Michael Levin

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Psychology

Michael Levin is an assistant professor in the department of psychology and the associate director of clinical training for the combined clinical/counseling psychology Ph.D. program. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from University of Nevada, Reno in 2013 and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. His research focuses on the use of web/mobile technologies to improve the efficiency, efficacy, and reach of mental health services. This work has primarily been in the area of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) applied to problems including depression, anxiety, addiction, and weight management. His research emphasizes the examination of mechanisms of change and treatment components in ACT as a way to further improve self-guided therapeutic interventions and clinical practice more broadly. Over his career, Michael has received almost $2 million in grant funding from sources including the National Institutes of Health. He has published over 70 scholarly articles and chapters, primarily in the areas of ACT and online interventions, and his work has been cited over 2,400 times.