Jennifer Abe

Professor of Psychology | Psychological Science

  • Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Jennifer Shimako Abe is a Professor of Psychological Science at Loyola Marymount University and a senior research associate at LMU’s Psychology Applied Research Center (PARC). She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA in 1992, and her research broadly addresses topics related to mental health service delivery for ethnically diverse populations, including help-seeking, disparities, spirituality, cultural humility, and community-defined evidence practices. Her teaching includes a course on Liberation Psychologies, based on the work of Fr. Ignacio Martin-Baró, S.J., one of the Jesuits killed in El Salvador in 1989. Jennifer has served in various leadership capacities at LMU, including terms as associate dean (BCLA, 2005-2010), founding co-director for the Casa de la Mateada program (Córdoba, Argentina, 2013-18), and vice president for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2019-21). Jennifer was part of Cohort 2 for the Ignatian Colleagues Program (2009-2011) and has long been committed to the intersections of culture, spirituality, and justice in the context of Ignatian values and the university mission.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

Ph. D

Psychology

1992

University of California, Los Angeles

M.A.

Psychology

1987

Wheaton College

B.A.

Psychology

1985

With high honors

Areas of Expertise

Cultural competence/cultural humility in mental health service delivery
Help-seeking for mental health services among Asian Americans
Asian American mental health

Affiliations

  • LMU-Psychology Applied Research Center (PARC)
  • LMU-Casa de la Mateada program
  • American Psychological Association
  • Asian American Psychological Association

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish (intermediate)
  • Japanese (Basic conversation)

Courses

General Psychology

PSYC 100/1000

Psychology, Spirituality, and Culture

PSYC 398/AMCS 398

Liberation Psychologies: Theory and Praxis

PSYC 3998 -Engaged Learning flag with activities in South LA

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Articles

Immigration and psychotic experiences in the United States: Another example of the epidemiological paradox?

Psychiatry Research

Oh, H., Abe, J., Negi, N., & DeVylder, J. (2015). Immigration and psychotic experiences in the United States: Another example of the epidemiological paradox? Psychiatry Research, 229, 784-790.

Spirituality and Culture: Implications for Mental Health Service Delivery to Diverse Populations

Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health

Abe, J. (2013). Spirituality and Culture: Implications for Mental Health Service Delivery to Diverse Populations. In F.A. Paniagua and A.-M. Yamada (Eds.) Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health (pp. 147-166). Oxford: Academic Press.

A community ecology approach to cultural competence: Implications for mental health service delivery

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Abe, J. (2012). A community ecology approach to cultural competence: Implications for mental health service delivery. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 3(3), 168-180.

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