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Chunyan Yang is an Associate Professor in School Psychology at the Berkeley School of Education, University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on understanding how school members interact within ecological contexts to find resilience both individually and collectively when facing risks and adversities such as bullying, mental health challenges, and teacher-targeted violence. Dr. Yang employs a socio-ecological framework to explore multilevel influences on risk and resilience processes, including school climate, social-emotional learning, and cultural norms. She has utilized cross-cultural and multi-cultural comparative approaches to investigate culturally specific and universal patterns of resilience in diverse school populations. With over 60 scholarly publications and more than 70 presentations at national and international conferences, her scholarship contributes to various fields including school psychology, developmental psychology, and educational psychology. Dr. Yang has received several prestigious awards, including the Hellman Fellowship and the Early Career Research Award from the Society for the Study of School Psychology. She actively serves as an editorial fellow for the School Psychology Review and engages in research-practice partnerships to enhance educator resilience and school safety.
Department of Counseling, Clinical, School Psychology, UC Santa Barbara • United States
Teaching and conducting research in the field of school psychology.
District-wide Multicultural Assessment Consultation Team, Northern Colorado • United States
Provided psychological services and assessments in a multicultural context.
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