. sexual minority adults.
@psychillinois.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A critique in my review: “The authors used omega instead of alpha.”
Cool, let me just return my master’s in measurement.
Cool, let me just return my master’s in measurement.
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A critique in my review: “The authors used omega instead of alpha.”
Cool, let me just return my master’s in measurement.
Cool, let me just return my master’s in measurement.
Reposted by Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd
No other leads???
1: Crowdsourcing #academia help.
TL;DR: we wrote a paper on reactions to the 2025 executive orders but it's gotten rejected several times and we're looking for an appropriate venue for it.
@claudialugo.bsky.social @egv.bsky.social @drjennyzd.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
TL;DR: we wrote a paper on reactions to the 2025 executive orders but it's gotten rejected several times and we're looking for an appropriate venue for it.
@claudialugo.bsky.social @egv.bsky.social @drjennyzd.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
September 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
No other leads???
🚨 New paper in JMIR! 🚨
With @qmmmmliu.bsky.social, we analyzed nearly 1,000 Facebook comments on our LGBTQIA+ parent research ads. While frustrating to read, we’re excited to share this work to shine light on the stigma researchers & families face in digital spaces.
🔗 doi.org/10.2196/79080
With @qmmmmliu.bsky.social, we analyzed nearly 1,000 Facebook comments on our LGBTQIA+ parent research ads. While frustrating to read, we’re excited to share this work to shine light on the stigma researchers & families face in digital spaces.
🔗 doi.org/10.2196/79080
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚨 New paper in JMIR! 🚨
With @qmmmmliu.bsky.social, we analyzed nearly 1,000 Facebook comments on our LGBTQIA+ parent research ads. While frustrating to read, we’re excited to share this work to shine light on the stigma researchers & families face in digital spaces.
🔗 doi.org/10.2196/79080
With @qmmmmliu.bsky.social, we analyzed nearly 1,000 Facebook comments on our LGBTQIA+ parent research ads. While frustrating to read, we’re excited to share this work to shine light on the stigma researchers & families face in digital spaces.
🔗 doi.org/10.2196/79080
✨ 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...
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...
September 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
✨ 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...
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...
A retired civil engineer tried to join my lecture today.
Why? “After 50 years, I realize psychology is IT even though in my youth I mocked it. You deal with happiness and wellbeing. That’s LIFE.”
And you chose my CLASS?
Well, now I’m inspired.
Why? “After 50 years, I realize psychology is IT even though in my youth I mocked it. You deal with happiness and wellbeing. That’s LIFE.”
And you chose my CLASS?
Well, now I’m inspired.
August 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A retired civil engineer tried to join my lecture today.
Why? “After 50 years, I realize psychology is IT even though in my youth I mocked it. You deal with happiness and wellbeing. That’s LIFE.”
And you chose my CLASS?
Well, now I’m inspired.
Why? “After 50 years, I realize psychology is IT even though in my youth I mocked it. You deal with happiness and wellbeing. That’s LIFE.”
And you chose my CLASS?
Well, now I’m inspired.
Reposted by Violeta J. Rodriguez, PhD, MSEd
#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...
Happy to share that I passed the EPPP today! 🎉
In Illinois, this comes after completing supervised hours, which I fulfilled through pro bono asylum evaluations and therapy with unaccompanied minors from around the world.
Grateful for the chance to serve, and excited for licensure!
In Illinois, this comes after completing supervised hours, which I fulfilled through pro bono asylum evaluations and therapy with unaccompanied minors from around the world.
Grateful for the chance to serve, and excited for licensure!
August 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Happy to share that I passed the EPPP today! 🎉
In Illinois, this comes after completing supervised hours, which I fulfilled through pro bono asylum evaluations and therapy with unaccompanied minors from around the world.
Grateful for the chance to serve, and excited for licensure!
In Illinois, this comes after completing supervised hours, which I fulfilled through pro bono asylum evaluations and therapy with unaccompanied minors from around the world.
Grateful for the chance to serve, and excited for licensure!
Reflexive practice doesn't need to be esoteric. Just in time before Fall: the SpORE Manual is now live and open access on OSF: osf.io/rx4bn
SpORE is a modular, beginner-friendly framework to support reflexive practice in applied learning, designed for both instructors and trainees.
SpORE is a modular, beginner-friendly framework to support reflexive practice in applied learning, designed for both instructors and trainees.
OSF
osf.io
August 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reflexive practice doesn't need to be esoteric. Just in time before Fall: the SpORE Manual is now live and open access on OSF: osf.io/rx4bn
SpORE is a modular, beginner-friendly framework to support reflexive practice in applied learning, designed for both instructors and trainees.
SpORE is a modular, beginner-friendly framework to support reflexive practice in applied learning, designed for both instructors and trainees.
Happy to be back at Yale as a panelist for Yale Ciencia Academy—5 years after being a fellow. Full circle. 💫
Grateful to share space with brilliant minds & talk about making change in academia. Thank you Yale, Mónica, Giovanna & crew for building this incredible community. 💜
#AcademicLife
Grateful to share space with brilliant minds & talk about making change in academia. Thank you Yale, Mónica, Giovanna & crew for building this incredible community. 💜
#AcademicLife
July 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Happy to be back at Yale as a panelist for Yale Ciencia Academy—5 years after being a fellow. Full circle. 💫
Grateful to share space with brilliant minds & talk about making change in academia. Thank you Yale, Mónica, Giovanna & crew for building this incredible community. 💜
#AcademicLife
Grateful to share space with brilliant minds & talk about making change in academia. Thank you Yale, Mónica, Giovanna & crew for building this incredible community. 💜
#AcademicLife
📣 HIRING!
