Psychology Lecture Series: "COVID-19 Racism towards Asian American Youth: Consequences and Solutions" presented by Dr. Cixin Wang

The Psychology Department welcomes Dr. Cixin Wang as the second speaker in its 2021-2022 virtual lecture series: The Psychology of COVID-19 and Public Health.

Asian Americans experienced a surge of racism and xenophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been associated with high levels of mental health difficulties. During this lecture, Dr. Wang will review the history of anti-Asian racism and discuss common myths about Asian American families. She will also present recent data on Asian American students' experience with racism and discuss possible solutions. Participants will learn how to better understand anti-Asian racism and support Asian American youth and families.  

Dr. Wang is an associate professor of school psychology in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park (Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education). She received her Ph.D. in school psychology from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2011. She then completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins University in 2013. Her research interests focus on bullying prevention and mental health promotion among children and adolescents. Dr. Wang's research seeks to: (1) better understand different factors contributing to bullying/ victimization and mental health difficulties, including individual, family, school, and cultural factors; (2) develop effective prevention and intervention techniques to decrease bullying at school; and (3) develop school-wide prevention models to promote mental health among students, especially among culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. She has published more than 60 SCI journal articles and conducted more than 100 national and international presentations.

This event may be used to satisfy the Lecture Reflection Requirement in PSYC206 and PSYC493/494.