By Josephine Gurch, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, June 20, 2019.
Every year, the Hogg Foundation gives the Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award for Mental Health Dissertation Research to eligible doctoral candidates at institutions of higher education in Texas. Awardees receive a $1,500 scholarship to help cover research-related expenses.
Angela M. Powell is a 2018 recipient. While pursuing a degree in Counselor Education at Sam Houston State University, Powell formulated a study that uses literature on developmental and transgenerational trauma, as well as quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, to shed light on the gap in reading proficiency between male African American and Caucasian students. She hopes her findings will help clinicians, parents and school personnel to not only understand the determinants of academic achievement, but also enhance school mental health interventions at large.
We recently talked with Powell about the aims, methods and contexts of her research project...
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