About
Lydia HaRim Ahn is a tenure-track assistant professor in counseling and counseling psychology at Arizona State University. She completed her doctorate in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park, her master's degree in counseling and mental health services at the University of Pennsylvania, and her bachelor's degree in psychology and communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include 1) examining the detrimental effects of racism and oppression on marginalized communities with an emphasis on within group differences, 2) familial protective and risk factors between racism and health outcomes with a focus on ethnic-racial socialization and parenting, and 3) promoting healing through psychotherapy, evidence-based videos, and prevention and intervention programming.
Current Work
Dr. Ahn's research aims to examine the impact of racism on health outcomes and to explore what individual and familial factors help when facing racism. In addition, she aims to create, develop, and find interventions that work to promote healing in the face of distress. Currently, Dr. Ahn is working on a number of projects to better understand whether factors such as talking to children about race and a strong parent-child relationship helps when experiencing racism.
Research Area Keyword(s)
racism, ethnic-racial socialization, parenting, Attachment, healing, racism, ethnic-racial socialization, parenting, Attachment, healing