Psychology and Communication and Media Ph.D. Candidate
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About
Faculty Advisors: Monique Ward & Sonya Dal Cin
Enrica Bridgewater received her B.S. in Psychology from Brooklyn College CUNY in 2018 and her M.S. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2023. Most of her undergraduate research focused on minority youth development, culminating in an honors thesis that examined the associations between age, self-esteem, and emotion regulation in middle and high school students.
Her current research interests are centered on representations of ethnically/racially minoritized groups in entertainment media and the influence of media exposure on psychological outcomes (i.e., identity development, well-being, stereotype endorsement) for people of color.
When not in PhD land, Enrica enjoys musical theatre and may or may not have listened to the Hamilton soundtrack a million times (spoiler: she has). She also launched a blog in July 2020, titled "A First-Gen's Guide to Grad School: How to Get in, Survive, and Thrive," to help other first-generation students on their journey to and through graduate school.
