Academic Experiences
Courses Taught
Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
PSY238: Psychological Distress & Disorder
PSY224: International Psychology
CPEB224: Problems, Process, and Actions about U.S. Immigration Detention
PSY305: Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology
PSY394: Mentored Research in Psychology
PSY494: Advanced Mentored Research
PSY424: Seminar in International Psychology: Immigrant Mental Health Disparities
PSY428/424: Seminar in International Psychology: Immigration Psychology
Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
PSY617: Psychology of Culture & Identity
PSY658: Evidence-based Practice in Counseling
PSY662: Theories and Techniques of Counseling
PSY706: History of Psychology
PSY677: Grief Counseling
PSY686: Supervised Internship II
PSY661: Counseling Theories & Techniques II
PSY693: Advanced Research Seminar: Diversity & Multiculturalism
PSY660: Counseling Theories & Techniques I
PSY685: Supervised Internship I
PSY693: Independent Study: Advanced Research Design
PSY693: Independent Study: Introduction to Mental Health in Uganda
PSY683: Dissertation II
PSY682: Practicum
PSY693: Independent Study: Advanced Research Studies in Themes of LGB Acceptance
PSY862: Dissertation I
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Global Union Language Exchange Teacher (Fall 2006-Summer 2009). Taught two weekly one-hour advanced, intermediate, and beginner French.
Selected Publications
Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J., Case, J., Tokplo, L., & Baur, C. (2021). Migration trends and dietary patterns in Sub-Saharan African adult immigrants: A comparative analysis of populations in France, the UK, and the USA. Migration Studies, 9(3), 1116-1143.
Zhang, X., Zhao, K., Zhang, G., Feng, R., Chen, J., Xu, D., Liu, X., Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J., Huang, H., Wang, W., Liu, Y., & Chen, L. (2021) Occupational stress and mental health: A comparison between frontline medical staff and non-frontline medical staff during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease outbreak. Frontiers Psychiatry, 11, 555703. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.555703
Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J., Lu, C., Muse, C., & Tokplo, C. (2019). The influence of intersectional identities on the employment integration of Sub-Saharan African women immigrants in the U.S. Immigrant & Refugee Studies. doi: 10.1080/15562948.2019.1570417
Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J., Williamson-Taylor, C., Inman, A., & Case, J. (2017). Psychotherapists’ empathy for childfree women of intersecting age and SES. The Journal of Mental Health Counseling. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.39.3.03,
Watroba, L., Eckley, J., & Ngoubene-Atioky, A.J. (2016). A critical analysis of acculturation, sociocultural pressures, body image, and disordered eating among Asian immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States. In C. Roland-Lévy & J. Lemoine (Eds.), Unity, Diversity, and Culture: Selected papers from the Twenty Second International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. Reims, France: International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. Accessible here http://www.iaccp.org/sites/default/files/reims_pdf/U2ScP1/Watroba.pdf .
Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J. (2012). Life experiences of constructively adapting adolescent war refugees: in the Northeast U.S. and in the Greater area of Vancouver in Canada. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.
Inman, A., Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J., Ladany, N., & Mack, T. (2009). School counselors in international schools: Critical issues and challenges. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 31, 80-99.
Baro, F., Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J., Toye, J., & Vande Gucht, M. (2009). Survivors of suicide loss. In D. Wasserman, D. & C. Wasserman (Eds.), Suicidology and suicide prevention: A global perspective. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Selected Conference Presentations
Olson, A., Morse, J., Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J., Hamilton, D., Baron, J., Unterberger, J., Barner-Watson, A. & Dinishenskaya, R. “Co-creating sustainable and healthful communities: a microcounseling skills training and engagement with a refugee and immigrant youth summer camp,” Presentation at the Society for Community Research and Action poster session at the American Psychological Association virtual conference in August 2020.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, G. Zanardelli, C. Williamson-Taylor, J. Morse, I. Okozi, D. Benson, & J. Cyranowski. “Academic Functioning of Black Counseling Psychology Doctoral Students”, Presentation at the early career psychologists poster session at the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA in August 2018.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, N. Nyutu, & A. Tindi, “Training and research considerations for African-centered psychologists and international students”, Presentation at the Society of International Psychology (Division 52) programming suite at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco in August 2018.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, P. Tisserant, & M.-L. Wagner, “Cross-cultural perceptions of immigration and diversity among French and U.S. psychology students”, Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C. in August 2017.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, “Mental health, acculturation, and self-reported health status of Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the U.S”, Symposium at the International Congress of Psychology on Contextual Factors, Acculturation Process, and Mental Health of Immigrants in Japan and the U.S., Yokohama, Japan, July, 2016.
W. Goff, S. White, L. Schlegel, M. O'Shea, and A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, “Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual unity among families of African American/Black descent”, Poster at the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Division 45, Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on Acculturation, Cultural Processes, Education, and Immigrant Experiences, Toronto, ON, Canada, August, 2015.
S. Ettigi and A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, “Ethical or not? Managing ethical dilemmas in a global context within supervision”, Roundtable session at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association on Choices, challenges, change, and chances: A new face of supervision and training in counseling psychology, Washington D.C., USA, August, 2011.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, A. J. “Clinical versus I/O executive coaching boundaries – Mock licensing board hearing” (Acting role of court deputy). Paper presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August, 2009.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, A. G. Inman, and N. Ladany, “Needs of counselors in international schools”, Symposium at the Mediterranean American International School Conference, Madrid, Spain, November, 2008.
T. Q. Richardson, A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, and Y. Mori, “Perspectives and needs of international students”, Symposium at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on Leadership, training and perspectives in internationalization of counseling psychology, Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2008.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky and T. Richardson, “Skin color and attractiveness: An international perspective”, Poster at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California, August, 2008.
M. C. Cruza-Guet and A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, “The relationship between acculturation, gender roles, and close interpersonal relationships among Hispanic females”. Poster at the annual IARR New Scholar Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, July, 2007.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky and C. Hayling, “The experience of African graduate students and the role of counseling psychologists”, Symposium at the Black Psychology Conference, Washington DC, April, 2007.
C. Hayling, and A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, “The intersection of racial and ethnic identity among Hispanic immigrant populations”, Poster at the annual conference of Boston College Diversity Challenge, Boston, Massachusetts, October, 2006.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, S. G. Fine, and C. Williamson-Taylor, “Bilingualism in supervision process and outcome”, Poster at the annual conference of the Society of Psychotherapy Research, Edinburgh, Scotland, June, 2006.
A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky and T. Q. Richardson, “More milk in your coffee? Skin color bias in career counseling”, Poster at the annual conference of the Middle Atlantic Society of Psychotherapy Research, St Mary's City, Maryland, October, 2005.
D. Boyd, N. Ladany, and A. J. Ngoubene-Atioky, “LGB Training Issues in Supervision”, Roundtable session at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC, August, 2005.