Betty Yung
Ph.D., Professor
Address: Ellis Institute
9 N. Edwin Moses
Dayton, OH 45402-6837
Phone: 937-775-4327
Fax: 937-775-4323
E-mail:
betty.yung@wright.edu
Areas of Specialization/Interest
Interpersonal
Violence; Child Abuse; Ethnic Minorities and Disadvantaged groups including
Appalachians; Prevention Programming; Adolescents, Mentorship Relationships.
Classes Taught
Grant Writing
Biographical Information
Betty
R. Yung, Ph.D.,
a graduate of the University of Kentucky, is an associate professor
and the director of the Center for Child and Adolescent Violence Prevention
in the School of Professional Psychology . She also serves as the Grants
Officer for SOPP, providing assistance to faculty in locating funding
sources, grant proposal development and grant writing. Her background
includes extensive experience in juvenile court administration and direct
service to court-referred youth, and as a grants specialist and consultant
for university academic programs, public schools, and community agencies.
Her particular areas of research include: children and adolescents,
prevention programming, adolescent violence, program evaluation, and
ethnic minority and Appalachian health and mental health needs. Dr.
Yung has had a major, programmatic role in the development and evaluation
of the Positive Adolescent Choices Training (PACT) Program, a nationally
known adolescent violence prevention program. Dr. Yung teaches an elective
course in grant-writing.
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