Sandy Jung

Dr. Sandy Jung is a full professor in the Department of Psychology at MacEwan University and serves as the Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Her research focuses on preventing sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and gender-based violence through risk assessment frameworks.

• PhD in Psychology (University of Victoria)
• MA in Psychology (Lakehead University)
• B.Sc. in Psychology (University of British Columbia)

Research Interests: Dr. Jung specializes in violence risk assessment (sexual, intimate partner), prevention of sexually abusive behaviors, public perceptions of violent offenders, and gender-based violence on campuses. Her work addresses criminogenic factors, judicial order compliance, and police-academic collaborations.

2025-2024 Article Trends: Recent publications analyze coercive control markers, substance influence on campus assault perceptions, risk factor interplay in judicial orders, and police use of ODARA. These studies span forensic psychology, criminology, and criminal justice reform.

• Distinguished Academic Award, Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations (2021)
• Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association (2021)
• Board of Governors Research Chair (2018–2020)
• Distinguished Research Award (2018)
• Distinguished Teaching Award (2017)

Advising: Dr. Jung actively supervises honors and advanced research students, with recent collaborations involving *Wesenberg, *Thomas, *Robles, *Dickinson, *Haugen, *Rubachuk, *Himmen, and *Scavuzzo. She has secured multiple SSHRC grants for research on sexual violence prevention and police partnerships.