Department Chair and Associate Professor, Applied Human Development & Human Services
My research centers on fostering identity development and examining the role identity can play for students, teachers, and caregivers in transformative justice.
Dobbs, K. L., Hsu, L. M., Garrone-Shufran, S., Barber, N., Kourouma, F., Perez-Castillo, Y., & Rich, S. (2022). Centering youth voices: An interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to civic engagement. Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 40(2).
Anand, D., & Hsu, L. M. (2022). Scrutinizing whiteness in “antiracist” children’s literature: For whom and by whom? Journal of Children’s Literature, 48(1), 45-55.
Anand, D., & Hsu, L. M. (2020). COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter: Examining anti-Asian racism and anti Blackness in US education. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 5(1), 190-199. https://doi.org/10.32674/jimphe.v5i1.2656
Anand, D., & Hsu, L. M. (2020). Think outside the book: Transformative justice using children’s literature in the classroom. Journal of Curriculum Studies Research, 2(2), 122-143. https://doi.org/10.46303/jcsr.2020.13
Hsu, L. M., & O‘Brien, G. (2020). The integration of self in relationships. In T. Bidell & M. F. Mascolo (Eds.), Handbook of integrative psychological development (pp. 374-391). Boston, MA: Taylor & Francis Group.
The real-world financial experiences and skills the Mucci Lab has offered students over the past decade were celebrated on April 15 during a special event on Merrimack's campus. Lab namesakes Paul and Joyce Mucci P’07 were also honored.