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Nellie Tran

ntran@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0002-3751-4879

Appointments

  • Professor
    Counseling & School Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, US

  • Ph.D.
    Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

Profile updated October 8, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Community Psychology's abuse of empowerment to further a white supremacist agenda
Nellie Tran
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2024, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 6
Community psychology Racism Social justice White supremacy movements
From imposter phenomenon to infiltrator experience: Decolonizing the mind to claim space and reclaim self.
Nellie Tran
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 2023, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 18
Decolonization Impostor phenomenon Mental health Social justice
Recentering AAPI narratives as social justice praxis: Reclaiming and honoring our experiences.
Grace S. Kim; Nadine Nakamura; Nellie Tran; Gagan S. Khera; Julie M. AhnAllen; Jan E. Estrellado
Asian American Journal of Psychology, 2021, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 2
Asian Americans Identity politics Pacific Islanders Social justice
Acculturation and Assimilation: A Qualitative Inquiry of Teacher Expectations for Somali Bantu Refugee Students
Nellie Tran; Dina Birman
Education and Urban Society, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 17
Acculturation Assimilation (Sociology) Refugees Somali Bantu (African people)
Perceived Subtle Gender Bias Index: Development and Validation for Use in Academia
Nellie Tran; et al.
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 9
Gender identity Research methods Social perception Universities and colleges

When worlds collide: Academic adjustment of Somali Bantu students with limited formal education in a U.S. elementary school
Birman, B.D.; Nellie Tran
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 61
Education, Elementary Educational sociology Somali Bantu (African people)
“American” as a Proxy for “Whiteness”: Racial Color-Blindness in Everyday Life
Nellie Tran; Paterson, S.E.
Women and Therapy, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 14
American culture Color blindness Race relations Racism
A Life Domains Perspective on Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment: A Study of Refugees from the Former Soviet Union
Birman, D.; Simon, C.D.; Chan, W.Y.; Nellie Tran
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 100
Acculturation Refugees Russia Soviet Union
Exploring the effect of in-group and out-group race-related stressors on anxiety among Asian Pacific Islander American students
French, S.E.; Nellie Tran; Chávez, N.R.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2013, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 14
Anxiety Asian Americans Pacific Islander Americans Racism
Questioning the model minority: Studies of Asian American academic performance
Nellie Tran; Birman, D.
Asian American Journal of Psychology, 2010, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 77
Academic achievement Asian Americans Minority students Model minority stereotype
Psychological distress and adjustment of Vietnamese refugees in the United States: Association with pre- and postmigration factors.
Birman, D.; Dina Birman; Nellie Tran
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2008, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 164
Mental health Refugees Vietnamese Vietnamese Americans