Mica Estrada, PhD
Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing

Her research program focuses on social influence, including the study of identity, values, kindness, well-being, mentorship, and integrative education. She has been Principal Investigator on several longitudinal studies, which implement and assess interventions aimed to increase student persistence and workforce retention in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Medicine (STEMM) careers (funded by NIH, NSF, and HHMI). In her research, facilitation, writing and consulting work, she remains committed to sharing skills and practices that advance opportunity, kindness and dignity for all people.

As a leader in the field of STEMM education, she has served as a member of two National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) census studies, the Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education and currently serves on the Action Collaborative on Education and Workforce Trajectories. Dr. Estrada earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her MA & PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University.

She is mother to three grown children and lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her sweetheart of many years. She enjoys gardening, walking in nature, and sharing meals the people she loves.

• The Influence of Social Supports on Graduate Student Persistence in Biomedical Fields.
  CBE life sciences education 2019 Estrada M, Zhi Q, Nwankwo E, Gershon R
• Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science.
  PloS one 2018 Vieten C, Wahbeh H, Cahn BR, MacLean K, Estrada M, Mills P, Murphy M, Shapiro S, Radin D, Josipovic Z, Presti DE, Sapiro M, Chozen Bays J, Russell P, Vago D, Travis F, Walsh R, Delorme A
• Undergraduate Research Experiences Broaden Diversity in the Scientific Workforce.
  BioScience 2018 Paul R Hernandez, Anna Woodcock, Mica Estrada, P Wesley Schultz
• The Influence of Affirming Kindness and Community on Broadening Participation in STEM Career Pathways.
  Social issues and policy review 2018 Estrada M, Eroy-Reveles A, Matsui J
• A Longitudinal Study of How Quality Mentorship and Research Experience Integrate Underrepresented Minorities into STEM Careers.
  CBE life sciences education 2018 Estrada M, Hernandez PR, Schultz PW
• Enabling full representation in science: the San Francisco BUILD project's agents of change affirm science skills, belonging and community.
  BMC proceedings 2017 Estrada M, Eroy-Reveles A, Ben-Zeev A, Baird T, Domingo C, Gómez CA, Bibbins-Domingo K, Parangan-Smith A, Márquez-Magaña L
• 'Speaking Truth' Protects Underrepresented Minorities' Intellectual Performance and Safety in STEM.
  Education sciences 2017 Ben-Zeev A, Paluy Y, Milless KL, Goldstein EJ, Wallace L, Márquez-Magaña L, Bibbins-Domingo K, Estrada M
• The use of theory in applied social psychology.
  Applied Social Psychology 2017 Mica Estrada, P. Wesley Schultz
• The Role of Social Influences on Pro-Environment Behaviors in the San Diego Region.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2017 Estrada M, Schultz PW, Silva-Send N, Boudrias MA
• Mentor qualities that matter: The importance of perceived (not demographic) similarity.
  Journal of experimental education 2016 Hernandez PR, Estrada M, Woodcock A, Schultz PW
• Personalized Normative Feedback and the Moderating Role of Personal Norms.
  Environment and Behavior 2016 P. Wesley Schultz, Alyssa Messina, Giuseppe Tronu, Eleuterio F. Limas, Rupanwita Gupta, Mica Estrada
• Improving Underrepresented Minority Student Persistence in STEM.
  CBE life sciences education 2016 Estrada M, Burnett M, Campbell AG, Campbell PB, Denetclaw WF, Gutiérrez CG, Hurtado S, John GH, Matsui J, McGee R, Okpodu CM, Robinson TJ, Summers MF, Werner-Washburne M, Zavala M
• Using in-home displays to provide smart meter feedback about household electricity consumption: A randomized control trial comparing kilowatts, cost, and social norms.
  Energy 2015 P. Wesley Schultz, Mica Estrada, Joseph Schmitt, Rebecca Sokoloski, Nilmini Silva-Send
• Engagement in a Community-Based Integral Practice Program Enhances Well-being.
  International Journal of Transpersonal Studies 2014 Cassandra Vieten, Mica Estrada, Adam B. Cohen, Dean Radin, Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Arnaud Delorme
• Tailored Panel Management: A Theory-Based Approach to Building and Maintaining Participant Commitment to a Longitudinal Study.
  Evaluation review 2014 Estrada M, Woodcock A, Schultz PW
• Sustaining Optimal Motivation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Interventions to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Students in STEM.
  Journal of educational psychology 2013 Hernandez PR, Schultz PW, Estrada M, Woodcock A, Chance RC
• The consequences of chronic stereotype threat: domain disidentification and abandonment.
  Journal of personality and social psychology 2012 Woodcock A, Hernandez PR, Estrada M, Schultz PW
• Patching the Pipeline: Reducing Educational Disparities in the Sciences Through Minority Training Programs.
  Educational evaluation and policy analysis 2011 Schultz PW, Hernandez PR, Woodcock A, Estrada M, Chance RC, Aguilar M, Serpe RT
• Toward a model of Towards a model of social influence that explains minority student integration into the scientific community
  Journal of Educational Psychology 2011 Estrada, M., Woodcock, A., Hernandez, P. R., & Schultz, P. W.