Malika Kapadia, M.A.

Practicum Student

Biography:

Malika is a 3rd year clinical psychology doctoral student at IUP.  She earned her bachelor's at Barnard College, Columbia University in NYC, where she majored in psychology and minored in religion. She worked at the Barnard Toddler Center as an undergrad, which sparked her interest in developmental psychology. She also took a year off between undergrad and grad school and worked with emotionally disturbed children and chemically dependent adolescents. During her year off, she became interested in working with adolescents and emerging adults. Her research and clinical interests are centered around immigrant populations. More specifically, she would like to work with first and second generation South Asian immigrants and their families both for her dissertation and after she receives her doctorate.