Fiorella L. Carlos Doctoral Student in Human Development and Family Science Department of Family and Child Sciences College of Human Sciences E-mail: flc14@my.fsu.edu EDUCATION Ph. D. Anticipated dissertation defense date March 2018 Human Development and Family Science, Major Field: Acculturative Stress, Latino Immigrant Families, Latino College Students M.S. Counseling, San Diego State University, May 2014 Major Field: Marriage and Family Therapy B. B. A Business Administration (Cum Laude, Honors Program), Roanoke College, May 2007 B.A Economics, Roanoke College, May 2007 PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE RESEARCH INTERESTS My focus is on family-life stressors of Latino immigrants and families. I am particularly interested on the impact acculturate stress has on Latino immigrant youth and college students mental and physical health. DISSERTATION Dissertation: Acculturative Stress, Unique Life Stressors, and Health Outcomes of Male Latino Farmworker Emancipated Migrant Youth Committee: Dr. Melinda A. Gonzales Backen (Committee Chair) Dr. Joseph G. Grzywacz Dr. Frank D. Fincham Dr. Ming Cui, Dr. Richard K. Wagner
PUBLICATIONS Forthcoming Zapata Roblyer, M.I., Carlos, F.L., Merten, M.J., Gallus, K, & Grzywacz, J.G. (In press). Psychosocial factors associated with depressive symptoms among Latina immigrants living in a new arrival community. Journal of Latina/o Psychology. Withers, M. C., Gonzales-Backen, M. A, Montgomery, J., & Carlos, F.L. (submitted). Depression among latinos: Familism, depression history, and adult severity. Journal of Family Relations Manuscript submitted for publication, 22 pages. London-Johnson, A. M., Allen, J. W., Carlos, F.L., & Grzywacz, J. G. (submitted). The Impact of Parent-Child Conflict and Parent Restrained Eating on Adolescent Eating. Journal of Families, Systems, and Health, Manuscript submitted for publication, 26 pages. Grzywacz, J.G., Gopalan, N., Carlos, F.L. (revise & resubmit). Migrant Workers. In K. M. Shockley, W. Shen, & R. C. Johnson (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface. Cambridge Industrial-Organizational Psychology Series. Under Development Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Iheanacho-Dike, E., Schwartz, S. J., & Fincham, F. D. The impact of acculturative stress on psychological well-being among Latino college students: The protective role of religious identity. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, Manuscript to be submitted for publication, 30 pages. Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Murray, K. S., Withers, M. C., Cho, S., Schwartz, S. J. The Impact of Acculturative Stress on Latino College Students: The Protective Role of Mother Nurturance. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Manuscript to be submitted for publication, 30 pages. Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., & Schwartz, S. J. The association between cultural stressors and well-being among Latino youth: The moderating role of ethnic identity. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, Manuscript to be submitted for publication, 35 pages. Carlos, F. L., Harris, G. J., Grzywacz, J. G. Household Food Security Discrepancies: Concordance and Discordance Among Latino Adolescents and Parents Self-Report. American Journal of Public Health, Manuscript to be submitted for publication, 30 pages. Grzywacz, J. G., Belden, J. B, Merten, M., Smith, A. M., & Carlos, F.L. Minority Adolescent depression: Considering both the physical and social environment. Journal of Adolescent Health, Manuscript to be submitted for publication, 30 pages. Iheanacho-Dike, E., Ferrill, J., Montgomery, J., Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M.A. Understanding the Immigrant Experience: How Mental Health Mediates the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Self-reported Physical Health.
