Karin Coifman

Karin Coifman is a Professor and Chair at Kent State University's Department of Psychological Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University (2008) and specializes in clinical psychology with a focus on emotion regulation, stress, and psychopathology.

Her research examines emotion processing and regulation in relation to mental health adjustments during acute and chronic stress. This includes studying resilience, mental illness development, and the role of psychophysiological and behavioral indices in emotion regulation. She leads the Kent Clinical Affective Science Lab and frequently teaches courses in Psychological Interventions and Introduction to Psychotherapy.

Dr. Coifman's recent publications analyze pandemic response behaviors, emotion differentiation, and gene-environment interactions in affective disorders. Her work combines experimental methodologies with community and clinical populations.

Labs/Teams:

• Kent Clinical Affective Science Lab