CURRENT MEMBERS
Christina Chin-Newman
Christina Chin-Newman, Ph.D. is the Director of the ACE Lab, and is Professor of Human Development and Women's Studies at California State University, East Bay.
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Dr. Chin-Newman is interested in creativity and the arts, especially the arts and social relationships, youth arts participation, and inclusive performance. She also conducts research on social support and college student success, recently focusing on students with learning differences or any type of disability.
She earned a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.
Curriculum Vitae
Livier Ayon
Livier Ayon is a Research Associate of the ACE Lab, and Director of AbrazoPaz, an arts-based violence prevention program for adolescents in Mexico.
Livier graduated from California State University, East Bay with her BA in Human Development in 2014. During her studies, she became involved in working with groups teaching yoga, creative movement, and peace education. For her senior thesis, she conducted applied research in Mexico with the purpose of raising social awareness among adolescents using cooperative play. This became a foundation for her current Program in Violence Prevention, AbrazoPaz ("Embracing Peace"). Her program combines expressive arts, mindfulness, cooperative play, as well as communication skills using a diverse, interactive, and experiential methodology.
Livier recently earned her Master’s in Applied Social Psychology from the University of Sussex, as a Chevening Scholar supported by the UK government. She plans to continue her work with groups, especially youth, and to facilitate social change through leadership and activism.
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