Sara Buckingham

Sara Buckingham, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Dr. Buckingham’s research, practice, and teaching integrate clinical, community, and cultural psychology. Her research centers on how communities and systems shape acculturation, resilience, sense of community, and well-being among immigrant and refugee populations in the United States. In Alaska, she leads the Working Alongside Refugees in Mental Health (WARM) project, dedicated to building capacity for all forced migrants in the state to access culturally and linguistically responsive evidence-based psychological services. She also serves in a number of leadership roles with the Society for Community Research and Action, a Division of the American Psychological Association (APA), including as co-chair of its Immigrant Justice interest group and as the representative of the Division to the APA Council of Representatives.