Larysa Zasiekina

Лариса Засєкіна - професор, доктор психологічних наук

Professor and Chair of Department of General and Social Psychology, Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University in Lutsk, Ukraine

EDUCATION

2006 Doctor of Psychological Sciences, H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology (Kyiv) 2000 Candidate (Kandidat Nauk) of Psychological Sciences, G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology (Kyiv) 1995 Diploma of Higher Education with Distinction, Foreign Philology Department, Volyn State University, Lutsk

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2008 – present Full Professor of Psychology, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 2005 Associate Professor (Dozent) of Psychology, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 1996 – 1999 Graduate student, Volyn State University

COURSES TAUGHT Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Mindfulness Therapy Therapy of Acceptance and Commitment Cognitive Science Psycholinguistics

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS 2015-2016 – Fulbright Professor, Department of Psychology, Laboratory of Cognitive Science, Oklahoma State University, USA 2012 – Member of Ukrainian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy 2010–2011 – Fulbright Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, University of Central Arkansas, USA; 2010 – Award for Scholarly and Professional Achievements by Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; 2009 Member of Ukrainian Association of Psycholinguists 2008 – Research fellowship under Cambridge Hospitality Scheme Program, Laboratory of Brain, Speech and Language, Cambridge University; 2008 – Winner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Contest for Young Scholars; 2004 Member of the International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics (ISAPL)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2009 – Editor-in-Chief, Psychological Prospects Journal. 2008 – Director and founder of Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Psycholinguistics 2007 - Director of NGO "Social Initiatives and Analytic Research Center"

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian (native speaker), Russian (fluent), English (fluent), German (basic)

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Books: • Language, Speech, Personality in the Mirror of Psycholinguistics: Monograph. (2014). Lutsk: Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University. 292 p. (in Russian) • Foundations of Psychology and Interpersonal Communication. (2013). Lutsk: Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University. 184 p. (co-author T. Pastryk) (in Ukrainian) • ADHD: Theory and Practice (2011) Lutsk: Volyn National University. 228 p. (in Ukrainian). (co-author O. Solovey) • Psycholinguistic Diagnostics (2008). Lutsk: Volyn National University. 188 p. (co-author S. Zasyekin). (in Ukrainian). • Structural and Functional Organization of the Individual Intelligence: Monograph (2005) (in Ukrainian). Ostroh: Ostroh Academy. 370 p. (in Ukrainian). • Introduction to Psycholinguistics (2002). Ostroh: Ostroh Academy. 176 p. (co-author S. Zasyekin) (in Ukrainian). • Technology of Forming Professional Thinking of Foreign Language Teacher. (1999). Kyv: Znannya. (in English)

Book chapters: • Language and culture impact on individual intelligence. (2007). In: Challenging Tasks for Psycholinguistics in the New Century. J. Arabski, Ed. Katowice: University of Silesia. P. 256-262. (in English)

Selected recent articles: • Culture effects on language and cognition in psycholinguistic experiment. (2014). East European Journal of Psycholinguistics. #1. P. 234-242. (in English) • Neuropsycholinguistic means of individual emotional memory reorganization. (2014). Psykholinvistyka. Vol. 15. P. 62–73. (in Ukrainian) • Neurolinguistic reorganization of individual’s emotional memory. (2013). Cognitive and Emotional Behavioral Factors of Full-Value Human Functioning: Cultural and Historical Approach. Kharkiv. P. 52-54. (in Ukrainian) • The role of metaphor in individual traumatic memory organization. (2014). Youth, Family, Society. Book of abstracts. Ryazan. P. 203-207. (in Russian) • Psycholinguistic reorganization of traumatic memory from the perspective of psychic health of person. (2012). Visnyk of National Academy of Border Service of Ukraine. #1. [Electronic resource]. http://archive.nbuv.gov.ua/e-journals/Vnadps/2012_1/12zlvpzo.pdf (in Ukrainian) • Narrative experience vis-a-vis personality (2012). Psychological Prospects Journal. Vol. 19. P. 101-110. (in Ukrainian) • Psycholinguistic Approach to Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). (2012). In: Applied Psycholinguistics: Positive Effects and Ethical Perspectives, G. Minini and A. Manuti, Eds. Vol. II. P. 241-251. (in English) • Speech and Language of Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. (2009). Bulgarian Journal of Psychology. Vol. 3-4. P. 393-404. (in English) • Psychosemantic investigation of motivation (in English). (2004). // 7th Congress of International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics. Book of Abstracts. – Cieszyn: University of Silesia. P. 127–138. (in English)

Grants 2015-2017 (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine): Cognitive and Behavioral and Psycholinguistic Strategies of Treating Individual Mental Trauma 2012-2015 (European Union, Association of European Universities, Brussels): Fostering Sustainable and Autonomous Higher Education Systems in the Eastern Neighboring Area – ATHENA, coordinator; 2012-2014 (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine): Psychological Bases of Personality’s Speech in Norm and Pathology; 2009-2011 (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine): Social and Psychological Transformations during High Education Reforming.

CBT EXPERIENCE 2014-2016 Counselling patients with PTSD in Ukraine and Tulsa University, USA 2014 Diploma of UKrainian Institute of CBT and Oxford Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Center 2012 Member of Ukrainian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy 2010-2011 Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy for children with ADHD, University of Central Arkansas, Department of Psychology and Counseling, USA

VISITING PROFESSOR for lecturing • George Washington University, USA • Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA • University of Texas in Austin, Texas, USA • Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, USA • Oklahoma State University, USA • WSEI, Poland