Candice Dsouza

Candice Dsouza (she/her) is a Doctoral Writing Fellow (DWF) for the Graduate and Postdoctoral Writing Center. In her role as DWF, she will be providing one-on-one writing feedback to doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars and will conduct writing presentations and workshops. She is especially interested in supporting first-generation graduate students, non-native English speakers, and scholars from underrepresented minority groups with their academic writing and find their voice in academia. She is also interested in supporting writers from the humanities and social sciences, psychology and neuroscience, education, sociology, public policy, political science, economics, and history.

Candice completed her BA in Psychology at St Xavier’s College, (Autonomous), Mumbai and a master’s degree in Counseling at SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests lie in the areas of mental health and counselor education, as well as developing inclusive, affirmative therapeutic interventions for individuals from minority identity groups such as people of colour, LGBTQ as well as those who are neurodivergent or live with disabilities.