{"id":5488,"date":"2023-08-01T08:17:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T12:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/elena-g-maker-castro\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:07:47","slug":"elena-g-maker-castro","status":"publish","type":"faculty-profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/elena-g-maker-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena G. Maker Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>B.A. Education Studies- Human Development Track, Brown University (2013)<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Cross Cultural Education and English as a Second Language, Brown University (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Education- Human Development and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles (2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Courses Taught<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PSYC 240 Developmental Psychology<\/li>\n<li>PSYC 379 Youth Sociopolitical Development<\/li>\n<li>EDUC\/PSY 274 Educational Psychology<\/li>\n<li>PSY 262 Community-Based Research Methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My research focuses on how adolescents and young adults pursue social change and civic engagement in relation to their developmental trajectories, contexts, and social identities (e.g., their racial-ethnic and gender identities). I use civic engagement and sociopolitical development frameworks and I often consider youth\u2019s civic development in relation to their wellbeing. I situate my work within the contemporary sociopolitical climate and seek to build collaborative research relationships with local and national community and research partners. I also strive to contribute to Maine\u2019s thriving civic life through better understanding and amplifying youth leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At Bates, I work with undergraduate students in the Youth Action and Community Transformation (Youth ACT) Lab, where we study young people&#8217;s social change efforts. Please reach out to me if you are interested in joining the lab or are a community partner interested in a research collaboration.<\/p>\n<h3>Selected Publications<\/h3>\n<p>* denotes undergraduate student co-author<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Maker Castro, E., <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wray-Lake, L., &amp; Plummer, J. Adolescents\u2019 Race Consciousness Strengthens Broader Awareness of Societal Inequality. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Child Development, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced online publication. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/cdev.14254\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/cdev.14254<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Maker Castro, E., <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suzuki, S., Hoyt, L. T., Wray-Lake, L., &amp; Cohen, A. K. Discriminatory Experiences, the Development of Critical Consciousness, and Wellbeing In and Beyond the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Developmental Psychology,<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced online publication. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doi\/10.1037\/dev0001917\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0001917<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Maker Castro, E.,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> *Dotson, M., Quiles, T., Dull, B., *Mullings, I., *Hammett, E., Hoyt, L. T., &amp; Cohen, A.K. White youths\u2019 allyship on Instagram during the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement: A photovoice-inspired qualitative study. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Adolescent Research, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced online publication. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07435584251334730\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0743558425133473<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E.,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> *Cummings, J., *Martinez Monta\u00f1o, B., *Vyas, K., Hoyt., L. T., &amp; Cohen, A. K., (2024). The Reciprocal and Recursive Relationship between Critical Consciousness and Wellbeing for Early Emerging Adult College Students When \u201cThere Was a lot Happening in Both the World\u2026 and Within My Own Personal World\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Adolescent Resear<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ch, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07435584241256603\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07435584241256603<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E., <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wilf, S., *Garcia Guzman, J., &amp; Wray-Lake, L. \u201cThere\u2019s Always Opportunities to Learn\u201d: Immigrant-Origin Youth\u2019s Use and Understanding of Social Media for Civic Education in the Year 2020. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice, 0(0)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/17461979241259430\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/17461979241259430<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quiles-Kwock, T. B., <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E.,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Wilf, S., Stanley Bryant, L., *Rudra, A., Mathews, C., &amp; Wray-Lake, L. \u201cImagine growing up thinking the U.S. is the best opportunity\u201d: Immigrant origin youth of color supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement on Twitter.&#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Adolescent Research, 0(0), <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07435584241256566\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07435584241256566<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E., <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dull, B. D., Jones, C., &amp; Rivera, J. (2024). \u201cWe Can Transform This, We Can Change This\u201d: Adolescent Sociopolitical Development as a Catalyst for Healthy Life-Span Development. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Youth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(2), 582-605. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/youth4020040\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/youth4020040<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E., <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wray-Lake, L., &amp; Mikell Montgomery, D. (2023). Civic Actions with a Purpose. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Cambridge University Press<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wray-Lake, L., Wilf, S., *Bonilla, M. &amp; <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (2023). Organizations: Hubs for the Development of Black Youth\u2019s Agency. