Position Title
Department of Psychology
biopsychosocial health of sexual and gender minority adolescents
Dr. Luis Armando Parra is an Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology. After finishing their PhD in Human Development at UC Davis, Dr. Parra completed postdoctoral training in Social Work at the University of Southern California (USC). Prior to returning to UC Davis, Dr. Parra was a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan (UM). At UM, Dr. Parra continued their research program on the biopsychosocial health of sexual and gender minority adolescents and emerging adults. His lab integrates developmental, minority stress, biological, and intersectionality theoretical frameworks to examine how interlocking systems of power and oppression conjointly initiate and perpetuate stressful life conditions that compromise the psychological health of sexual and gender minority adolescents and emerging adults via biological stress processes.