Self-paced Mentoring for Youth Mental Health

Meet the instructor

Dr. Liz Raposa is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Fordham University. She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. After a clinical internship at Yale-New Haven Hospital, she completed a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Dr. Raposa was then a member of the Psychology faculty at William & Mary for three years, before beginning her current position at Fordham University. 

Dr. Raposa’s research involves two related sets of questions designed to promote positive psychosocial and academic outcomes in stress-exposed youth. In one line of work, she examines the mechanisms that explain the negative impact of stressful life events on adolescents and young adults, and the ways in which supportive relationships can mitigate such negative outcomes. In another, Dr. Raposa designs and evaluates interventions that provide youth with social and emotional skills to better cope with stressors. Recently, she has conducted a number of studies exploring innovative approaches to augmenting the impact of youth mentoring programs, such as youth-initiated mentoring and technology-delivered mental health interventions. Ultimately, her work seeks to leverage social relationships to better address the needs of youth from traditionally marginalized communities in the United States and abroad.