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Dr. Sungjin Im
Dr. Sungjin Im
- Assistant Professor

Education 

  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno 
  • M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno 
  • B.A., Psychology, University of Arizona, Summa Cum Laude 
  • B.A., Psychology, Korea University 
  • APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship, Stony Brook University Consortium Internship Program (SBU-CIP) 
  • Postdoctoral fellowship, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies 

Courses 

  • PSY 210 & 211: Research Methods and Lab 
  • PSY 440: Abnormal Psychology 
  • PSY 640: Psychopathology 
  • PSY 751: Clinical Neuropsychology
  • PSY777: Foundations of Supervision
  • PSY 799: Dissertation in Psychology 
  • EDFN 740: Intermediate Statistics 

Research and Clinical Interests 

  • Mechanisms of change that underlie post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and severe mental illness
  • Efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (e.g., ACT, DBT, MBSR)
  • Transdiagnostic processes that cut across multiple psychological disorders
  • Integration of multi-method approaches to improving our understanding of diagnostic categories and nature of psychopathology (for example, self-report, clinical interview, behavioral tasks, EEG) 

Research Supervision 

I am willing to serve as a chair or committee member for any of these types of projects: PSY 290, PSY 490, Honors thesis, MA thesis, Ed.S. Specialist Projects, Psy.D. dissertations.

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1906 College Heights Blvd. #11030,
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1030


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