Intended Audience
The psychology department welcomes Dr. Oksana Yakushko as the third speaker in its 2023-2024 lecture series: The Psychology of Conflict and Peace. She will present "The War Against Ukraine: Repercussions of Military Aggression on Ukrainian Refugees"
via Zoom - Meeting ID: 844 8197 4117, Passcode: 891794
Russia's war against Ukraine, especially since the armed invasion of 2022, resulted in an unprecedented number of Ukrainian refugees worldwide. Nearly 20 million people in a country of less than 40 million fled war violence, both across the borders and internally. Moreover, since most Ukrainian refugees consider themselves temporary refugees, and many have returned to Ukraine even as it still experiences significant military violence. In this presentation, historical, cultural and social background of Ukraine will be discussed in relation to both refugee struggles (e.g., colonization, multigenerational traumas, genocides) as well as their resistance (i.e., long-term fight for independence, freedom, self-determination). Implications of this war and the refugee experience to understanding mental health, psycho-social, and cultural considerations of refugee experience globally will also be discussed.
Oksana Yakushko, PhD, ABPP is a scholar, educator, clinician, and consultant based in California, USA. Over the past twenty years her research and clinical practice focused on varied aspects of immigration and global-multicultural psychology. She is an author of over 80 peer review articles, books and book chapters on these topics. She received numerous awards and recognitions for her work, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Board Certified psychoanalytic psychologist by the American Board of Professional Psychology. As a Ukrainian born immigrant and member of Ukrainian diaspora in the USA her work pivoted to working to support Ukraine and Ukrainians, including via collaborations with the National Psychological Association of Ukraine, UN-based NGOs, international foundations, USAID projects, humanitarian and mental health professional organizations.
Free and open to the public.
This event may be used to satisfy the Lecture Reflection Requirement in PSYC206 and PSYC493/494.