
Nana Dawson-Andoh, PhD

Position:
Lecturer
Contact Information:
ndawsonandoh@paloaltou.eduPrograms:
PhD
PsyD
Talks and Lectures:
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & Soto, J. A. (2016, July). Social Support and Racial Factors among African American Students. Poster presented at the 4th Biennial Division 45 Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Research conference, Palo Alto, CA.
Lawson, C. T., Johnson, R., Soto, J. A., & Dawson-Andoh, N. A. (2015, May). The role of racial identity in predicting academic engagement among African American college students at a Predominantly White Institute. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & Soto, J. A. (2014, June). Ecological Approaches to Racial Environments and Mental Health at a Predominantly White Institution. Poster presented at the 3rd Biennial Division 45 Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Research conference, Eugene, OR.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & Soto, J. A. (2013, February). An ecological approach to the study of racial climate and structural diversity and their relationship to the mental health of African American college students. Talk presented at the Annual GLASS Professional Development and Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & Soto, J. A. (2012, January). An ecological approach to the study of racial climate and structural diversity and their relationship to healthy functioning. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Association, San Diego, CA.
Mortazavi, A., Hanley, K., Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & Soto, J. A. (2012, January). Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in a culturally diverse sample. Poster presented at the Emotion Preconference of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., Soto, J. A., Roberts, N. A., Pole, N., King, A., & Levenson, R.W. (2011, January). Elevated baseline anxiety among African Americans in psychophysiological research: A Tuskegee legacy? Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Association, San Antonio, TX.
Hanley, K. E., Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & Soto, J. A. (2010, June). Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in a culturally diverse sample. In J. A. Soto (Chair), Culture, health, and emotion regulation. Paper presented at the 1st Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, Ann Arbor, MI.
Soto, J. A., Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & BeLue, R. (2010, April). The relationship between perceived racial discrimination and Generalized Anxiety Disorder among African Americans, Afro Caribbeans, and non-Hispanic Whites. Poster presented at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Center for Family Research in Diverse Contexts, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., Gray, J. J., Soto, J. A., & Parker, S. (2010, April). Body shape and size depictions of African American women in JET magazine, 1953-2006. Poster presented at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Center for Family Research in Diverse Contexts, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., Soto, J. A., & BeLue, R. (2009, May). Generalized Anxiety Disorder and discrimination among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Whites. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Hanley, K. E., Soto, J. A., Perez, C. R., Lee, E. A., & Dawson-Andoh, N. A. (2009, May). Assessing emotion regulation in the moment: Implications for research design and measurement. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., Gray, J. J., & Parker, S. (2008, August). Media influences and body image: Depiction of African-American women in JET Magazine, 1953 – 2006. Poster presented at the 116th Annual Convention of American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Selected Publications:
Soto, J. A., Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & Witherspoon, D. P. (2016). An ecological approach to racial environments and their relationship to mental health. Race and Social Problems. (), 1-13
Hanley White, K., Howard, M. C., Zhong, B., Soto, J. A., Perez, C. R., Lee, E. A., Dawson-Andoh, N.A., Minnick, M. R. (2015). The communication anxiety regulation scale: Development and initial validation. Communication Quarterly, 63(1), 23-43.
Soto, J. A., Roberts, N. A., Lee, E. A., Adams, R. B. Jr., Hanley, K. E., Perez, C. R., Minnick, M. R., Dawson-Andoh, N. A. (2013). Cultural factors in expressive suppression and amplification in response to disgust. Manuscript in preparation.
Dawson-Andoh, N. A., Gray, J. J., Soto, J. A., & Parker, S. (2011). Body shape and size depictions of African American women in JET magazine, 1953-2006. Body Image, 8, 86-89.
Soto, J. A., Dawson-Andoh, N. A., & BeLue, R. (2011). The relationship between perceived racial discrimination and Generalized Anxiety Disorder among African Americans, Afro Caribbeans, and non-Hispanic Whites. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 258-265.