Shemiyah Holland

Shemiyah Holland – sholland@ucsb.edu

Shemiyah Holland is pursuing a PhD in school psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is working in Dr. Shane Jimerson’s lab. She has an M.A. in school psychology from Bowie State University located in Maryland. She comes to UC-Santa Barbara as a nationally certified school psychologist (NCSP) and has experience working with a diverse group of students in the K-12 setting. Her research focuses on the impact of positive peer and teacher relationships as a prevention strategy to enhance engagement and promote social emotional wellbeing for African American and Latin x students. Her long term goal is to become a coordinator of a school psychology program so that she can contribute in the efforts to mentor and train culturally responsive school psychologists to address the shortages among school psychology.