Aparna Sharma
	Title:	Senior Researcher
	Office:	Lewis Towers 1002
	Phone:	312-915-7530
	E-mail:	asharma@luc.edu

Personal Information

Aparna Sharma received her Ph.D in Applied Social Psychology at Loyola University Chicago.  At CURL, Aparna works with community-based organizations in the Chicago area on how to build their capacity to conduct their own research and document program impact. She also manages several projects at CURL and her responsibilities include research design, supervising graduate students, and developing relationships with community partners. In addition to working at CURL, Aparna is on the board of Women and Girl's Collective Action Network (WGCAN) and a core member of South Asian Progressive Action Collective (SAPAC), which works with young South Asians in Chicago on issues impacting South Asian diasporic communities.

Education:

Doctorate in Applied Social Psychology, December 2006

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Title: Provision Of Domestic Violence Services For Immigrant Women: A Case For Re-Examining The Concept of Cultural Competence  

Master of Arts in Applied Social Psychology, May 2002

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 

Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Biology, May 1998

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada