{"id":974,"date":"2024-03-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/?p=974"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:03:12","slug":"new-lab-member-armani-shepard-welcome-to-the-empowerment-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/new-lab-member-armani-shepard-welcome-to-the-empowerment-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lab Member: Armani Shepherd! Welcome to the Empowerment Lab!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2024\/03\/Armani-Shepard-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2024\/03\/Armani-Shepard-1.png 951w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2024\/03\/Armani-Shepard-1.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2024\/03\/Armani-Shepard-1.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2024\/03\/Armani-Shepard-1.png?resize=768,770 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2024\/03\/Armani-Shepard-1.png?resize=88,88 88w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2024\/03\/Armani-Shepard-1.png?resize=900,903 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academic Status:<\/strong>&nbsp;Second year, Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Student<br><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong>&nbsp;I am interested in incarcerated\/recently released populations, recidivism, trauma, Intimate Partner Violence, and Substance Use.<br><strong>Hometown:<\/strong>&nbsp;Copley, Ohio<br><strong>Pronouns:<\/strong>&nbsp;She\/Her<br><strong>What does &#8220;empowerment&#8221; mean to you?<\/strong> To me, empowerment means pushing forward in the face of adversity and striving to create a better life for oneself and better future for others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Status:&nbsp;Second year, Counseling Psychology Ph.D. StudentResearch Interests:&nbsp;I am interested in incarcerated\/recently released populations, recidivism, trauma, Intimate Partner Violence, and Substance Use.Hometown:&nbsp;Copley, OhioPronouns:&nbsp;She\/HerWhat does &#8220;empowerment&#8221; mean to you? To me, empowerment means pushing forward in the face of adversity and striving to create a better life for oneself and better future for others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4918,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":985,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}