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Ryan E. Flinn, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of North Dakota. They also serve as Co-Director and Principal Investigator of the SAMHSA-funded Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center (HHS Region 8) and the Director and Principal Investigator of the State Opioid Response-Technical Assistance for Region 8.
Ryan completed their master’s degree at the University of Detroit Mercy, their doctorate at New Mexico State University (internship at The Ohio State University’s Counseling and Consultation Service), and postdoctoral training in HIV/LGBTQ Health Psychology at the Medical College of Georgia.
Ryan is active in American Psychological Association (APA) service as a Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP) member. Through this role, Ryan engages in efforts to represent early career psychologists on the Committee of State Leaders (CSL) and the Executive Board of Division 31 (State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Associations Affairs). Ryan also serves on the Early Career Professionals Committee of Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) and the Public Policy Committee of Division 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity). Ryan contributed as a research assistant to the revision of the APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons (February 2021) and co-author of the Statement Opposing Legislation Targeting Transgender and Gender Diverse People released by Division 44 (June 2023). Ryan also enjoys serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, The Counseling Psychologist, and Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
Ryan is a teacher, supervisor, advisor, mentor, advocate, clinician, and researcher. Ryan has trained and worked in Iowa, Nebraska, California, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Ohio, and Georgia. The National Institute on Drug Abuse supports Ryan’s research through mentored training grants at UCLA, Brown University, Harvard University, Brandeis University, and the Lighthouse Institute. Ryan directs the Trauma, Substance, Justice, and Recovery Lab at the University of North Dakota. This lab aims to address the syndemic of trauma, substance use, legal system involvement, and HIV transmission, especially among sexual and gender minorities, people of color, and people with low income and economic marginalization. Please visit our website to learn more (https://education.und.edu/research/tsjr-lab.html)
- COUN 530: Theories of Counseling, Personality, and Development
- COUN 568: Adult Cognitive and Personality Assessment
- COUN 560: Supervision and Consultation Theory and Practice
- Recovery support services; trauma; substance use; legal system involvement; sexual and gender minorities; peer support; help-seeking; stigma; access to care; HIV prevention and treatment; emerging adults
- For a current list of publications, please see: https://www.ryanelliottflinn.com/publications
- 2021 Ph.D: Counseling Psychology (APA-Accredited), New Mexico State University
- 2016 M.A.: Clinical Psychology, University of Detroit Mercy
- 2014 B.S.: Sociology and Psychology, Creighton University
- 2009 A.A.S.: Sign Language Interpreting, Iowa Western Comm. Coll.
- 2023-Present: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Education, Health, & Behavior Studies, The University of North Dakota
- 2021-2023: Postdoctoral Fellow (HIV/LGBTQ Health Psychology), Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior, The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
- 2020-2021: Psychology Intern (APA-Accredited Internship), The Ohio State University Counseling and Consultation Service