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CITL/Cultivamos Excelencia Faculty Fellow (2017–18)
Christy Byrd is an Assistant Professor in Psychology. As a CITL/Cultivamos Excelencia Faculty Fellow, she examined students’ perceptions of culturally competent teaching in their classrooms and explored the impact of this teaching on their motivation and academic success.