Tatiana Bustos
About
Degrees
Research and/or Educational Specialty
Community psychology, community based participatory research, criminal legal systems, evidence based interventions, community based organizational partnerships
Introduction
Dr. Tatiana Bustos is a researcher at RTI International’s Transformative Research Unit for Equity (TRUE). She has expertise in community-based participatory research, culturally responsive and equity centered evaluation, and mixed-methods research designs. In her capacity as a researcher, she is bridging science with practice to enhance meaningful engagement of communities throughout program development and initiatives. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and presentations that expand on the practice-based aspects of doing community centered work in partnership with community members from marginalized backgrounds.
Teaching
Fundamentals Of Psychological Research II (TPSYCH 309)
Participatory Research Methods
Academic Service
Advisor, The Community Toolbox
Honors and Awards
Early Career Author Award, RTI International, 2024
Highly Published Author Award, RTI International, 2024
Next Generation Rising Leader Award, National Network of Public Health Institutes, 2023
Bustos, T. E., Ayeni, O., & Saucedo, J. S. (2024). Evaluation engagement: Historical perspectives and new directions with community-based participatory research principles (CBPR). In L. A. Wingate, A. S. Boyce, & L. Wilson-Becho, (Eds.). Core concepts in evaluation: Contemporary commentary on classic writings. SAGE Publishing.
Bustos, T.E. & Wright, Y. (2024). Occupying the “space between” ethnography, evaluation, and positionality. In: M. Goodnight & R. Hopson (Eds.). Theories Bridging Ethnography and Evaluation: Making Transformative, Intersectional and Comparative Connections. Emerald Publishing.
Bustos, T.E., Simkani, S., Sridhar, A., & Drahota, A. (2024). “Good solid relationships make programs work:” A mixed methods assessment of determinants to community research partnerships in Flint, MI. Collaborations: A Journal of Community Based Research and Practice, 7(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.123
Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T. E., Montgomery, B. W., Brown, G., Tefera, G., Adaji, R., Taylor, B., Eshetu, H., Barajas, C., Barajas, R., Najjar, V., Dennis, D., Hudson, J., Felton, J. W., & Johnson, J. E. (2024). Mental health interventions for individuals with serious mental illness in the criminal legal system: A systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 24(199), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05612-7