My Work

01 / Publications

Desai, V. A., & Lueke, N. A. (2026). The mediating roles of perceived stress and college adaptation in the relationship between self-efficacy and depressive symptoms among first year college students. Current Psychology, 45(17), 1475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09300-5

Lueke, N. A., Assar, A., Desai, V. A., Diaz, K., Jung, A., LeBlanc, I., & Lueke, A. (2025). Perceived Stress and Worry Mediate the Link Between Sleep Quality and Immune Function. SLEEP, 47(1), 415. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae067.0968

02 / Presentations

Fields, L., Desai, V., & Pierson, E. E.

Sleep Chronotype and Social Experience: The Role of Personality

Poster accepted at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference – Chicago, IL

April 2026

Desai, V.

Tier 3 Multiplication Math Interventions

Poster presented at the National Association for School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention – Chicago, IL

February 2026

Desai, V.

Assessing and Mitigating Inattendance due to Transportation Needs

Poster presented at the National Association for School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention – Chicago, IL

February 2026

Lueke, N., Assar, A., Desai, V., Diaz, K., Jung, A., LeBlanc, I., & Lueke, A.

Perceived Stress and Ruminative Worry Mediate the Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Immune Functioning

Poster presented at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies Annual Conference - Houston, TX

May 2024

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Sleep and Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Stress Across College Years

Paper Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference 2024 – Chicago, IL

April 2024

Desai, V., Nashisako, D., Bonsu, A., & Kruczek, T.

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in Rural Schools

Symposium Presented at the Great Lakes Conference 2024 – Muncie, IN

April 2024

Desai, V., & Lueke, N.

College Adaptation and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Role of the Self-Efficacy and Stress Dyad

Paper Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference 2023 – Chicago, IL

April 2023

Desai, V., & Holtgraves, T.

Self-Efficacy and Sleep Quality: The Mediating Role of Stress in Undergraduate College Students

Poster presented at the Ball State University 27th Annual Student Symposium – Muncie, IN

April 2022

Schrader, K., Butler, G., Desai, V., Mathis, K., Tummala, R., Zhang, S., Neo, W. S., & Kelleher, B.

Relationship between microcephaly severity with behavior and heart rate-defined sustained attention in children with congenital Zika syndrome

Presented at the 19th Annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference at Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN

April 2021
03 / Software & Other

TypeNBash - A Modern Integrated Development and Data Analytical Tool

MyPsychTime - Case Management and Report Writing for Professional Psychology

WriterTex - Power Markdown for Academic Writing and Citation Management