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PhD Student; Boston College
Rocío Rivera Crespo
Bio
Rocío (she/her) is a social psychology PhD student at Boston College working with Dr. Kengthsagn Louis. Before joining the lab, she completed a masters in Social and Community Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPR) examining cultural identity, repeated migration, and well-being, with a focus on the Puerto Rican diaspora with Drs. Ruth Nina Estrella and Eduardo Rivera Pichardo. Additionally, she earned a B.A. in Psychology from UPR, Río Piedras as a Dean’s Honor Student. As a researcher she has worked across cultural, political, and health psychology projects at the UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Office, a Rutgers University psychology NSF grantee project, the University of Chicago’s Center for Decision Research, and Howard Brown Health Center. Outside of work you will find her hosting dinner parties, rock climbing outdoors, listening to an audiobook, or painting.
Areas of Focus
Acculturation
Migration
Well Being
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The New School for Social Research
80 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor
New York, NY 10011
Decolonial & PoliticalPsychology Research Group
PhD Student; Boston College
Rocío Rivera Crespo
Bio
Rocío (she/her) is a social psychology PhD student at Boston College working with Dr. Kengthsagn Louis. Before joining the lab, she completed a masters in Social and Community Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPR) examining cultural identity, repeated migration, and well-being, with a focus on the Puerto Rican diaspora with Drs. Ruth Nina Estrella and Eduardo Rivera Pichardo. Additionally, she earned a B.A. in Psychology from UPR, Río Piedras as a Dean’s Honor Student. As a researcher she has worked across cultural, political, and health psychology projects at the UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Office, a Rutgers University psychology NSF grantee project, the University of Chicago’s Center for Decision Research, and Howard Brown Health Center. Outside of work you will find her hosting dinner parties, rock climbing outdoors, listening to an audiobook, or painting.
Areas of Focus
Acculturation
Migration
Well Being
Contact Info
Contact
The New School for Social Research
80 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor
New York, NY 10011
Decolonial & PoliticalPsychology Research Group

PhD Student; Boston College
Rocío Rivera Crespo
Areas of Focus
Acculturation
Migration
Well Being
Bio
Rocío (she/her) is a social psychology PhD student at Boston College working with Dr. Kengthsagn Louis. Before joining the lab, she completed a masters in Social and Community Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPR) examining cultural identity, repeated migration, and well-being, with a focus on the Puerto Rican diaspora with Drs. Ruth Nina Estrella and Eduardo Rivera Pichardo. Additionally, she earned a B.A. in Psychology from UPR, Río Piedras as a Dean’s Honor Student. As a researcher she has worked across cultural, political, and health psychology projects at the UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Office, a Rutgers University psychology NSF grantee project, the University of Chicago’s Center for Decision Research, and Howard Brown Health Center. Outside of work you will find her hosting dinner parties, rock climbing outdoors, listening to an audiobook, or painting.
Contact Info
Contact
The New School for Social Research
80 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor
New York, NY 10011
Decolonial & PoliticalPsychology Research Group

PhD Student; Boston College
Rocío Rivera Crespo
Areas of Focus
Acculturation
Migration
Well Being
Bio
Rocío (she/her) is a social psychology PhD student at Boston College working with Dr. Kengthsagn Louis. Before joining the lab, she completed a masters in Social and Community Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPR) examining cultural identity, repeated migration, and well-being, with a focus on the Puerto Rican diaspora with Drs. Ruth Nina Estrella and Eduardo Rivera Pichardo. Additionally, she earned a B.A. in Psychology from UPR, Río Piedras as a Dean’s Honor Student. As a researcher she has worked across cultural, political, and health psychology projects at the UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Office, a Rutgers University psychology NSF grantee project, the University of Chicago’s Center for Decision Research, and Howard Brown Health Center. Outside of work you will find her hosting dinner parties, rock climbing outdoors, listening to an audiobook, or painting.
Contact Info
Contact
The New School for Social Research
80 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor
New York, NY 10011
Decolonial & PoliticalPsychology Research Group

PhD Student; Boston College
Rocío Rivera Crespo
Areas of Focus
Acculturation
Migration
Well Being
Bio
Rocío (she/her) is a social psychology PhD student at Boston College working with Dr. Kengthsagn Louis. Before joining the lab, she completed a masters in Social and Community Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPR) examining cultural identity, repeated migration, and well-being, with a focus on the Puerto Rican diaspora with Drs. Ruth Nina Estrella and Eduardo Rivera Pichardo. Additionally, she earned a B.A. in Psychology from UPR, Río Piedras as a Dean’s Honor Student. As a researcher she has worked across cultural, political, and health psychology projects at the UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Office, a Rutgers University psychology NSF grantee project, the University of Chicago’s Center for Decision Research, and Howard Brown Health Center. Outside of work you will find her hosting dinner parties, rock climbing outdoors, listening to an audiobook, or painting.
Contact Info
Contact
The New School for Social Research
80 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor
New York, NY 10011
Decolonial & PoliticalPsychology Research Group
