Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD
@alvazquezphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Co-Director of THRIVE @ Tennessee Lab | Researching Mental Health Disparities among Latinx Youths/Families | He/Him | Views = Own | 🇨🇺🇺🇸
Big thanks to Centro Hispano de East Tennessee for the Latinidad Award that @CMNavarroFlores, Lucybel Mendez, and I received for our community work. Also grateful to the National Latinx Psychological Association for a presidential citation for co-chairing this year’s conference.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Big thanks to Centro Hispano de East Tennessee for the Latinidad Award that @CMNavarroFlores, Lucybel Mendez, and I received for our community work. Also grateful to the National Latinx Psychological Association for a presidential citation for co-chairing this year’s conference.
First day of NLPA Summit at the U.S. Mexico border hosted by UTRGV. Grateful to have Michelle Silva as co-chair in organizing this event. 🎉🎊
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
First day of NLPA Summit at the U.S. Mexico border hosted by UTRGV. Grateful to have Michelle Silva as co-chair in organizing this event. 🎉🎊
We hope to see you at the NLPA 2025 Summit in Texas. This year, you can choose to attend in-person or virtual. Register through the following link: ow.ly/nzsO50WWagM
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We hope to see you at the NLPA 2025 Summit in Texas. This year, you can choose to attend in-person or virtual. Register through the following link: ow.ly/nzsO50WWagM
Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year).
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cynthia Navarro Flores and I will be reviewing applications for the counseling psychology PhD program @ UTKPsychNeuro (2026-2027 academic year).
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
Lab webpage: tiny.utk.edu/thrivelab
Apply: tiny.utk.edu/psycapply
Apps are due by Dec 1st. Please help spread the word! 🙏🏼
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 We are hiring!
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is inviting applications for two tenure-track positions in
Counseling Psychology:
Assistant Professor
Assistant or Associate Professor
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/172545
#NLPA2025 Summit registration is open. Excited to soon learn from and be in community with other Latinx psychologist.
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#NLPA2025 Summit registration is open. Excited to soon learn from and be in community with other Latinx psychologist.
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
If you haven’t already, consider attending this timely conference. Hope to see you in Texas!
www.nlpa.ws/2025-confere...
Consider supporting the #NLPA2025 Summit, which will expand student access, support culturally grounded programming, and facilitate advocacy for Latinx mental health across the country. Sponsorship opportunities available through the link: www.nlpa.ws/2025-sponsor...
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consider supporting the #NLPA2025 Summit, which will expand student access, support culturally grounded programming, and facilitate advocacy for Latinx mental health across the country. Sponsorship opportunities available through the link: www.nlpa.ws/2025-sponsor...
NLPA pre-conference registration now open for two great workshops! Hope to see you there! www.nlpa.ws/2025-pre-con...
August 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
NLPA pre-conference registration now open for two great workshops! Hope to see you there! www.nlpa.ws/2025-pre-con...
Big life event! Nearly two weeks into being a girl dad. Barely slept but grateful that my wife and baby Sofía are healthy. Going to have to learn some new time management techniques. 👶🏻👨🏻🍼
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Big life event! Nearly two weeks into being a girl dad. Barely slept but grateful that my wife and baby Sofía are healthy. Going to have to learn some new time management techniques. 👶🏻👨🏻🍼
Visitor on the deck today 🦅
June 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Visitor on the deck today 🦅
🚨New pub🚨
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
June 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨New pub🚨
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Looking for a caregiver self-report measure of youth mental health support need and utilization? Our new paper evaluates the Caregiver Support Services Questionnaire within a sample of Latinx caregivers. The new measure is open access.🎉🎊
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
NLPA is seeking reviewers for conference proposals. Please consider volunteering through the following link: ow.ly/C9zT50W1FGK
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NLPA is seeking reviewers for conference proposals. Please consider volunteering through the following link: ow.ly/C9zT50W1FGK
NLPA PROPOSAL DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Consider submitting a proposal for this years Summit. 🎉🎊https://www.nlpa.ws/
June 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NLPA PROPOSAL DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! Consider submitting a proposal for this years Summit. 🎉🎊https://www.nlpa.ws/
Grateful to @lluaces.bsky.social and the Association for Psychological Science for the invitation to present my work on Latinx caregivers’ beliefs about the causes of youth mental health problems. Survived not loading presenter view and having to do the talk without notes. 🙏🏼🍾
May 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Grateful to @lluaces.bsky.social and the Association for Psychological Science for the invitation to present my work on Latinx caregivers’ beliefs about the causes of youth mental health problems. Survived not loading presenter view and having to do the talk without notes. 🙏🏼🍾
Grateful to have been selected for the Research Development Academy through @UTKnoxville Office of Access and Engagement! This year, I was able to learn the hidden curriculum from the Faculty Success Program, met campus leadership, and got seed funding for my research. 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️
April 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Grateful to have been selected for the Research Development Academy through @UTKnoxville Office of Access and Engagement! This year, I was able to learn the hidden curriculum from the Faculty Success Program, met campus leadership, and got seed funding for my research. 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️
Thanks to Kirsten Gonzalez and Marc Maley for throwing us a baby shower for baby Sofia! Grateful for the support for our friends and family. ❤️🍼👶🏻
April 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thanks to Kirsten Gonzalez and Marc Maley for throwing us a baby shower for baby Sofia! Grateful for the support for our friends and family. ❤️🍼👶🏻
🚨NLPA 2025 Summit - Call for proposals is live!🚨
Psychology at the Border:
Addressing The Humanitarian Crisis via Psychological
Science, Training, and Practice
October 17-18, 2025
@ The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Please share! 🙏🏼
Link:
whova.com/call_for_spe...
Psychology at the Border:
Addressing The Humanitarian Crisis via Psychological
Science, Training, and Practice
October 17-18, 2025
@ The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Please share! 🙏🏼
Link:
whova.com/call_for_spe...
April 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨NLPA 2025 Summit - Call for proposals is live!🚨
Psychology at the Border:
Addressing The Humanitarian Crisis via Psychological
Science, Training, and Practice
October 17-18, 2025
@ The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Please share! 🙏🏼
Link:
whova.com/call_for_spe...
Psychology at the Border:
Addressing The Humanitarian Crisis via Psychological
Science, Training, and Practice
October 17-18, 2025
@ The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Please share! 🙏🏼
Link:
whova.com/call_for_spe...
New official @UTKnoxville assistant professor action figure! Tenure anxiety sold separately. 🍊
April 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New official @UTKnoxville assistant professor action figure! Tenure anxiety sold separately. 🍊
🚨New pub🚨
Evidence-based practice among mental health professionals in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, knowledge, resources, and treatments.
Thanks to @natgiraldosa and @CMNavarroFlores for their leadership on this paper!🎉🎊
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Evidence-based practice among mental health professionals in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, knowledge, resources, and treatments.
Thanks to @natgiraldosa and @CMNavarroFlores for their leadership on this paper!🎉🎊
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
April 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚨New pub🚨
Evidence-based practice among mental health professionals in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, knowledge, resources, and treatments.
Thanks to @natgiraldosa and @CMNavarroFlores for their leadership on this paper!🎉🎊
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Evidence-based practice among mental health professionals in Puerto Rico: Attitudes, knowledge, resources, and treatments.
Thanks to @natgiraldosa and @CMNavarroFlores for their leadership on this paper!🎉🎊
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
New pen holder that captures my current mood…. 🗑️🔥🦝
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New pen holder that captures my current mood…. 🗑️🔥🦝
Big thanks to Drs. Natalia Giraldo-Santiago and Cynthia Navarro Flores for their leadership on this paper. Excited to see it published soon! 🎉🎊🙌🏼
March 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Big thanks to Drs. Natalia Giraldo-Santiago and Cynthia Navarro Flores for their leadership on this paper. Excited to see it published soon! 🎉🎊🙌🏼
Honored to be co-chairing the National Latinx Psychological Associate conference at the U.S. southern border. Grateful to be drawing attention to an ongoing humanitarian crisis and give back to my academic home! 🙏🏼
March 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Honored to be co-chairing the National Latinx Psychological Associate conference at the U.S. southern border. Grateful to be drawing attention to an ongoing humanitarian crisis and give back to my academic home! 🙏🏼
COVID-19 taught us valuable lessons about telepsychology at scale. Our research highlights Latinx caregivers' perceived need for and utilization of youth telepsychology during the pandemic.
doi.org/10.1037/lat0...
doi.org/10.1037/lat0...
February 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
COVID-19 taught us valuable lessons about telepsychology at scale. Our research highlights Latinx caregivers' perceived need for and utilization of youth telepsychology during the pandemic.
doi.org/10.1037/lat0...
doi.org/10.1037/lat0...
Infographic for our study examining high value correlates of caregiver-perceived need & utilization for counseling services for youth at risk of maltreatment/neglect. Insights into parenting stress, youth psychopathology & access gaps.
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Infographic for our study examining high value correlates of caregiver-perceived need & utilization for counseling services for youth at risk of maltreatment/neglect. Insights into parenting stress, youth psychopathology & access gaps.
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...