Dr. Andrews arrived at UNL in 2016. He directs Iniciativa HABLa and is the Co-Director for the Minority Health Disparities Initiative at UNL.
Dr. Andrews will be recruiting graduate students for admission to the clinical program to begin in fall 2024 (with applications in fall 2023).
Educational Background
Dr. Andrews received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arkansas in 2014 after completing internship at the Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship Training Program. From 2014 to 2016, he was an NIMH-funded postdoctoral fellow at the National Crime Victims Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Research Interests
With the Initiative for Healthcare Access & Bienestar Latine (Iniciativa HABLa), Dr. Andrews focuses on strategies for pursuing mental health equity for Latine populations, particularly immigrant and Spanish-speaking populations. He strives to enhance access to behavioral health resources and understand contributors to mental health inequities. This includes resarch and clinical partnerships with primary care and Latine-focused community organizations, as well as technology-based solutions. To support this work, Dr. Andrews has received funding from the National Institutes of Health as well as a variety of internal funding.
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Representative Publications
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1. Andrews, A. R., Acosta, L. M.**, Acosta Canchila, M. N.**, Haws, J. K.**, Holland, K. J., Holt, N. R.**, & Ralston, A. L.** (2022). Perceived barriers and preliminary ptsd outcomes in an open pilot trial of written exposure therapy with latinx immigrants. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 29(3), 648-665.
2. Andrews, A.R., Haws, J.K.**, Acosta, L.M.**, Acosta Canchila, M.N.**, Carlo, G., Grant, K., & Ramos, A.K. (2020). Combinatorial effects of discrimination, legal status fears, adverse childhood experiences, and harsh working conditions among Latino migrant farmworkers: Testing learned helplessness hypotheses. Journal of Latinx Psychology. Advance online publication.
3. Andrews, A.R., López, C.M., Snyder, A., Saunders, B. & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2019). Polyvictimization, Related Symptoms, and Familial and Neighborhood Contexts as Longitudinal Mediators of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Violence Exposure across Adolescence. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 21, 679-692.
4. Andrews, A.R., Jobe-Shields, L., López, C.M., de Arellano, M.A., Saunders, B., and Kilpatrick, D.G. (2015). Polyvictimization, income, and ethnic differences in trauma-related mental health during adolescence. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50, 1223-1234. doi: 10.1007/s00127-015-1077-3
5. Ralston, A.**, Andrews, A.R., & Hope, D.A. (2019). Fulfilling the promise of mental health technology to reduce disparities: Review and research agenda. Accepted for publication. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, 27. e12277
6. López, C.M., Andrews, A.R., Jones, A.M., de Arellano, M.A., Saunders, B., & Kilpatrick, D. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences in trauma exposure and mental health disorders in adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000126
7. de Arellano, M.A., Andrews, A.R., Reid-Quiñones, K., Vasquez, D., Silcott-Doherty, L., Rheingold, A., & Danielson, C.K. (2017). Immigration trauma among Hispanic adolescents: Missed by trauma assessments and predictive of depression and PTSD symptoms. Journal of Latina/o Psychology.
8. Andrews, A.R., Gomez, D., Larey, A., Pacl, H., Burchette, D., Rodriguez Hernandez, J., Pastrana, F.A., & Bridges, A.J. (2016). Comparison of Integrated Behavioral Health Treatment for Internalizing Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with and without Type 2 Diabetes. Family, Systems, and Health, 34, 367-377. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000224
9. Bridges, A.J., Andrews, A.R., Villalobos, B., Pastrana, F.A., Gomez, D., & Cavell, T.A. (2014). Does Integrated Behavioral Health Care Reduce Mental Health Disparities for Hispanics? Initial findings. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 2, 37-53. doi: 10.1037/lat0000009