Moonkyung Min (she/her)

Moonkyung Min is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology at the University at Buffalo. As a counseling and cultural psychologist, her research focuses on immigrant and refugee mental health, with particular attention to intersectional experiences related to race, LGBTQ identities, culture, and migration. She is interested in how identity complexities and multiple systems of oppression influence everyday life and mental health among underrepresented populations. Using qualitative and community-engaged methods, her work aims to center the lived experiences of marginalized communities to inform culturally competent clinical practice.

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Calgary, Counseling Psychology (2025)
• Master of Arts (MA), Ewha Womans University, Counseling Psychology (2013)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Sogang University, Psychology & History (2009)

• Certificate of Academic Excellence 2025, Doctoral Thesis; Canadian Psychological Association; 2025-08-15;
• SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; 2024-05-01;

• Min, M., Chang, E., Coombs, E., Shinbine, D., Noh, H., Yi, H. J., Maroney, M. R., & Horne, S. G. (2025). “Between losing my family and asserting my identity”: Exploration of Korean LGBQ YouTubers’ experiences coming out to parents. Psychology and Sexuality, 16(1), 314–329.
• Min, M., Espinosa, A., & Akinsulure-Smith, A. M. (2022). My body, my culture: Understanding body image concerns among West African immigrant women. International Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 25(3), 634-642.
• Min. M., Wong, T., & Akinsulure-Smith, A. M. (2022). Exploring beliefs and attitudes towards Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting among healthcare providers in New York City. Violence Against Women, 28(12-13), 3174–3193.
• Min, M., Rosenfeld, B., & Keller, A. (2020). Mothers’ reports of behavioral symptoms among children detained at family detention centers in the U.S. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development, 17(4), 344-354.
• Smith, H., Keatley, E., & Min, M. (2018). Group treatment with French-speaking African survivors of torture and its effects on clinical engagement: Can hope be operationalized? International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 69(2), 240–252.

• Min, M. & Lee, H. (August, 2026). Mental health Among Asian American LGBTQ populations: A scoping review. Poster presentation. Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.;
• Min, M., Coombs, E., Shinbine, D., Madaan, R., Maroney, M. R., Wada, K., & Callaghan, T. (August, 2026). Arrived but not settled: LGBTQ newcomers’ navigating resettlement in Canada. Poster presentation. Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.;
• Min, M., Zhao, X., Maroney, M. R. (August, 2024). East Asian LGBTQ individuals’ coming out experiences to parents: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Poster presentation. Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.;
• Min, M. (June, 2023). Warring selves: Intersectional stress and lived experience of Asian LGBTQ individuals. Oral presentation. Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention, Toronto, ON.;

• Program Committee Chair; Division 17 Section for Advocacy of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (SASOGD)
  01/01/2026-12/31/2027

• Editorial Board Member; The Counseling Psychologist (TCP)
  01/01/2026-12/31/2028