Clarice Wirkala, MA
received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington
in International Studies and Anthropology, and her Master’s
degree from Seattle University in Psychology. She is working towards a
PhD in Developmental Psychology at Columbia University and is a
University Writing Instructor at Columbia. Clarice was born and raised
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, speaking Portuguese and Spanish. She worked
as a Spanish instructor for many years and as a psychotherapist with
diverse and at-risk populations in Seattle. Clarice has worked and
volunteered for non-profit organizations around the world, in countries
including Mozambique, Ukraine, Argentina, Peru and Guatemala. Her
research experience includes work at the Behavioral Research and
Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington, and at the Education
for Thinking Institute at Columbia University. She has been trained in
a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
Clarice joined the HRA team in 2006, and worked as a Spanish consultant
and translator for HRA for many years prior. She is currently based in
New York City as a Project Coordinator for HRA studies.
• Email: cwirkala@hrainc.net