Conference Presentations Withers, M. C., Gonzales-Backen, M. A, Montgomery, J., Carlos, F.L. (presented 2015, September). Depression History, Familism, Therapy, and Adult Depression. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Austin, TX. (National) Carlos, F.L., Seibert, G. S., May, R. W., Daugherty, E. C. M., Rosas, V., & Fincham, F. D. (presented 2015, October). Self-forgiveness among emerging adults: Potential affective and motivational antecedents. Presentation given at the 7 th Biennial Meeting, The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Miami, FL. (National) May, R. W., Seibert, G. S., Carlos, F.L., Sicard, M. T., Ortiz, N. C., & Fincham, F. D. (presented 2015, October). School burnout predicts academic outcomes independently of interpersonal rejection. Presentation given at the 7 th Biennial Meeting, The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Miami, FL. (National) Seibert, G. S., May, R. W., Carlos, F.L., Salsbury, R. A., & Fincham, F. D. (presented 2015, October). Emotion regulation mediates the relationship between school burnout and academic underperformance. Presentation given at the 7 th Biennial Meeting, The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Miami, FL. (National) Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Iheanacho-Dike, E., Fincham, F. D., Schwartz, S. J. (presented 2016, March). The impact of acculturative stress on psychological well-being among Latino college students: The protective role of religious identity. Presentation to be given at the 2016 SRA Biennial Meeting, Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland. (National) Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Schwartz, S. J. (presented 2016, June). The Association Between Cultural Stressors and Well-Being Among Latino Youth: The Moderating Role of Ethnic Identity. Presentation to be given at the 2016 SPR Annual Meeting, Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, California. (National) Grzywacz, J. G., Belden, J. B, Merten, M., Smith, A. M., Carlos, F.L. (presented 2016, February). Minority Adolescent depression: Considering both the physical and social environment. Presentation given at the Florida Health Disparities Summit 2016, Tampa, Florida. (Regional) Carlos, F.L., Harris, G. J., Grzywacz, J. G. (presented 2016, March). Household Food Security Discrepancies: Concordance and Discordance Among Latino Adolescents and Parents Self-Report. Presentation to be given at the 2016 Coming Home to Social Justice: How Community Participation and Cross-Sector Collaboration Can Have a Collective Impact on Health Equity, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (Regional). Carlos, F.L., London-Johnson, A. M., Allen, J. W., Grzywacz, J. G. (presented 2016, February). The Impact of Parent-Adolescent Conflict on Adolescents Eating Behaviors. Presentation to be given at the 2016 CHS Research and Creativity Day, The, Tallahassee, Florida. (Regional). London-Johnson, A. M., Allen, J. W., Carlos, F.L., Grzywacz, J. G. (presented 2016, November). The Impact of Parent-Child Conflict and Parent Restrained Eating on Adolescent Eating. Presentation to be given at the 2016 NCFR Annual Meeting, National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (National).
Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Murray, K. S., Withers, M. C., Cho, S., Schwartz, S. J. (presented 2016, November). The Impact of Acculturative Stress on Latino College Students: The Protective Role of Mother Nurturance. Presentation to be given at the 2016 NCFR Annual Meeting, National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (National). Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., Harris, G. J. (presented 2016, October). Life Satisfaction, Neighborhood Satisfaction, and Discrimination among African American Men: How Much Does Gender Matter? Presentation to be given at the 2016 SRCD Babies, Boys and Men of Color Special Topic Meeting. Tampa, Florida. (Regional). Iheanacho-Dike, E., Ferrill, J., Carlos, F.L., Gonzales-Backen, M. A., (presented 2016, October) Understanding the Immigrant Experience: How Mental Health Mediates the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Self-reported Physical Health. Presentation to be given at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA). North Carolina. (Regional). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016 Present Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Family and Child Sciences, 2014 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Family and Child Sciences, 2013 2014 MFT Bilingual Therapist in training, Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego, California 2012 2014 MFT Spanish Therapist in training, Dede Alpert Center for Community Engagement, San Diego, California GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Carlos, F. L. (Accepted) Unique Health Challenges of Latino/Hispanic Emancipated Migrant Farmworker Youth. Fellowship from Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society. Carlos, F. L. (Accepted). The Health and Cultural Challenges of Male Latino/Hispanic Emancipated Migrant Farmworker Youth (EMY): A Pilot Study. Grant from Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society. HONORS AND AWARDS 2016 Ruth Dales Scholarship Jacqueline B. Clemens and Mr. Leslie E. Clemens Scholarship Latin-American Scholarship 2015 Carolyn X. Hudnall Memorial Scholarship Jacqueline B. Clemens and Mr. Leslie E. Clemens Scholarship Latin-American Scholarship
ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETY Golden Key International Honor Society, The Kappa Omicron Nu National Honor Society, The Scholars Without Borders Honor Society, San Diego State University Golden Key International Honor Society, San Diego State University LANGUAGE SKILLS Spanish: Native speaker English: Near-native speaker French: Near-native speaker Portuguese: Intermediate fluency SERVICE UNIVERSITY SERVICE CHS Dissertation Award Program (DAP) Committee, 2015 2016 Member of the 2016 Multicultural Leadership Summit: Lives, Liberties, and the Politics of Happiness, Mentor, Mentoring Institute 2015, Mentoring and Race: Navigating Identity in Relationships that Matter, 4 th Annual Mentoring Meeting, Global Ambassador, Center for Global Engagement, Member, Lion s Club, The PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS National Council on Family Relations Society for Prevention Research Society for Research on Child Development