MEET OUR DIRECTOR

GIZEM ERDEM, PHD, I-LMFT

Lab Director & Associate Professor of Psychology

Education

Post-doc. Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois-Chicago (2015)

Ph.D. Couple and Family Therapy, The Ohio State University (2014)

M.A. Human Development & Family Science, The Ohio State University (2008)

B.A. Psychology, Boğaziçi University (2006)

Current Positions

Faculty Member, Koç University

Senior Member, National Mentoring Resource Center Research Board (Chicago, IL)

Member, Young Academy Turkey (Istanbul)

Member, Turkish Academy of Sciences, Young Scientist (Ankara)

Member, Society for Research on Adolescence, COVID19 Task Force

Chair-elect, International Section, National Council on Family Relations

Clinical Fellow, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy

Past Positions

Associate Editor, Journal of Child and Family Studies

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (USA)

Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholar, ISCHTE University Lisbon (Portugal)

Secretary & Treasurer, NCFR Family Therapy Section (USA)

New Professional Representative, NCFR International Section (USA)

Treasurer & Board Member, Association of Couple and Family Therapy (Turkey)

Consultant, US Department of Justice

Consultant, UNICEF Turkey

Research interests:

Prevention of adolescent substance misuse & juvenile delinquency

Youth mentoring, resilience, positive youth development

Family-focused interventions

Protective roles of relationships with peers, parents, non-parental adults, and romantic partners

Substance use stigma