Violet J. Yang

Incoming Clinical Psychology PhD Student

Southern Methodist University

I am an incoming Clinical Psychology PhD student at Southern Methodist University. My research integrates computational and quantitative methods with clinical science to advance understanding of psychopathology. I am particularly interested in using dynamic systems theory, intensive longitudinal methods, and generative AI to study the dimensional structure of psychopathology and the prediction and prevention of suicide.

Dynamic Systems Intensive Longitudinal Methods Formal Theory Mathematical Simulations Transdiagnostic Risk Generative AI HITOP Suicide

Publications

Yang, J., Shuster, S., Holness, T., Srivastava, A., Bilgrami, Z., Sarac, C., McGowan, A., Shaik, R., Fogarty, A., Ray, E., Ben-David, S., McFarlane, W., Link, B., Woodberry, K., Yung, A., Cecchi, G., Mizrahi, R., Nelson, B., Yang, L., Herrera, S., & Corcoran, C.

Using natural language processing to quantify expressions of internalized stigma in spontaneous speech among individuals with schizophrenia and those at clinical high risk for psychosis.

Schizophrenia Research. (In preparation)

Yang, J., Holness, T., Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ), Herrera, S., Lin, B., & Corcoran, C.

Linguistic correlates and prediction of suicidal ideation in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis.

(In preparation)

Education

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Southern Methodist University

Starting Fall 2026

M.A. in Clinical Psychology

Teachers College, Columbia University

2023 – 2025

B.A. in Psychological Science & Criminology, Law, and Society

University of California, Irvine

2019 – 2023

Contact

I'm always happy to connect with others interested in computational approaches to clinical psychology.

violety@smu.edu @VioletJYang @violetyang.bsky.social LinkedIn