Sara Buckingham

Sara Buckingham
Associate Professor
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, 2016–2017
  • 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 A375: Social Psychology
  • PSY A612: Human Development in a Cultural Context
  • 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

  • Representative for APA Division 27: Society for Community Research and Action, 
  • Executive Committee Member, 
  • Editorial Board Member, 
  • Reviewer, Journals Spanning Clinical-Community-Cultural Psychology
  • Licensed Psychologist (AK 125402)
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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

Buckingham, S. L., *Schroeder, T., & *Hutchinson, J. (2023).  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 

Buckingham, S. L., 
*Schroeder, T., & *Hutchinson, J. (2023). 
 American Journal of Community Psychology. 

*Snyder, J., *Skirko, S., *Mangini, L., *Hunt, S., & Buckingham, S. L. (2023).  Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice.


Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Buckingham, S. L., Rusch, D. R., *Charvonia, A., *Young, R. I., Lewis, R., Ford-Paz, R., Mehta, T. G., & *Perez, C. M. (2023).  American Journal of Community Psychology. 


Buckingham, S. L.
& *Hutchinson, J. (2022).  Transcultural Psychiatry. 


Brodsky, A. E., Buckingham, S. L.Fedi, A., Rochira, A., Gattino, S., *Altal, D., & Mannarini, T. (2022).  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 92(5), 564–577. 


Buckingham, S. L., 
Mbise, A., Chen, T., Kuhn, S., Gat, N., *Sytniak, S. (2022).  In SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE. 


Mbise, A., Buckingham, S. L., Kimmel, M., Kuhn, S., Gat, N., & Chen, T. (2022).  In The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Palgrave.  


Ivanova, M. Y., Hall, A., Weinberger, S., Buckingham, S. L.Copeland, W., Crockett, P., D’Alberto, C., Dainer-Best, J., Dewey, L., Flanders, N., Foret, D., Galano, M., Goodrich, L., Holly, L., Leahey, M., Lerner, M., Marsh, J., McGinnis, E., Paiva-Salisbury, M., Shaw, J., Tinker, R., Swift, P., & Hudziak., J. (2022).  Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 


Mannarini, T., Rizzo, M., Brodsky, A. E., Buckingham, S. L.*Zhao, J., Rochira, A., & Fedi, A. (2022).  Journal of Community Psychology, 50(5), 2273-2289. 


Buckingham, S. L.
, & *Angulo, A. (2022). . Journal of Community Psychology, 50(2), 627-652. 


*Hutchinson, J., & Buckingham, S. L. (2021).  Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 60(1-2), 211-236. 


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). . American Journal of Community Psychology, 68(3-4), 269-291.  [Adopted as a Policy Statement by Division 27 of the American Psychological Association]


Buckingham, S. L.
, *Schroeder, T., & Christensen Fullmer, A. (2021). . In SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE. 


Buckingham, S. L.
, & Brodsky, A. E. (2020). . American Journal of Community Psychology, 67(3-4), 364-379. 


Buckingham, S. L.
, Becker, K. D., Reding, M., Chorpita, B., & Daleiden E. (2019). . Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46(6),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;777–789.


Buckingham, S. L.
, & *Suarez-Pedraza, M. C. (2019). . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(4),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;406–419.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;


Scott, J. T. B., Larson, J., Buckingham, S. L., Maton, K. I., & Crowley, M. (2019).  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(4),434–441.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;


Fedi, A., Mannarini, T., Brodsky, A. E., Rochira, A., Buckingham, S. L., Emery, L. R., Godsay, S, Scheibler, J. E., Miglietta, A., & Gattino, S. (2019).  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(1),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;1–15.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;


Buckingham, S. L.
, Brodsky, A. E., Fedi, A., Mannarini, T., Rochira, A., Emery, L. R., & Godsay, S., Miglietta, A., & Gattino, S. (2018). . American Journal of Community Psychology, 62(1–2),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;23–40.


Buckingham, S. L.
, & *Vargas Garcia, K. (2018). . In SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE.


Langhout, R. D., Buckingham, S. L., Oberoi, A., Chavez, N., Rusch, D., Esposito, F., & Suarez-Balcazar, Y. (2018). . American Journal of Community Psychology, 62(1–2),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;3–12.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;
[Adopted as a Policy Statement by Division 27 of the American Psychological Association]

Buckingham, S. L.
, Emery, L. R., Godsay, S., Brodsky, A. E., & Scheibler, J. E. (2018). . Journal of Community Psychology, 46(2),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;171–186.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;


Brodsky, A. E., Mannarini, T., 
Buckingham, S. L., & Scheibler, J. E. (2017).  In M. A. Bond, C. B. Keys, & I. Serrano-Garcia (Eds.), APA Handbook of Community Psychology (pp. 75–90). American Psychological Association.


Buckingham, S. L.
, Brandt, N. E., Becker, K. D., Gordon, D., & Cammack, N. (2016).  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(12),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;3702–3715.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;


Becker, K. D., Buckingham, S. L., Najarian, L. R., & Klein, E. (2016). . Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 10(6),&²Ô²ú²õ±è;455–467.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;


Brodsky, A. E., 
Buckingham, S. L.Scheibler, J. E., & Mannarini, T. (2016).  In L. Jason & D. Glenwick (Eds.), Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods (pp. 13–21). Oxford University Press.  


Becker, K. D., Buckingham, S. L., & Brandt, N. E. (2015). . Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 24(2), 385–398. 


Buckingham, S. L.
, & Brodsky, A. E. (2015). . Journal of Latina/o Psychology, 3(3), 143–159.

* indicates student or alumnus author

Dr. Buckingham is on sabbatical for the 2023-2024 academic year. She is not accepting new research team members while on sabbatical. She will consider prospective advisees aiming to join the PhD program in Fall 2024; please review her team's work to determine if your interests align.