Current Projects

These are research projects that I am currently involved in:

Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training for Filipino Frontline Workers

Principal Investigators:
Liane Peña Alampay, PhD
Karina Therese Fernandez, PhD
Angelique Pearl Virtue Villasanta, PhD (Cand.)
Avegale Acosta, PhD (Cand.)

Our aim is to develop and implement a community intervention program that will equip Filipino frontline workers with tools to manage stress and enhance mental well-being.

Social Identity and System Justification on Vaccine Hesitancy

Co-investigators:
Evan Valdes
James Liu

We aim to use social identity theory and system justification theory to understand the underlying mechanisms of national identity, political ideology, system justification, and trust in relation to vaccine hesitancy in the US, the Philippines, and China.

Social Media Use, Remote Acculturation, and Cultural Identity

Co-investigator:
Youmna Haddad

We intend to examine how social media use impacts global and local cultural identities in the Philippines and Lebanon and how remote acculturation mediates this relationship.