Mia Smith Bynum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Clinical Psychology

Education:                      Ph.D.,1999, University of Virginia
                                        M. A., 1996, University of Virginia
                                        B.A. with honors, 1993, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Employment History:    2001-present Assistant Professor, Purdue University
                                        1999-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow
                                        Center for Family Research, University of Georgia

• My primary research interests focuses on the influence of family processes on mental health in ethnic minority adults and children.  This includes a specific focus on parenting behavior. I am also interested in the role of cultural and contextual factors like racial identity, discrimination, income, and neighborhood variables in individual outcomes for ethnic minorities.  Current research examines these processes in African American families via an ecological theoretical framework.
• I am also interested in mental health issues for African American women and how these issues play a role in family processes.

         Murry, V. M., Bynum, M. S., Brody, G. H., Willert, A., & Stephens, D. (2001). African American single mothers and children in context: A review of studies on risk and resilience. [Invited]. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 4, 133-155.

         Sellers, R. M., Smith, M. A., Shelton, J. N., Johnson, S. A., & Chavous, T. M. (1998). Multidimensional model of racial identity: A reconceptualization of African American racial identity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2, 18-39.

        Bynum, M. S., & Kotchick, B. A.  (2001, November). Parenting, income, and mental health in African American adolescents. Poster session presented at the 34th annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

        Bynum, M. S. (2001, April). Maternal sexual socialization in middle-class African American women. In M. S. Bynum & K. Whitten (Co-Chairs), Ecological perspectives on adolescent sexual outcomes.  Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

        Bynum, M. S., & Brody, G. H. (2000, June). Linking maternal coping to children’s psychosocial outcomes in rural, single-parent, African American families. Poster session presented at the Second Annual Summer Institute of  the Family Research Consortium III, Keystone, CO.

• Child clinical psychology
• Family therapy
• Individual therapy with adolescents
• Minority mental health

• Psychology 451: Assessment & Treatment of Childhood Disorders
• Psychology 668L: Cognitive Assessment Lab
• Graduate practicum in Family Therapy--Fall 2002