Research interests
Laurie “Lali” McCubbin’s research interests and expertise include: risk and protective factors and resilience among indigenous peoples and people of color, cultural identity development, multicultural counseling and career development. She is also the associate director of the Stress, Coping, and Resilience Project: Individuals, Families, and Communities in collaboration with the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Teaching/professional interests
Laurie “Lali” McCubbin teaches Counseling Diverse Populations; Masters Internship in Community Counseling; Theories, Research, and Techniques; Doctoral Practicum in Counseling Psychology II, Life Span Development and Counseling Issues, and Masters Internship in School Counseling. Previously, McCubbin taught at Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Recent accomplishments
- McCubbin, L. D., & Marsella, A. (2009). Native Hawaiians and Psychology: The cultural, and historical context of indigenous ways of knowing. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. 15(4), 374-387.
- McCubbin, L.D. & Dang, T. (2009). Native Hawaiian identity and measurement: An ecological perspective on indigenous identity development. In J. G. Ponterotto, J. M. Casas, L. A. Suzuki & C. M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- McCubbin, L. D. (2009). Intersecting multiple identities: The case of Lehua. In M. E. Gallardo, & B. McNeill. (Eds.). Intersections of multiple identities: A casebook of evidence-based practices with diverse populations. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Zhang, W., McCubbin, H., McCubbin, L., Chen, Q., Foley, S., Strom, I., & Kehl, L. (2009). Education and self-rated health: An individual and neighborhood level analysis of Asian Americans, Hawaiians, and Caucasians in Hawaii. Social Science & Medicine, 1-9.
- McCubbin, L. D., Ishikawa, M., & McCubbin, H. I. (2007). Kanaka Maoli: Native Hawaiians and Their Testimony of Trauma and Resilience, (pp. 271-298). In A. Marsella, J. Johnson, P. Watson, & J. Gryczynski (Eds.). Ethnocultural perspectives on disaster and trauma: Foundations, issues and applications. New York, NY: Springer.
- Cochran, P., Marshall, C. A., Garcia-Downing, C, Kendall, E., Cook, D., McCubbin, L., & Gover, R. (2008). Indigenous ways of knowing: Implications for participatory research and community. American Journal of Public Health, 98(1), 8-13.
Educational background
- Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
- M.A. Mental Health Counseling, Boston College, 1998
- Graduate program in International Management, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1994-1996.
