Tamara Kang, PhD

Tamara Kang received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Ph.D. in Legal Psychology, and Quantitative Certificate from The University of Texas at El Paso. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychological & Behavioral Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She was awarded an APA Division 41 Early Career Professional Grant to qualitatively examine re-entry barriers in rural areas with limited infrastructural supports and was a recipient of the APA Div. 18 Criminal Justice Section Early Career Achievement Award. She serves as the APA Div. 41 Corrections Committee co-chair and is a member of the APA Div. 41 Science Impact and Communication committee. Her research focuses on re-entry barriers, implementation in correctional settings, rehabilitation and assessment for subgroups of justice-involved persons, and translation of research into practice.