ALUMNI
Dale Golden, PhD
Completed PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dissertation: Supporting Refugee Holistic Well-Being: A Thematic Analysis of Existing Refugee Resettlement Agency Programming in the United States
Research Project: Immigration Status as a Moderator between State-Level Immigration-Related Policy and Psychological Sense of Community for Latinx Immigrants
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Now a Post-Doctoral Resident at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System (Trauma Focus)
Member: 2018-2024
Adrienne Hampton, PhD
Completed PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dissertation: A Phenomenological Analysis of Home Gardening and Human-Nature Connectedness
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Now a Mental Health Counselor at the Student Health and Counseling Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Member: 2018-2024
Rebecca Ipiaqruk Young, PhD
Completed PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dissertation: Relational Harmony Through Advocacy: Advocate Experiences Helping Alaska Native People Heal from Violence in Urban Alaska
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Now a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Washington Medical Center (Rehabilitation Psychology Fellowship)
Member: 2019-2024
Anamika Paulay
Completed research rotation during first year of graduate school
Member: 2023-2024
Jacy Hutchinson, PhD
Completed PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dissertation: Alaska Native Narratives of Internalized Oppression and Resistance
Research Project: The Impact of Higher Education on Alaska Native Students’ Cultural Identities
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Now a Psychologist at the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association
Member: 2017-2022
Ziyang Jin, PhD
Completed PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dissertation: Immediacy as a Powerful but Risky Intervention: A Qualitative Examination of the Processes by which Immediacy Impacts Therapeutic Alliance Following an Alliance Rupture
Research Project: To Share or Not to Share: Constructing a Model of Therapist Self-Involving Disclosure
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Now Instructional Faculty at California State University Stanislaus
Member: 2017-2022
Michael R. Covone, PhD, MPH, MSW
Completed PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dissertation: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of AI/AN College Students’ Experiences of Alcohol-Related Stereotypes
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Now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
Member: 2017-2022
Ali Marvin, PhD
Completed PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dissertation: Turning Points in Recovery from Substance Misuse Among Individuals with the Lived Experience of Homelessness in Anchorage, Alaska
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Now a Psychologist at the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association
Member: 2017-2020
Maj. Elizabeth J. Mangini, MS
Completed MS in Clinical Psychology
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Research Rotation: Working Alongside Refugees in Mental Health (WARM)
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Now pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Fielding
Member: 2018-2020
Jordan Snyder, PsyD
Completed a Specialized Research Rotation during Internship Year at the Alaska VA
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Research Rotation: Working Alongside Refugees in Mental Health (WARM)
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Now an Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Member: 2018-2020
Katelyn Saft, BS, MSW
Completed a Specialized Research Rotation during undergraduate through NIH BUILD EXITO
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Research Project: What Leads Citizens to Seek Out Contact with Immigrants? An Exploratory Qualitative Study
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Has since completed her Master's of Social Work (MSW)
Member: 2018-2020
Samantha Skirko, MS
Completed MS in Clinical Psychology
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Research Rotation: Working Alongside Refugees in Mental Health (WARM)
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Now a Therapist at South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services
Member: 2018-2020
Summer Hunt
Completed Post-Baccalaureate Research Rotation
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Research Rotation: Working Alongside Refugees in Mental Health (WARM)
Member: 2019-2020
Naba Khan, BS
Completed a Specialized Research Rotation during Undergraduate Education
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Research Rotation: Mental Health Capacity-Building in Northeast Syria