About
Trokon Macauley
Clinical psychology doctoral candidate at West Chester University
My training spans child and family behavioral health and media production. I draw on both to design digital tools that make clinical and research tasks easier to carry out, from reviewing a child’s progress to practicing a skill after a text arrives.
Education
In progress
Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology
West Chester University
2025
M.S. in Clinical Psychology
West Chester University
2021
M.A. in Media Studies and Production
Temple University
2018
B.A. in Psychology, minor in Philosophy
West Chester University
Scholarship
My dissertation, TXT-ERS, is a randomized feasibility pilot of a text-message intervention designed to support ethnic-racial socialization among immigrant-origin adolescents and emerging adults. I study how reliably the messages can be delivered, how participants experience them, and what the pilot can teach us about a larger trial.
I contribute to research on treatment retention in Parent–Child Interaction Therapy and on barriers to starting adjuvant therapy for head and neck cancer at Fox Chase Cancer Center. At Temple, my master’s thesis examined race, DREAMers, and podcasting and received recognition as an Exemplary Graduate Thesis.
Read the TXT-ERS study design WCU RAISE LabDigital intervention tools
I’m interested in tools that work within the routines people already have. For young people, that can mean a short activity they can open from a text. For clinicians, it can mean seeing a score, reviewing a trend, or finding a documentation prompt while it can still inform care.
I want to understand who can use these tools, where they add effort, and what feedback would make them fit better in routine settings.
See how I would evaluate the tools