Publications & Presentations

Rao, A., Arora, P. G., & Myszkowski, N. (2023). A Pilot Evaluation of a School-Based Psychoeducational Program for Chinese and Latino/a Parents: Perceived Effectiveness and Acceptability. Contemporary School Psychology, 1-13.

* Galese, C., * Cain, L., * Toso-Salman, J., * Calderón, J., * Diaz, E., & Rao, A. (2022, August 6-8). The relationship between ethnicity and retention rates on cognitive and academic functioning in a low-income clinically complex pediatric population. [Poster Presentation]. American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.

* Toso-Salman, J., * Calderón, J., * Diaz, E, * Cain, L., * Galese, C., & Rao, A. (2022, April 28 -May 1). Exploring demographics of children with Language Disorder as primary concern. [Poster Presentation]. American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Virtual Conference.

Rao. A., Myszkowski, N. A., Arora, P. G. (2019, August). The acceptability and effectiveness of a psychoeducational program for Asian immigrant parents. In C. Wang (Chair), Promoting mental health of Asian-American youth by engaging parents at school. [Symposium Presentation]. American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Arora, P.G. & Rao, A. (2016, February). Development of a culturally-informed intervention for youth depression In B. Nastasi (Chair), Cultural Considerations of School Psychological Services: Research, Practice, and Training. [Symposium Presentation]. National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Rao, A., Arora, P.G., Coble, K., & Connors, K. (2016, November). Evaluation of a postgraduate early childhood mental health training: A pilot study. [Poster Presentation]. Primary Health Care: Striving for a ‘Culture of Health’ Conference, New York, NY.

Rao, A., Dong, S., Rustam, K., & Arora, P.G. (2016, May). The acceptability and effectiveness of a psychoeducational training on parent-adolescent communication for immigrant parents. [Poster Presentation]. 24th Annual NYC Psychology Conference, New York, NY.

Rao, A., Arora, P.G., Coble, K., & Connors, K. (2016, March). Effectiveness of an early childhood mental health training: a pilot study. [Poster Presentation]. Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Rao, A., Levine, J., & Suchday, S. (2015, May). Globalization and health: Trait anger rumination predicts perceived negative affect but not somatization. [Poster Presentation]. Association for Psychological Science Conference, New York, NY.

Levine, J., Rao, A., & Suchday, S. (2015, May). Relationship between changes due to globalization in India and young adults' perceived stress. [Poster Presentation]. Association for Psychological Science Conference, New York, NY.

Rao, A., Levine, J., & Suchday, S. (2015, March). Globalization and social capital and the incidence of depression, anxiety and stress. [Poster Presentation]. Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Chothani, N., Levine, J., Rao, A., & Ramanayake, N. (2014, May). Stress and depression among young Indian women. [Poster Presentation]. Pace University Psychology Conference, New York, NY.