Rickelle Mason just started as Stop Street Harassment’s fall intern! She will help our summer intern Talia (I’m grateful is still with us a few more weeks) complete the law-focused Know Your Rights Toolkit and transition the Safe Public Spaces Mentoring from a pilot to a full program. She’ll also blog and help with social media. Yay!
Meet Rickelle:
Rickelle Mason is an undergraduate senior at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. With a major in Psychology and a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies, she has a passion for feminist psychology, and using community-based participatory research to dismantle gender-based violence. She has worked for several years in the university’s Community Psychology Research Lab, which was recently the recipient of the “Outstanding Training in Community Psychology” International Award. There she assists in conducting research that encompasses the development, implementation and evaluation of mental health services, educational initiatives, advocacy programs, community interventions, amongst other things.
She also works in the Mindfulness, Body Acceptance, Culture and Health Lab, where is she primarily conducting her thesis. Her passion for research was solidified through the completion of a competitive research fellowship called the “Charlotte Research Scholars” which she was awarded after her sophomore year of college.
Her future research interests encompass program evaluation of non-profit services, sexual agency and empowerment, prevention of gender-based violence and using positive psychology (like mindfulness and self-acceptance) to enhance body satisfaction and sexual well-being. Another interest is the impact of objectification and stigma on sexual health behaviors.
In her spare time, she likes to visit her family back home in Philadelphia, give advice to one of her 10 siblings, and read as many books as she possibly can. She also enjoys taking walks that last for miles and end with iced coffee. Follow her on Twitter, @RickelleM.
