Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University
About
Teresa LaFromboise is counseling psychologist by training and a professor of education in Developmental and Psychological Sciences in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Her research has focused on efforts of non-dominant racial/ethnic groups to thrive in the face of adversity including acculturation demands, discrimination, and major life challenges. She has extensive experience in developing and testing school and community-based psychological interventions with AIAN adolescents, as exemplified in the American Indian Life Skills Curriculum (AILS). She has long-standing collaborations with tribal communities in the area of AI/AN education and health. She contributes to the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health at the University of Colorado School of Public Health and the Child Health Research Institute at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
In addition to extensive clinical experience with AI/AN populations, she chairs Native American Studies at Stanford University. She is a member of the Society of Indian Psychologists, a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. She serves as a member of the American Indian/Alaska Native Committee for Suicide Prevention for the Indian Health Service and is currently conducting research in a community-initiated tribal college study of Belonging, Ethnic Racial Identity and Psychological Well-Being.
Current Work:
She is currently conducting research in a community-initiated tribal college study of belonging, ethnic racial identity and psychological well-being and co-authoring a book chapter on American Indian/Alaska Native ethnic identity with Frank Worrell.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Biculturalism, suicide prevention interventions, belonging, ethnic racial identity development
