Anjali Sharma
- Graduate Student
- Graduate Research Assistant
Contact Info
Biography —
Anjali is a first-year graduate student in the Clinical Child Psychology Ph.D. program. She graduated with her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kansas. Outside of academia, she enjoys reading fantasy books, gaming on her PC and Switch, and hanging out with her cat.
Education —
Research —
Anjali is primarily interested in understanding how eating disorder risk, maintenance, and protective factors may differ among individuals of marginalized backgrounds and how to leverage this knowledge to develop community-based prevention or intervention programs. Furthermore, she is broadly interested in implementation science as it pertains to eating and feeding disorders.
Selected Publications —
Sharma, A. R., Bottera, A. R., Joo, S., Chen, Y., Like, E. E., & Forbush, K. T. (under review). Evidence that the DSM-5-TR eating disorder criteria perform differently across cisgender and transgender or gender diverse individuals using the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale.
Johnson-Munguia, S., Doan, A. E., Sharma, A. R., Thomeczek, M. L., Bowles, B. L., Paul, M., & Forbush, K. T. (2024). “There aren’t a lot of things that are made for Latinos:” A qualitative investigation of factors that contribute to Latine women’s positive and negative body image. Body Image, 51, 101802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101802