Jonathan Kanter
Research Associate Professor
(206) 221-2591
Advising:
Does not accept or train psychology graduate students.
Areas:
Adult Clinical
Interests: Racism, diversity, psychotherapy, contextual behavioral science
Research
My research lab aims to improve human closeness and social connection in areas of public health significance - including racism and psychotherapy. We conduct both lab-based experimental work and intervention/community research. Currently we are interested in interventions that reduce racism and microaggressions in medical settings and on college campuses.
Education
University of Washington (2002)
- September 28, 2021 Katherine Manbeck received a dissertation research award from the NIH Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- April 2, 2021 Jonathan Kanter was a recipient of one of the UW Population Health Initiative’s pandemic grants featured in this UW News article.
- September 30, 2020 Jonathan Kanter writes about microaggressions and racial bias in this article in The Conversation.
- August 19, 2020 Jonathan Kanter is quoted in this Seattle Met article about COVID-19 and the Seattle Freeze
- August 4, 2020 Jonathan Kanter’s studies on loneliness are featured in this NPR article on loneliness during the pandemic
- June 10, 2020 Tune in to the Graduate School Public Lectures Special Series: Coexisting with COVID-19, June 11 at 6:30 pm: COVID and Mental Health, featuring Jonathan Kanter and Liliana Lengua.
- June 10, 2020 Jonathan Kanter, Adam Kuczynski, and Edwin Lindo co-authored this opinion piece in the Seattle Times about stressors on marginalized communities
- May 22, 2020 The Population Health Initiative granted awards for COVID-19 rapid response to twenty one faculty-led teams, representing ten different schools. Two of the teams were from UW Psychology professors: Jonathan Kanter and Susan Collins
- April 29, 2020 Jonathan Kanter is featured in this Seattle Met article about Virtual Happy Hours.
- April 25, 2020 Adam Kuczynski and Jonathan Kanter are featured in this National Geographic article about the psychological stresses of isolation.
- April 22, 2020 Adam Kuczynski and Jonathan Kanter’s social distancing study has become a national effort to help cope with the crisis. You can read more about it in this UW News story.
- March 25, 2020 Jonathan Kanter was interviewed on WBUR, a Boston NPR station on “How To Stay Resilient and Mentally Healthy During the Coronavirus Outbreak.”
- March 20, 2020 Jonathan Kanter and Adam Kuczynski explain why it is important for people to still have human connection, while maintaining social distancing and isolation
- March 18, 2020 Jonathan Kanter and Nicole McNichols explain why it is important to maintain human connection while social distancing, in this UW News story
- September 9, 2019 Jonathan Kanter featured in this Right as Rain article on Microaggressions.
- March 22, 2019 Congratulations to Katherine Manbeck, a student of Jonathan Kanter, who was just offered a position with the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) in the TL1 Program!
- January 10, 2019 Jonathan Kanter’s study of discussions between political conservatives and liberals is examined in this Seattle times article.
- October 6, 2017 Jonathan Kanter was interviewed by KUOW on his research on microaggressions and racism.
- September 20, 2017 Watch Jonathan Kanter get interviewed on King 5 News on the subject of microaggressions and racist beliefs.
- September 8, 2017 Jonathan Kanter published a study finding that students who deliver microaggressions are also likely to harbor racist attitudes.
- December 3, 2014 Way to go Center for the Science of Social Connection! Bob Kohlenberg, Jonathan Kanter and Mavis Tsai are all mentioned in this article -