D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award

Melanie Domenech Rodríguez is a professor in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Domenech Rodriguez was selected as the 2022 D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award recipient for her extensive, high-impact research that has positively influenced human lives.

She has published 87 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 books, 21 book chapters, 27 non-peer reviewed articles, and 17 manuals or instruments; 13 of these papers have been cited more than 100 times. Dr. Domenech Rodriguez’s approach to teaching and training is systematic and evidence-based, whether at the undergraduate level in psychology or the graduate level in physician assistant studies.

Her scholarship in cultural adaptation has put additional empirically supported techniques in the hands of psychological providers working with ethnically/culturally diverse families and clients.