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Belle Liang
Ascione Faculty Fellow
Professor
Licensed Psychologist
Belle Liang
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 314
Telephone: 617-552-4079
Email: liangbe@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0002-0005-4856
Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University
- M.A., Michigan State University
- B.S., Indiana University
Courses
Applied Psychology Practicum: Pathways to Purposeful Work and Life
Research Interests
Mentoring and Cultivating Purpose in Adolescence and Young Adulthood; Creating schools and workplaces that foster purpose and belonging.
Expertise
- Career and Work
- Formative and Whole Person Education
- Health and Well Being
Department
Profile
Dr. Belle Liang is a professor of counseling, developmental, and educational psychology in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and an expert in mentoring and youth purpose. She is an American Psychological Association Fellow Division 17, recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University-Bloomington, The Many Faces of Counseling Psychology Award for outstanding contributions in psychology, and numerous honors for teaching and mentoring.
She founded the Purpose Lab, and has published nearly dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters to advance the science and practice of mentoring and cultivating purpose in schools and workplaces. She co-authored, "How to Navigate Life: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, & Beyond" (St. Martin's Press, 2022).
GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
- COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning), Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
- Youth Mentoring and Purpose Project, Potter's House Guatemala City
- Postcards for Peace Project with WorldVision in Northern Uganda
Select Publications
- Liang, B., & Klein, T. (2022). How to Navigate Life: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond. St. Martin's Press.
- Zhou, M.*, Rauen, J.*, Sepulveda, J.*, Lund, T., Liang, B., Mousseau, A.D. (in press). Purpose in the face of adversity: The roles of meaning-making and adversity among purposeful college students. Journal of Character Education.
- Sepulveda, J.*, Zhou, M.*, Amorosi, A.*, Rauen, J.*, Boyer, M.*, Liang, B., Lund, T., Mousseau, A.D. (in press). The R and R of purpose in college students: Refining and redefining purpose over time. Journal of Adolescent Research.
- Lai, B.S., Hoskova, B.*, Riobueno-Naylor, A.*, Colgan, C.A.*, Aubé, S.S.*, Liang, B. (in press). College students and COVID-19: Mental health and purpose formation. Journal of Emergency Management.
- Lund, T., Liang, B., Lincoln, B., White, A.E.. Mousseau, A.M.D., Gomez, L., & Akins, E. (2022). Purpose in Life Among First-Generation College Students: Friends Make a Difference. Youth, 2, 12-22.
- Lund, T., Liang, B., Sepulveda, J.*, White, A., Patel, K.*, Mousseau, A.D., & Spencer, R. (2022). Parenting and Youth Purpose: Fostering Other-Oriented Aims. Youth, 1, 2-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth1010002
- Sepulveda, J., Lincoln, B.*, Liang, B., Klein, T., White, A.E.*, Hill, N., & Perella, J. (2021). MPOWER: The impact of a youth purpose program on intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.761580.
- Lincoln, B., Wood, W., Reed, M., Sepulveda, J., Liang, B., Hill, N. E., & Perella, J. (2021). ‘MPower shows me who I want to be’: A qualitative study of a youth purpose program. European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 4(2), 113-122. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.4.2.113
- Lai, B.S. Hoskova, B.*, Riobueno-Naylor, A.*, Colgan, C.A.*, Aubé, S.S.*, Liang, B. (2021). College Students, Faculty, and Academic Advisors During COVID-19: Mental Health and Sense of Purpose. Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Reports. https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/college-students-faculty-and-academic-advisors-during-covid-19
- White, A. *, Lincoln, B. *, Liang, B., Sepulveda, J. *, Matyjaszvzyk, V. *, Kupersmith, C. *, Hill, N., & Perella, J. (2020). “My mentor thinks that I can be someone amazing”: Drawing out youths’ passions and purpose. Journal of Adolescent Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558420942481
- Hailes, H. *, Ceccolini, C. *, Gutowski, E. *, & Liang, B. (2020). Ethical Guidelines for Social Justice in Psychology. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000291