Faculty Profile

Auburn University, 2006

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies

The Journal of Early Adolescence, (http://jea.sagepub.com), Associate Editor

Interests:

• Risk-Taking, Externalizing & Internalizing Behaviors in Minority & Immigrant Youth
• Parenting Processes & Generational Effects
• Cross-Cultural Research Methods & Teaching Strategies

Current Projects:

• PI. Effective Cross-Cultural Teaching Strategies and Techniques for Inclusive Teaching: Research-Based Educational Model
• Co-PI. Teen Straight Talk Parent Survey & Program Evaluation. HDFS & School of Nursing (HSC). Community-based program on Comprehensive Sexual Education & Teen Pressures
• PI.Study of College Underage Drinking TTU-HDFS
• Co-Director. "College-Going Dream" Partnership with Spur ISD Elementary School to coordinate 5th graders' Fall & Spring visit to TTU/ TTUHSC campuses

Recent Publications:

Trejos-Castillo, E., Velez, P., & Guiérrez-Restrepo, M.C. (accepted- forthcoming). From Traditional to Transmedia Storytelling: Constructing & Deconstructing Motherhood across Cultural Contexts. In Richey (Ed.), Mothering and Literacies, Demeter Press, Ontario, Canada.

Trejos-Castillo, E. (accepted- forthcoming). Children of divorce and early sexual activity. In. R.E. Emery & J. G. Golson (Eds), Cultural Sociology of Divorce, SAGE Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Trejos-Castillo, E., & Vazsonyi, A.T. (in-press). Transitions into adolescence. In B.B. Brown & Prinstein, M. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Vol. 1, Ch 13). Elsevier, Oxford, UK.

Trejos-Castillo, E. & Martinez, J. (in-press).  Does Acculturation Equal A+? Correlates of College-Going Expectations amongst Hispanic & Asian Immigrant Youth. In Tara M. Johnson (Ed.) Acculturation: Implications for Individuals, Families & Societies (Ch 7). Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

Trejos-Castillo, E., Frederick, H.I., & Caldera, Y. (in-press). Latina teenage mothering: Meanings, challenges, and successes. In D.S Silva (Ed.), Latina/Chicana mothering (Ch 7), Demeter Press, Ontario, Canada.

Trejos-Castillo, E., & Frederick, H.I. (2010). Health risking behaviors and peer influence: A study of first and second generation immigrant Hispanic youth. In A.H. Benavides, P. Carlson, & E. Midobuche (Eds.), Hispanics in the southwest: Issues of immigration, education, health, and public policy (Ch 15). The Bilingual Review/Press, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Trejos-Castillo, E. & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2009). Immigration effects on parenting, stress, and risky sex: First and second generation Hispanic youth. In P. H. Krause & T. M. Dailey (Eds.), Handbook of parenting: Styles, stresses, and strategies (Ch 19, 371 - 396). Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

Trejos-Castillo, E., & Vazsonyi, A.T. (2009). Risky sexual behaviors in first and second generation Hispanic immigrant youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Special Issue: The Place of Race and Ethnicity in Adolescent Development, 38, 719–731.

Recent Recognitions:

2010	Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Human Sciences, TTU
2010	"20 Under 40" Award, Young Professionals of Greater Lubbock, Lubbock Economic Development Alliance.
2010	Inclusive Excellence Fellowship, Office of Institutional Diversity & Community Engagement, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
2009	Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Center for Undergraduate Research, Texas Tech University. Lubbock, TX.
2009	Hemphill Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Human Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.