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Cambridge University Press<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ballard, P. J., <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Karras, J., &amp; Cohen, A. K. (2023). Exploring how a school-based intervention (Generation Citizen) supports critical consciousness development. In L. Rapa &amp; E. Godfrey (Eds.), Critical Consciousness: Expanding Theory and Measurement. Cambridge University Press<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quiles, T., Hoyt, L. T., *Dotson, M. P., <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E., *<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May, M., &amp; Cohen, A. K. (2023). Who has to act?: Examining emerging adults\u2019 Critical Consciousnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Journal of Community Psychology, 71(1-2), 136-146.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Suzuki, S., Quiles, T. B., &amp; <strong>Maker Castro, E.<\/strong> (2023). Critical action among Asian and Hispanic\/Latinx youth: Identifying a multidimensional measure and exploring within\u2010group differences.\u00a0<i>Journal of Community &amp; Applied Social Psychology<\/i>,\u00a0<i>33<\/i>(2), 406-424.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E., <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wray-Lake, L., &amp; Cohen, A. K. (2022). Critical Consciousness and Wellbeing in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adolescent Research Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 1-24. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40894-022-00188-3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40894-022-00188-3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Online ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E., *<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medina, C., &amp; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Su\u00e1rez-Orozco, C. (2022) \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everyone Has Their Story\u201d: Intergroup Dialogue\u2019s Potential to Cultivate Connection Through the Sharing of Migration Narratives. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psychology in the Schools.<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pits.22801\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pits.22801<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Online ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E.,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> L\u00f3pez Hern\u00e1ndez, G., Karras, J., Novoa, A., The New Generation Class, &amp; Su\u00e1rez-Orozco, C. (2022). \u201cEveryone Collaborated and Came Together\u201d: The Civic Promise (and Pitfalls) of yPAR for Immigrant-Origin Students in an Era of Deportation. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">28<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(3), 427-439. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/cdp0000429\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/cdp0000429<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Maker Castro, E.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Dull, B., Hoyt, L. T., &amp; Cohen, A. K. (2022). Associations between critical consciousness and well\u2010being in a national sample of college students during the COVID\u201019 pandemic. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Community Psychology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 50(2), 760-777. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jcop.22678\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jcop.22678<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Karras, J. E., <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E.,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &amp; Emuka, C. (2022). Examining the sociopolitical development of immigrant-origin youth during a season of social unrest. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Research on Adolescence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jora.12777\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jora.1277<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Online ahead of print.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wilf, S., <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E., *<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Garzon Gupta, K., &amp; Wray-Lake, L. (2022). Shifting culture and minds: immigrant origin youth building critical consciousness on social media. Youth and Society. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0044118X221103890\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0044118X221103890<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Online ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*Dotson, M. P., <\/span><b>Maker Castro. E.,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> *Magid, N. T., Hoyt, L. T., Suleiman, A. B., &amp; Cohen, A. K. (2022). \u201cEmotional Distancing\u201d: Change and strain in US young adult college students\u2019 relationships during COVID-19. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emerging Adulthood<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 10<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(2), 546-557. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F21676968211065531\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F21676968211065531<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yazdani, N., Hoyt, L.T., <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E., <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&amp; Cohen, A. K. (2022) \u201cEarly emerging adult college students&#8217; civic engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emerging Adulthood. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/21676968221098296\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/21676968221098296<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hoyt, L.T., Cohen, A. K., Dull, B.D., <\/span><b>Maker Castro, E.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Yazdani, N. (2021). \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1054139X20306467?casa_token=JyOGE2-PDOoAAAAA:161_vMNGgl3_Xw2WEW_W_oiQ7rp3h-bjy8TfrSBPOeHIXiSPAJaO9Ap4WZNBSQxkacF09NsUP92E\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Constant stress has become the new normal\u201d: stress and anxiety inequalities among US college students in the time of COVID-19<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Adolescent Health. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">68(2), 270-276. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jadohealth.2020.10.030\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jadohealth.2020.10.030<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1681,"featured_media":5757,"template":"","class_list":["post-5488","faculty-profile","type-faculty-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","expertise-specific-adolescent-development","expertise-specific-critical-consciousness","expertise-specific-emerging-adulthood","expertise-specific-school-contexts","expertise-specific-sociopolitical-development","expertise-specific-youth-wellbeing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile\/5488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faculty-profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1681"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile\/5488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5618,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile\/5488\/revisions\/5618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}