The Health Equity and Action Lab (@ UIUC) is looking for a Coordinator to support an NIH-funded study on parents.
💼 Start by 9/1
📍 Champaign, IL
✍️ Apply: vjrodrig@illinois.edu (CV + cover letter)
RT to help us find someone great! 💜
#AcademicJobs #PsychologyJobs #HealthEquity
The Health Equity and Action Lab (@ UIUC) is looking for a Coordinator to support an NIH-funded study on parents.
💼 Start by 9/1
📍 Champaign, IL
✍️ Apply: vjrodrig@illinois.edu (CV + cover letter)
RT to help us find someone great! 💜
#AcademicJobs #PsychologyJobs #HealthEquity
Health Equity and Action Lab – A publish.illinois.edu site
publish.illinois.edu
June 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
📣 HIRING!
The Health Equity and Action Lab (@ UIUC) is looking for a Coordinator to support an NIH-funded study on parents.
💼 Start by 9/1
📍 Champaign, IL
✍️ Apply: vjrodrig@illinois.edu (CV + cover letter)
RT to help us find someone great! 💜
#AcademicJobs #PsychologyJobs #HealthEquity
The Health Equity and Action Lab (@ UIUC) is looking for a Coordinator to support an NIH-funded study on parents.
💼 Start by 9/1
📍 Champaign, IL
✍️ Apply: vjrodrig@illinois.edu (CV + cover letter)
RT to help us find someone great! 💜
#AcademicJobs #PsychologyJobs #HealthEquity
Folks have started reaching out again, so here’s your reminder: I will be reviewing PhD applications this fall!
📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social
#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych
📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social
#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych
May 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Folks have started reaching out again, so here’s your reminder: I will be reviewing PhD applications this fall!
📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social
#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych
📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social
#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych
So proud of @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social for winning the APS RISE award and presenting her incredible work on her birthday! What a way to celebrate.
May every birthday be this inspiring and impactful—congrats, Antonia! And thanks @qmmmmliu.bsky.social for working with us on this project!!!
May every birthday be this inspiring and impactful—congrats, Antonia! And thanks @qmmmmliu.bsky.social for working with us on this project!!!
So grateful to be able to present my poster at #aps25dc 🎉 huge shout out to my mentors on this project, @vjrp.bsky.social @qmmmmliu.bsky.social
Looking forward to the rest of the conference, and learning from the amazing research being done in psych science🤓!
Looking forward to the rest of the conference, and learning from the amazing research being done in psych science🤓!
May 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
So proud of @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social for winning the APS RISE award and presenting her incredible work on her birthday! What a way to celebrate.
May every birthday be this inspiring and impactful—congrats, Antonia! And thanks @qmmmmliu.bsky.social for working with us on this project!!!
May every birthday be this inspiring and impactful—congrats, Antonia! And thanks @qmmmmliu.bsky.social for working with us on this project!!!
Huge congratulations to my honors student Flor Quiroz on her graduation from @psychillinois.bsky.social — and to all the amazing grads of 2025! ¡Felicidades, Flor!
Watching students cross the stage felt like witnessing the future of our field take flight!
#PsychMajor #UIUCGrad2025
Watching students cross the stage felt like witnessing the future of our field take flight!
#PsychMajor #UIUCGrad2025
May 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Huge congratulations to my honors student Flor Quiroz on her graduation from @psychillinois.bsky.social — and to all the amazing grads of 2025! ¡Felicidades, Flor!
Watching students cross the stage felt like witnessing the future of our field take flight!
#PsychMajor #UIUCGrad2025
Watching students cross the stage felt like witnessing the future of our field take flight!
#PsychMajor #UIUCGrad2025
I took this survey and took me 3 minutes. Take it!
Help us understand what mental health professionals think about autism registries by participating in our short survey!
Participation is limited to those 18+ who are mental health professionals (broadly defined)/trainees in mental health fields.
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Participation is limited to those 18+ who are mental health professionals (broadly defined)/trainees in mental health fields.
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May 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I took this survey and took me 3 minutes. Take it!
Just wrapped up the Dr. Sandra J. Finley Teacher Scholar Certificate at UIUC!
Taught across 3 semesters, developed a teaching project, engaged in service, and reflected on how/why I teach.
Grateful for programs that treat teaching as scholarly work.
#Teaching #HigherEd #UIUC #PedagogyMatters
Taught across 3 semesters, developed a teaching project, engaged in service, and reflected on how/why I teach.
Grateful for programs that treat teaching as scholarly work.
#Teaching #HigherEd #UIUC #PedagogyMatters
May 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just wrapped up the Dr. Sandra J. Finley Teacher Scholar Certificate at UIUC!
Taught across 3 semesters, developed a teaching project, engaged in service, and reflected on how/why I teach.
Grateful for programs that treat teaching as scholarly work.
#Teaching #HigherEd #UIUC #PedagogyMatters
Taught across 3 semesters, developed a teaching project, engaged in service, and reflected on how/why I teach.
Grateful for programs that treat teaching as scholarly work.
#Teaching #HigherEd #UIUC #PedagogyMatters