D. WYNNE THORNE CAREER RESEARCH AWARD
MELANIE DOMENECH RODRÍGUEZ Dr. Melanie Domenech Rodríguez, was selected as the 2022 D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award recipient for her extensive, high-impact research that has positively influenced human lives. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez has published 87 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 books, 21 book chapters, 27 non-peer reviewed articles, and 17 manuals or instruments; 13 of these papers have been cited more than 100 times. Since 2003, she has been continuously funded. Her national and international reputation derives from her knowledge, advocacy, and scholarship in family systems research, cultural adaption/competence, and international outreach. She has helped to bring evidence-based best practices in parenting research to Latina/o families in the US and in Latin America. This has not been simply a practice or service activity, but a scientific activity characterized by objective measurement and evaluations of efficacy. Her scholarship in cultural adaptation has put additional empirically supported techniques in the hands of psychological providers working with ethnically/culturally diverse families and clients. This work has landed her accolades such as Fellow of the American Psychological Association and recognition for Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research from the American Family Therapy Academy. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez has served as President of several important organizations in Psychology, including the National Latina/o Psychological Association. Beyond all of this, Dr. Domenech Rodríguez has spent her entire faculty career at USU (2000-present) serving as an award-winning mentor and advisor and in prominent service roles such as Chair of the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects. Dr. Domenech Rodríguez’ considerable career achievements are deserving of the D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award.
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