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
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.
✨ 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...
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
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
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
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
So proud of my amazing master’s and PhD students present their work at #SRCD2025 today! From parenting stigma to psychometrics to intersectional mental health—each one did so great! Thank you to everyone who showed up, and to Chair Dr. Sungha Kang for leading such a meaningful session!
May 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So proud of my amazing master’s and PhD students present their work at #SRCD2025 today! From parenting stigma to psychometrics to intersectional mental health—each one did so great! Thank you to everyone who showed up, and to Chair Dr. Sungha Kang for leading such a meaningful session!
Excited to be joining brilliant colleagues this Saturday for a roundtable on Advancing Developmental Science through Anti-Racist Practices at #SRCD2025 (chaired by @dllabarrie.bsky.social).
Come by if you’re interested in building a more equitable science!
#DevelopmentalScience #EquityInResearch
Come by if you’re interested in building a more equitable science!
#DevelopmentalScience #EquityInResearch
May 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Excited to be joining brilliant colleagues this Saturday for a roundtable on Advancing Developmental Science through Anti-Racist Practices at #SRCD2025 (chaired by @dllabarrie.bsky.social).
Come by if you’re interested in building a more equitable science!
#DevelopmentalScience #EquityInResearch
Come by if you’re interested in building a more equitable science!
#DevelopmentalScience #EquityInResearch
One of my amazing friends took our HEAL lab logo and made embroidered polos and zip-ups with our names! The quality is AMAZING! If you’re looking to do something like this, reach out to her!
@thedancingbearstitchery on IG or email thedancingbearstitchery@gmail.com.
#AcademicLife #CustomMerch
@thedancingbearstitchery on IG or email thedancingbearstitchery@gmail.com.
#AcademicLife #CustomMerch
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
One of my amazing friends took our HEAL lab logo and made embroidered polos and zip-ups with our names! The quality is AMAZING! If you’re looking to do something like this, reach out to her!
@thedancingbearstitchery on IG or email thedancingbearstitchery@gmail.com.
#AcademicLife #CustomMerch
@thedancingbearstitchery on IG or email thedancingbearstitchery@gmail.com.
#AcademicLife #CustomMerch
Wanted to give a big shout-out to my MSPS student @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social, for presenting her work today at the @psychillinois.bsky.social
MSPS Fair! So proud of her incredible work. Also, huge thanks to all the faculty and staff who make this fair possible and support our students’ growth!
MSPS Fair! So proud of her incredible work. Also, huge thanks to all the faculty and staff who make this fair possible and support our students’ growth!
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Wanted to give a big shout-out to my MSPS student @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social, for presenting her work today at the @psychillinois.bsky.social
MSPS Fair! So proud of her incredible work. Also, huge thanks to all the faculty and staff who make this fair possible and support our students’ growth!
MSPS Fair! So proud of her incredible work. Also, huge thanks to all the faculty and staff who make this fair possible and support our students’ growth!
So proud of my grad students presenting at #SRCD2025!
Our symposium focuses on how parenting and parental mental health relate to child outcomes across diverse family structures. Come see their work!!
@srcdorg.bsky.social @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social #devpsyc #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Our symposium focuses on how parenting and parental mental health relate to child outcomes across diverse family structures. Come see their work!!
@srcdorg.bsky.social @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social #devpsyc #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
April 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
So proud of my grad students presenting at #SRCD2025!
Our symposium focuses on how parenting and parental mental health relate to child outcomes across diverse family structures. Come see their work!!
@srcdorg.bsky.social @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social #devpsyc #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Our symposium focuses on how parenting and parental mental health relate to child outcomes across diverse family structures. Come see their work!!
@srcdorg.bsky.social @antoniayuxinhua.bsky.social #devpsyc #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
My very first honors thesis student, Flor Quiroz, presented her work on Latinx parents today at @UIUC’s Undergraduate Research Symposium! She’s poured so much thought, rigor, and heart into this project, and it showed. Here’s to many more! 💫 #ProudMentor #URS2025
April 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My very first honors thesis student, Flor Quiroz, presented her work on Latinx parents today at @UIUC’s Undergraduate Research Symposium! She’s poured so much thought, rigor, and heart into this project, and it showed. Here’s to many more! 💫 #ProudMentor #URS2025
Ran into @doggonepsych.bsky.social at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference — such a great surprise!
April 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ran into @doggonepsych.bsky.social at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference — such a great surprise!
Congratulations to my mentee, Flor Berenice Quiroz, for her exceptional work with Hispanic/Latinx families, which she presented at the 26th Annual National McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park!
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Congratulations to my mentee, Flor Berenice Quiroz, for her exceptional work with Hispanic/Latinx families, which she presented at the 26th Annual National McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park!
Was anyone else’s NIH application up for review today and now showing blank after this email?
Trying to figure out if this is just a review delay or yet another case of casual viewpoint suppression!
Trying to figure out if this is just a review delay or yet another case of casual viewpoint suppression!
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Was anyone else’s NIH application up for review today and now showing blank after this email?
Trying to figure out if this is just a review delay or yet another case of casual viewpoint suppression!
Trying to figure out if this is just a review delay or yet another case of casual viewpoint suppression!
Thank you, American Psychological Foundation, for supporting research that centers LGBTQIA+ families! Grateful for the opportunity to deepen our understanding of these unique parenting experiences and to amplify voices often left out of the conversation. #Parenting
December 16, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Thank you, American Psychological Foundation, for supporting research that centers LGBTQIA+ families! Grateful for the opportunity to deepen our understanding of these unique parenting experiences and to amplify voices often left out of the conversation. #Parenting
Grateful for the amazing HEAL Lab team and our holiday dinner. Can’t believe it’s grown to 10 people already! Your dedication and energy make everything we do possible—cheers to all of you and an exciting year ahead! 🎄✨ #UIUC
December 11, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Grateful for the amazing HEAL Lab team and our holiday dinner. Can’t believe it’s grown to 10 people already! Your dedication and energy make everything we do possible—cheers to all of you and an exciting year ahead! 🎄✨ #UIUC
Grateful for the opportunity to share my work on discrimination, parenting, and family health disparities at today’s #BSMinar! Huge thanks to @grandner.bsky.social for the kind invitation and to everyone who joined the conversation.
December 5, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to share my work on discrimination, parenting, and family health disparities at today’s #BSMinar! Huge thanks to @grandner.bsky.social for the kind invitation and to everyone who joined the conversation.
I didn’t know the 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award came with a certificate!! 🖼️
Time to frame it as a daily reminder of the important work ahead.
Time to frame it as a daily reminder of the important work ahead.
November 22, 2024 at 3:24 PM
I didn’t know the 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award came with a certificate!! 🖼️
Time to frame it as a daily reminder of the important work ahead.
Time to frame it as a daily reminder of the important work ahead.
Yay the motivation I needed to take pics of what I make… 😂
November 17, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Yay the motivation I needed to take pics of what I make… 😂
October 2, 2023 at 7:13 PM