The Academic Minute from 1.20 – 1.24
Monday
Idie Binitie Thurston – Northeastern University
A Roadmap for Diversifying the Nation’s Academic Health Programs
Idia Binitie Thurston, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of Public Health & Health Sciences and Applied Psychology, Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies, and Associate Director of the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University. Her research explores how race, ethnicity, social class, gender, size, and sexuality intersect and influence health outcomes, inequities, and well-being in youth and families. She directs the CHANGE lab, where she collaborates with scholars, youth, and community organizations to develop and disseminate strengths-based, culturally-responsive tools that reduce stigma, enhance wellness, and promote resilience. She is passionate about mentoring, dismantling structural and systemic barriers, and promoting career pathways for individuals underrepresented in health sciences and psychology.
Tuesday
Richard E. Mattson – Binghamton University
Using Character Traits to Identify Men Likely to Commit Sexual Assault
Richard E. Mattson joined the Department of Psychology at Binghamton University in 2013. Mattson’s lab focuses on perceptions and attitudes relevant to communication in intimate dyads across a wide range of important domains. Many of these intersect through gender roles, sexual orientation, and substance use. His lab’s experimental, correlational, and descriptive approaches can easily be translated to intervention, policy and public discourse applications.
After receiving his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Binghamton University, Mattson went on to work as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Auburn before his current position.
Wednesday
Mitchell Gallagher – Wayne State University
Influencers and China’s Countryside
Mitchell Gallagher is a PhD candidate at Wayne State University, with research interests in East Asian politics, soft power, and international relations theory. Having spent seven years living in East Asia, Mitchell draws on firsthand experience to inform his work, which has been featured in various academic and public forums.
Thursday
Yosef Sokol – Touro University
Recovering from Attempted Suicide
Dr. Yosef Sokol is clinical assistant professor in the PsyD program at Touro University School of Health Sciences. Dr. Sokol received his PhD in clinical psychology from Hofstra University and is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York. He is also currently MIRECC Health Specialist Research Scientist at the Bronx VA Medical Center, where he oversees a variety of funded research projects, which includes the involvement of Touro PsyD students. His work seeks to understand how personal identity deficits, and in particular, deficits in ‘future self-continuity,’ a sense of persistence of the self into the future, relate to the development and recovery from suicide-related symptoms. His research has been designed to develop and evaluate efficacy of a recovery-oriented treatment for post-suicidal patients, as well as develop a theoretical model of post Covid-19 psychiatric conditions that integrates direct medical and psychiatric sequala with psychosocial downstream effects of loss of functioning. His research findings have led him to articulate a recovery-oriented treatment for individuals with a recent episode of acute suicidal symptoms: ‘Continuous Identity Cognitive Therapy (CI-CT)’. Dr. Sokol’s teaching will emphasize the development of cognitive therapy skills, and practical application and utilization of research in clinical settings.
Friday
Anna Amirkhanyan – American University
State COVID-19 Restrictions Helped Contain the Virus in Nursing Homes
Anna Amirkhanyan is a professor of public administration and policy at American University. Her research focuses on public and nonprofit management, organizational performance, public-private differences, and citizen participation. Her articles have been published in various peer-reviewed outlets such as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (J-PART), Public Administration Review, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and others.
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