Campus Directory

Division Social Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit Psychology Department

Title Graduate Student
PhD Student

Graduate Major Social and Behavioral Sciences: Social Psychology

Affiliation Graduate

Other UCSC Campus Affiliation Film and Digital Media Department

Primary Office Location Social Sciences 2
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Biography, Education and Training

Miguel A Lopezzi is a social scientist and PhD student in social psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He has served on the UCSC’s Campus Conduct Board and hiring committee, and mentors high school students through the Science Internship Program (SIP). Lopezzi’s primary research focuses on the masculinity socialization of young men through highschool and university competitive sports participation. Furthermore, he focuses on how qualitative research methods can help us to better understand how young men conceptualize masculinity and manhood. Miguel's other line of research is on service-learning pedagogy and student outcomes. Lopezzi earned his Master's degree in social psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is currently working on his Doctoral degree. He is a McNair Scholar recipient who graduated from California State University, Stanislaus with a Bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in criminal justice, with honors. In his free time, Miguel enjoys watching documentary films, taking care of his plants, and spending time with his family. 

Summary of Expertise

Masculinities 

Service-Learning 

Ethnography

Qualitative Research Methods

Research Interests

Masculinity socialization through sport

The intersection of masculinities and sport

Social Identity approach to masculinity in youth sport

Social Interdependence and Social Internalization

Service-learning pedagogy and Latinx, Hispanic, and First-generation students outcomes

Teaching Interests

Social Psychology 

General Psychology 

The Psychology of Masculinities 

Qualitative Research Methods

Selected Publications

Publications

• Langhout, R.D., Lopezzi, M.A., & Wang, Y. (in press). Not all service is the same: How service-learning typologies relate to student outcomes at an Hispanic Serving Institution. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.
• Langhout, R.D., Rodríguez Ramírez, D., Vaccarino-Ruiz, S.S., Alonso Blanco, V., Quinteros, K., Copulsky, D. & Lopezzi, M.A. (2021). Teaching and learning during a pandemic: How one graduate community psychology class quickly incorporated healing justice into our practices. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68, 249-265. DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12524
• Vaccarino-Ruiz, S.S., Quinteros, K., Alonso Blanco, V., Rodríguez Ramírez, D., Langhout, R.D., Copulsky, D. & Lopezzi, M.A.  (2021). “Yes, they were suffering, but we brought the music:” Social toxicity and possibility during the COVID-19 pandemic onset for undocumented or unhoused people. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 7(1), 106-126.
• Lopezzi, M.A.  (2019). Brainwave entrainment to improve problem-solving skills in people with the neurodevelopmental disorder ADHD. Turnings: A Journal of Exploratory Research and Analysis, 16(1), 70-76.