CHRISTA MAHLOBO, Ph.d., ryt-200
Provost’s postdoctoral fellow | University of pennsylvania
Solomon Labs
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Business: cmahlobo@sas.upenn.edu | Personal: christamahlobo@gmail.com
Expertise
Examining the developmental processes and mechanisms that foster holistic health and flourishing in Black Americans
Developing and evaluating culturally adapted nature, art, and mindfulness based programs to improve flourishing outcomes among Black Americans
Delivering diversity, equity and inclusion trainings and wellbeing workshops in corporate and academic spaces
Qualifications
Experience in grant writing, experimental design, protocol development, project management, data collection, and syntax-based analysis
Trained in conducting regression analyses including linear, logistic, and multilevel modeling
Proficient in various statistical and design programs including R, SPSS, Qualtrics, Canva, and Adobe Creative Cloud
Education
Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies
Dissertation: Examining Adolescent Precursors to Early Adult Flourishing in Black Americans: On the Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Identity
M.S., Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management
Thesis: Interpersonal and Park-Based Discrimination as Predictors of Anxiety in Black and White Philadelphians
B.S., Kinesiology; Human Movement Science (Honors Degree)
Minors: Psychology, Chemistry
Honors Thesis: Effect of Aging and Peripheral Neuropathy on Standing and Reaching Precision With and Without Visual Cues
Work experience
Travel Unity, 2021-Present
Services Consultant
Lila Yoga Studios, 2017-2020
Yoga Instructor
The Posse Foundation, 2014-2016
STEM Trainer
research experience
The University of Pennsylvania, 2022-Present
Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Positive Psychology
Humanities and Human Flourishing Lab
The Pennsylvania State University, 2020-2022
Pre-doctoral Fellow, NIDA T32 Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT)
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Summer 2020
Summer Research Intern, Graduate Summer Opportunity to Advance Research (G-SOAR)
Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Lab-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The Pennsylvania State University, 2017-2019
Graduate Research Assistant, Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management (RPTM)
Urban Parks and Community Health Lab
Baton Rouge Parks and Recreation (BREC), Summer 2018
Principle Investigator & Summer Research Intern
Individually grant-funded research project awarded by Penn State Africana Research Center and matched by BREC
Louisiana State University, 2010-2013
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Kinesiology Sensorimotor Lab