Christine Kindler
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Fall 2025 Office Hours
By appointment - please schedule or email Dr. Kindler to schedule.
Psychology Postdoctoral Resident, Substance Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic
Veteran Affairs Pacific Islands Healthcare System - Honolulu, HI | 2024 - 2025
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
Howard University, Washington, D.C. (2024)
M.A., Conflict Transformation
Eastern Mennonite University - Harrisonburg, VA (2017)
B.A., History
University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY (2012)
Research Interests:
I am committed to increasing access to community-based mental health interventions that are evidence-based, culturally-responsive, and restorative in nature. My work also focuses beyond symptom reduction to include broader facets, including addressing drivers of mental health disparities, community violence, civil unrest, and reparations in conflict and post-conflict settings.
BRIDGE Lab
The BRIDGE Lab examines how intergroup conflict, collective crises, and structural inequities affect mental health and community wellbeing. We focus on practices that foster accountability, reconciliation, and healing - particularly through trauma-informed and restorative approaches. Our goal is to generate research that supports individuals and communities facing adversity, with an emphasis on culturally responsive and community-driven frameworks for mental health.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Marsac, M.L., McGar, A.B., Kindler, C., Shake, M., Smith-Thomas, T., Gray, B.A.C., Lawrence, J.N., Cook, C.D., Shenoi, A.N., & Ragsdale, L. An Initial Evaluation of the Impact of Trauma-Informed Care Training in Pediatrics. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 2025: Advance online publication.
Holliday, R., Wong, S., Kindler, C., Jordan, S., Aase, D., Iwamasa, G.Y., Liu, S., Tsai, J., Molella, L.E., Monteith, L. (2025). Traumatic brain injury among native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Veterans accessing VHA homeless services: A preliminary examination.Frontiers in Public Health.
Kang, E., Kindler, C., Amour, A.T.S., Locus, K., Hosaka, K.R.J., Leslie, M.C., Patel, N. (2024). Youth engagement synergy in mental health legislation and programming. Special issue: Home and Community Based Services for Youth and Families in Crisis (K. Gordon-Achebe, R. Legha, and M. Durham, Editors). On-line First (1 May 2024).
Kindler, C., Kang, E., Delzell, D., Snyder, J., Karekezi, G., Mbonyingbo, C. (2022). Reclaiming humanity together: Factors affecting survivor readiness to reconcile in post-genocide Rwanda.Journal of Peace & Change, 00: 1-20.
Kang, E., Woojae, K., Dolezal, C., Kindler, C. & Mellins, C.A. (2021). Developmental trajectories of health outcomes and HIV stigma among youth adults living with perinatal HIV in New York City.AIDS & Behavior, 25(11): 3712-3720.
Marsac, M.L., McGar, A., Kindler, C. & Ragsdale, L. (2020). Using trauma-informed medical care as a way to teach providers to empathetically approach patient care and themselves.Pediatrics,146(1), 214.
Kindler, C., Kassam-Adams, N., Borger, T., Marsac, M. (2019). Child and parent perceptions of participating in multimethod research in the acute aftermath of pediatric injury.Research Ethics, 15(3), 1-14.
McGar, A., Kindler, C. & Marsac, M. (2019). āA systematic review of eHealth interventions for preventing and treating psychological sequelae resulting from pediatric medical conditions.āJournal of Medical Internet Research,2(2).
Marsac, M., Kindler, C., Weiss, D. & Ragsdale, L. (2018). āLetās talk about it: Supporting family communication during end-of-life care of pediatric patients.āJournal of Palliative Medicine, 21(6).
Book Chapters
Marsac, M., Meadows, A., Kindler, C., & McGar, A. (2020). āChapter 18: Intensive care and trauma.ā In C. Carter & K. Kullgreen (eds.), Cliniciansā handbook of pediatric psychological consultation-liaison in medical settings. New York, NY: Springer International Publishing.