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Graduate student researcher
Courtney Medina
Graduate Student Researcher
About Courtney
Courtney is a fourth-year Clinical-Developmental psychology PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. She is co-mentored by Dr. Sophie Choukas-Bradley. She was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2025. In 2021, she earned her B.A. Ed. with highest honors in Human Development and Family Studies, with a double major in Psychology and a minor in Latinx Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following graduation, she worked as a research project coordinator in UNC's Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Courtney's research examines how gendered and sexualized experiences impact adolescent and young adult mental health and development, with a particular emphasis on the impacts of sexual harassment, dating violence, and sexual objectification. She aims for her work to inform culturally grounded interventions for Latine victims of gendered and sexual violence. Outside of work, she enjoys trying new coffee shops and playing board games with her friends and family.
Publications
- Medina, C. M., Hudson, J. A., Geoffroy, G., Harvey, A., & Medrano, A.S. (in press). Puedes decirnos con confianza: A mixed methods study of neighborhood-based sexual harassment and parent-adolescent communication in rural Mexico. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251410898in press
- Medrano, A.S., Medina, C. M., Davila, S. A., Adame Montelongo, E. S., Jenkins, A. S., Pina, I. M., Vazquez, Y. N., Leonard, A. F., Dupree, G. E., Martinez, A., Kabir, Z., & Wah Figueroa, F. (in press). Sexual victimization in school, community, and online contexts: A scoping review on the measurement of youth sexual victimization. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380251412532in press
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