Education

• Post-doctoral Associate, Memory Keepers – Medical Discovery Team, Department of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health, University of Minnesota, 2020
• Ph.D., Clinical-Community Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2020
• M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2018
• M.S., Biology, University of Bremen, Germany, 2004
• B.S., Biology, University of Bremen, Germany, 2004

Teaching Responsibilities

• PSY A623: Intervention 1
• PSY A665: Psychotherapy Practicum
• PSY A604: Biological and Pharmacological Bases of Behavior
• PSY A684: Clinical Supervision and Consultation
• PSY A260: Statistics for Psychology Lab
• PSY A150: Lifespan Development

Professional & Department Service

• Member: Society for Community Research and Action
• Co-chair Indigenous Interest Group, Society for Community Research and Action
• Member: Gerontological Society of Aging
• Co-chair Indigenous Peoples Interest Group, Gerontological Society of Aging
• Member: Association for Contextual and Behavioral Sciences
• Scientist Advisory Board: Resource Center for Minority Aging Research 
• Reviewer: Gerontologist
• Licensed Psychologist (AK 125402)

Research Interests

• Alaska Native Aging Well Theory
• Family Stigma Related to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias within the Alaska Native Context
• Community-based Participatory Research Approaches Informed by Indigenous Research Methods
• Empowerment, Resilience, and Resistance to Oppression
• Culturally Responsive, Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Services for Older Adults
• Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research to Inform Interventions and Policymaking 

Publications

Kim, S. M., & Lewis, J. P. (2024). Protective Factors in the Context of Successful Aging in Urban-Dwelling Alaska Native Elders. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 39(1), 53-71. doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09493-3

Lewis, J. P., Kim, S. M., Asquith-Heinz, Z., & Withrow, A. (2024). Generativity as a Traditional Way of Life: Successful aging among Unangan Elders in the Aleutian Pribilof Islands. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 39(2), 107-123. doi.org/10.1007/s10823-024-09501-0

Lewis, J. P., Kim, S. M., Asquith-Heinz, Z., & Thompson, L. (2023). Cyclical migration in Alaska Native Elders and its impact on elders' identity and later life well-being. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad072

Crouch, M., Kim, S., Asquith-Heinz, Z., Decker, E., Andrew, N., Rosich, R., & Lewis, J. (2022). Elder-centered research methodology: Research that decolonizes and indigenizes. Innovation in Aging, 6(Supplement_1), 384-384. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1513

Asquith-Heinz, Z., Kim, S. M. & Lewis, P. J.  (2022) Alaska Native successful aging in Northwest Alaska: How family impacts how one ages in a good way. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 81:1, 2147127, DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2022.

McGee, J. S., Zhao, H. C., Myers, D. R., & Kim, S. M. (2017). Positive Psychological Assessment and Early-Stage Dementia. Clinical Gerontologist. DOI:10.1080/07317115.2017.1305032