Sara Buckingham
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Associate Professor
Clinical-Community Psychology Ph.D. Program
SSB 303F
(907) 786-1767
sbuckingham@alaska.edu
Clinical-Community Psychology Ph.D. Program
SSB 303F
(907) 786-1767
sbuckingham@alaska.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Human Services Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2017
- Clinical Psychology (APA-accredited) and Community & Applied Social Psychology
- Doctoral Internship (APA-accredited), University of Vermont, 2016鈥2017
- M.A., Human Services Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2013
- B.A., Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, 2010
- B.A., Sociology, University of Northern Colorado, 2010
Teaching Responsibilities
- PSY A372: Community Psychology
- PSY A616: Program Evaluation I
- PSY A617: Program Evaluation II
- PSY A629: Intervention II
- PSY A652: Clinical Practicum I
- PSY A653: Clinical Practicum II
- PSY A658: Qualitative Analysis
- PSY A670: Psychotherapy Internship
Professional & Department Service
- Co-Director, Center for Community Engagement and Learning
- Psychologist, WWAMI School of Medical Education
- Senator, 新加坡六合彩开奖 Faculty Senate
- Council Leadership Team Member and Representative for Division 27: Society for Community Research and Action,
- Executive Committee Member,
- Director at Large,
- Editorial Board Member,
- Editorial Board Member,
- Licensed Psychologist (AK 125402, VT 048.0134277)
Research Interests
- Contextual Models of Acculturation
- Psychological Sense of Community
- Welcoming and Liberatory Spaces
- Empowerment, Resilience, and Resistance to Oppression
- Culturally Responsive, Evidence Based Behavioral Health Services for Forced Migrant Populations
- Qualitative Research Methods and Research Translation to Inform Policymaking
Publications
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Selected publications below
Selected publications below
Buckingham, S. L., *Sytniak, S., Chen, T., Mbise, A., Kuhn, S., Gat, N., (2024). Welcoming: The development of sense of community post-migration in a secluded northern American city. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 10(1/1), 109鈥132.
Buckingham, S. L., *Schroeder, T., & *Hutchinson, J. (2023). Knowing Who You Are (Becoming): Effects
of a university-based Elder-led cultural identity program on Alaska Native students鈥
identity development, cultural strengths, behavioral health, and sense of community. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(5), 389鈥401.
Buckingham, S. L., *Schroeder, T., & *Hutchinson, J. (2023). Elder-led cultural identity program as counterspace at a public university: Narratives on sense of community, empowering settings, and
empowerment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 72(12), 32鈥47.
Buckingham, S. L., & *Hutchinson, J. (2022). 鈥淚t's like having strong roots. We鈥檙e firmly planted.鈥:
Cultural identity development among Alaska Native university students. Transcultural Psychiatry.
Buckingham, S. L., & *Angulo, A. (2022). The impact of public policies on acculturation: A mixed-method
study of Latinx immigrants鈥 experiences in four U.S. states. Journal of Community Psychology, 50(2), 627鈥652.
Buckingham, S. L., Langhout, R. D., Rusch, D., Mehta, T., Chavez, N. R., Ferreira van Leer, K., Oberoi,
A., Indart, M., Paloma, V., King, V. E., & Olson, B. (2021). The roles of settings
in supporting immigrants鈥 resistance to injustice and oppression. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68(3鈥4), 269鈥291.
*Hutchinson, J., & Buckingham, S. L. (2021). The impact of higher education on Alaska Native students鈥 cultural identities. Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 60(1鈥2), 211鈥236.
Buckingham, S. L., & Brodsky, A. E. (2020). Relative privilege, risk, and sense of community: Understanding
Latinx immigrants鈥 empowerment and resilience processes across the United States. American Journal of Community Psychology, 67(3鈥4), 364鈥379.
Buckingham, S. L., & *Suarez-Pedraza, M. C. (2019). 鈥業t has cost me a lot to adapt to here鈥: The divergence
of real acculturation from ideal acculturation impacts Latinx immigrants鈥 psychosocial
wellbeing. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(4), 406鈥419.&苍产蝉辫;
Buckingham, S. L., Brodsky, A. E., Fedi, A., Mannarini, T., Rochira, A., Emery, L. R., & Godsay, S.,
Miglietta, A., & Gattino, S. (2018). Shared communities: A multinational qualitative
study of immigrant and receiving community members. American Journal of Community Psychology, 62(1鈥2), 23鈥40.
Langhout, R. D., Buckingham, S. L., Oberoi, A., Chavez, N., Rusch, D., Esposito, F., & Suarez-Balcazar, Y. (2018). Statement
on the effects of deportation and forced separation on immigrants, their families,
and communities. American Journal of Community Psychology, 62(1鈥2), 3鈥12.
Buckingham, S. L., Emery, L. R., Godsay, S., Brodsky, A. E., & Scheibler, J. E. (2018). 'You opened
my mind': Latinx immigrant and receiving community interactional dynamics in the United
States. Journal of Community Psychology, 46(2),&苍产蝉辫;171鈥186.
Brodsky, A. E., Buckingham, S. L., Scheibler, J. E., & Mannarini, T. (2016). Introduction to qualitative approaches.
In L. Jason & D. Glenwick (Eds.), Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research: Qualitative, Quantitative,
and Mixed Methods (pp. 13鈥21). Oxford University Press.
Buckingham, S. L., Brandt, N. E., Becker, K. D., Gordon, D., & Cammack, N. (2016). Collaboration, empowerment, and advocacy: Consumer perspectives about treatment engagement. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(12), 3702鈥3715.&苍产蝉辫;
Buckingham, S. L., & Brodsky, A. E. (2015). 鈥極ur differences don鈥檛 separate us鈥: Immigrant families navigate intrafamilial
acculturation gaps through diverse resilience processes. Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 3(3), 143鈥159.
* indicates student or alumnus author