Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti

Professor

Associate Vice President for Culture & Faculty Success

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Contact Information

• Office: 1-209B
• Phone: (805) 756-2359
• Email: jpedrott@calpoly.edu

Education

• Ph.D., M.S., Counseling Psychology, University of Kansas
• B.A., Psychology; B.A., English, University of California, Davis

Courses Taught

• PSY 304: Intergroup Dialogues

Research Interests

NOTE: As I am now serving as Associate Vice President for Culture and Faculty Success in the department of Culture and Institutional Excellence, and the Office of the Provost, I am no longer taking students for research assistant positions. I'm still always open to chatting wit students about my areas of specialty. 

My main research interests lie in the intersection of multiculturalism and positive psychological constructs such as hope, coping, and well-being. I have particular interests in expanding understanding of strengths as being culturally-embedded and thus as manifesting in different ways across cultures. In addition, I am interested in the effects of multicultural training on students, particularly as it relates to the development of ethnocultural empathy, self-efficacy, and other traits. I also  specialize in research related to multiracial identity and well-being. 

Selected Publications/Professional Activities

• Pedrotti, J. T., & Isom, D. A. (2020). Multicultural psychology: Self, society, and social change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Lopez, S. J., Pedrotti, J. T., & Snyder, C. R. (2019). Positive psychology: The scientific and practical explanations of human strengths. 4th edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Pedrotti, J. T. (2018). The will and the ways in school: Hope as a factor in academic success. In M. Gallagher, & S. J. Lopez (Eds.) The Oxford handbook of hope. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Pedrotti, J. T. (2018). Cultural context in positive psychology: History, research, and opportunities for growth. In M. Rao Warren, and S. Donaldson (Eds.), Scientific advances in positive psychology. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
• Pedrotti, J. T., & Burnes, T. R. (2016). The new face of the field: Dilemmas for diverse early career psychologists. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 10, 141-148.
• Pedrotti, J. T. (2015). Cultural competence in positive psychology: History, research, and practice. In R. Hetzel, L. Marks, & J. Wade (Eds.) Positive psychology on the college campus. (pp. 81-98) New York: Oxford University Press.
• Pedrotti, J. T., & Edwards, L. M. (2014). Perspectives on the intersection of multiculturalism and positive psychology. New York: Springer Science + Business Media.