Greetings and welcome to my web page! In this area, you will find more detailed descriptions of my research and teaching activities here at Clark University, where I am an associate professor in the Department of Psychology.

Broadly speaking, my research focuses on understanding and addressing the mental healthcare disparities that continue to disproportionately affect individuals from low-income and racial/ethnic minority backgrounds. So the majority of my work focuses on individuals from lower-income and racial/ethnic minority backgrounds. Clark University is a great place to do this work for many reasons, including its location in Worcester, Massachusetts, a northeastern, urban city.    

Within this broader area, my work has been primarily in four different areas:

(1) The first area is the development and evaluation of effective depression prevention programs for low-income racial/ethnic minorities. Some of this work in the past has been with children; my current work involves low-income Latino parents.

(2) Second, I have conducted several studies that examine sociocultural context might influence the experience and expression of depression and other symptoms of distress.

(3) Third, I have recently begun a line of research specifically aimed at understanding the treatment-seeking behavior of low-income Latinos. 

(4) I have also done some thinking and writing about issues of race/ethnicity and psychology, both in psychotherapy and more generally.

You can get a more in-depth description of my research programs by clicking here or following the index on the side of this website.

If you have any questions or would like to get in touch with me, you can email me at ecardemil@clarku.edu.