Biography
Roushanac Partovi is a Ph.D. student specializing in Human Development in Context (HDiC) in the School of Education. She is interested in risk and resiliency processes that support healthy adolescent development for youth of color. Specifically, Roushanac is interested in using finite mixture modeling techniques to identify community, family, and individual supports that may buffer the negative impacts of adversity experienced in the second decade of life and promote resiliency, academic success, and social mobility in emerging adulthood. Her research is informed by a number of disciplines, including developmental psychology, family social sciences, public health, and education.
Roushanac received her Master’s in Public Health, with a focus on Maternal and Child Health, from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University and her B.A. in International Studies from Southern Methodist University. Prior to starting her doctoral program, Roushanac worked as Senior Research Associate for Dr. Kathleen Roche at the George Washington University examining how family, school, and community contexts influence adolescent adjustment among a sample of Latinx parent-youth dyads in Atlanta.
Roushanac Partovi is a Ph.D. student specializing in Human Development in Context (HDiC) in the School of Education. She is interested in risk and resiliency processes that support healthy adolescent development for youth of color. Specifically, Roushanac is interested in using finite mixture modeling techniques to identify community, family, and individual supports that may buffer the negative impacts of adversity experienced in the second decade of life and promote resiliency, academic success, and social mobility in emerging adulthood. Her research is informed by a number of disciplines, including developmental psychology, family social sciences, public health, and education.
Roushanac received her Master’s in Public Health, with a focus on Maternal and Child Health, from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University and her B.A. in International Studies from Southern Methodist University. Prior to starting her doctoral program, Roushanac worked as Senior Research Associate for Dr. Kathleen Roche at the George Washington University examining how family, school, and community contexts influence adolescent adjustment among a sample of Latinx parent-youth dyads in Atlanta.
