Alaina Brenick
Associate Professor
Human Development & Family Sciences
Education:
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Post-doctoral Fellowship, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany
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Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change
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Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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Human Development, Developmental Science
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5-year NIH Pre-doctoral Training Fellowship, 4.0 GPA
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B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), USA
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Psychology
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Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Departmental Honors
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Dr. Alaina Brenick (she | her | hers)
Image of Dr. Alaina Brenick in a black top and black blazer with tortoise shell glasses in a cat eye shape. She is wearing a textured batique Hamsa necklace. She has short brown wavy hair, slightly shaved on the right side.
Professional Roles at UConn:
Past Director:
Faculty Affiliate:
- Collaboratory on School and Child Health
- Human Rights Institute
- The Center for Compassionate Mindful Education, Tel Aviv University
- Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy
- Research on Resilient Cities, Racism, and Equity Initiative
- Ronald and Nancy Rohner Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
- The Connecticut Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Dr. Brenick is currently accepting new students.
Research areas:
- The intergroup stereotypes and attitudes of adolescents and children, especially those living in areas of high conflict or identifying as a member of a group in conflict
- Social and moral reasoning regarding intergroup inequity, social
- The influence of culture, context, and identity on evaluations of intergroup relations and systemic inequity
- Immigration and the changing conceptions of self and other identity and their role in intergroup dynamics
- The influence of group norms and social climate in the development of adolescent intergroup attitudes and stereotypes, and experiences of inequity and discrimination
- Socially just, developmentally, culturally, and contextually interventions to address inequity and discrimination
- The role of the media in promoting or eliminating stereotypes
- Media and contact based intervention development and evaluation
Contact Dr. Brenick:
alaina.brenick@uconn.edu