Briana Lopez
- Teaching Assistant
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Contact Information
Biography
Education
B.A., University of North Florida, Psychology, Concentration in Child Psychology, 2019
M.A., University of Texas at Austin, Human Development and Family Sciences, 2023
Briana is a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Human Development and Family Sciences program at the University of Texas at Austin
Research Advisor/Lab
Research Interests
Briana's research interests broadly focus on understanding how families, schools, and other social contexts influence the academic and socioemotional well-being of youth throughout K–12 schooling. Her research utilizes a strengths-based, culturally-relevant approach to promote racially and ethnically minoritized children’s developmental outcomes while also working to eliminate achievement and opportunity gaps and academic disparities.