Dr. Aya Inamori Williams is a multilingual clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, where she teaches family therapy and multicultural counseling. Her work focuses on how language and cultural experiences shape mental health, particularly in multilingual and immigrant families. Her recent publication in Clinical Psychological Science examines how speaking multiple languages influences the expression of depression and anxiety among Japanese-English bilinguals.Dr. Jeanette Altarriba is a cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York.  She also serves as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UAlbany. Her work focuses on the representation of linguistic concepts in monolingual and bilingual speakers and the ways in which language, emotion, and cognition impact memory, word processing, perception/attention, and clinical practice and therapy.  Most recently, she co-edited a volume entitled Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Advances in Understanding Adaptive Memory with Oxford University Press.

Dr. Aya Inamori Williams is a multilingual clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, where she teaches family therapy and multicultural counseling. Her work focuses on how language and cultural experiences shape mental health, particularly in multilingual and immigrant families. Her recent publication in Clinical Psychological Science examines how speaking multiple languages influences the expression of depression and anxiety among Japanese-English bilinguals.Dr. Jeanette Altarriba is a cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York.  She also serves as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UAlbany. Her work focuses on the representation of linguistic concepts in monolingual and bilingual speakers and the ways in which language, emotion, and cognition impact memory, word processing, perception/attention, and clinical practice and therapy.  Most recently, she co-edited a volume entitled Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Advances in Understanding Adaptive Memory with Oxford University Press.

Dr. Aya Inamori Williams is a multilingual clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, where she teaches family therapy and multicultural counseling. Her work focuses on how language and cultural experiences shape mental health, particularly in multilingual and immigrant families. Her recent publication in Clinical Psychological Science examines how speaking multiple languages influences the expression of depression and anxiety among Japanese-English bilinguals.Dr. Jeanette Altarriba is a cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York.  She also serves as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UAlbany. Her work focuses on the representation of linguistic concepts in monolingual and bilingual speakers and the ways in which language, emotion, and cognition impact memory, word processing, perception/attention, and clinical practice and therapy.  Most recently, she co-edited a volume entitled Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Advances in Understanding Adaptive Memory with Oxford University Press.