Ritika Rastogi, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher on the NIH-funded Building Our Bonds Authentically (BOBA) Project (1R01 MH129360-01; mPIs Cindy H. Liu, PhD & Tiffany Yip, PhD), which investigates Chinese American families' experiences of race and identity. Responsibilities entail general project management; data collection, cleaning, and coding; community engagement; staff training and mentorship; and direction of a Youth Advisory Board.

Director, Youth Advisory Board / March, 2023 — Present

The BOBA Project Youth Advisory Board (YAB) meets monthly to directly engage Chinese American adolescents in the research process; promote translation and application of culturally-relevant mental health research to community members; and promote youth agency, empowerment, and self-efficacy. Since 2023, I have partnered with over 40 youth leaders across 15 Boston-area schools. Community-based education initiatives include mental health workshops, partnerships and community psychoeducation with ethnic community organizations, and talks/lectures featuring established scholars and community leaders in the areas of Asian American mental health and anti-racist advocacy.

University of California, Los Angeles

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant / September, 2017 — June, 2022

Through the Underrepresented Graduate Students in Psychology (UGSP) at UCLA, I served as a consultant for the Department of Psychology and the broader Division of Life Sciences. During this time, I lead initiatives pertaining to undergraduate and graduate student recruitment and retention; equity in graduate school admissions; eliminating racial/gendered bias in fellowship funding; promotion of healthy student-faculty mentoring relationships; forging cross-departmental partnerships to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion; and COVID-19-related undergraduate and graduate student advocacy. I further engaged in general consulting to support department- and division-initiated DEIJ-related initiatives.

Graduate Research Assistant / September, 2017 — September, 2022

Served as a graduate research assistant on the NIH-funded UCLA Diversity Project (NICHD 1R01 HD059882; mPIs Sandra Graham, PhD & Jaana Juvonen, PhD) – a multi-cohort, longitudinal study of school diversity and adolescent development following over 6,000 California adolescents from sixth grade through early adulthood. I have 5 years of expertise in project and data management as a member of the research team, culminating in my dissertation investigating the peer status and social relationships of immigrant-origin youth (i.e., first- and second-generation) across the three years of middle school.

Teaching Assistant / January, 2018 — June, 2022

Teaching assistant in the UCLA Department of Psychology. Taught 7 distinct courses, across 14 academic terms. Courses include Introductory Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Research Methods in Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods in Developmental Psychology, Adolescent Development, Infant/Toddler Care and Education, and Dynamic Perspectives on Parenting.

University of Michigan

Research Assistant / August, 2016 — June, 2017

Full-time staff research assistant in the Lumeng-Miller Lab, at the Center for Human Growth and Development

Links & Social Media

Join Ritika on NotedSource!

Join Now

At NotedSource, we believe that professors, post-docs, scientists and other researchers have deep, untapped knowledge and expertise that can be leveraged to drive innovation within companies. NotedSource is committed to bridging the gap between academia and industry by providing a platform for collaboration with industry and networking with other researchers.

For industry, NotedSource identifies the right academic experts in 24 hours to help organizations build and grow. With a platform of thousands of knowledgeable PhDs, scientists, and industry experts, NotedSource makes connecting and collaborating easy.

For academic researchers such as professors, post-docs, and Ph.D.s, NotedSource provides tools to discover and connect to your colleagues with messaging and news feeds, in addition to the opportunity to be paid for your collaboration with vetted partners.