Rate My Professor Amori Mikami

Dr. Amori Mikami is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Arts, and serves as Associate Head for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the department. She earned her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and is a registered clinical psychologist in British Columbia. In 2024, Dr. Mikami was appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Clinical Child Psychology. Her career at UBC includes recognition as a top researcher, with awards such as the UBC Killam Research Prize in 2018, Association for Psychological Science Rising Star in 2011, and American Psychological Association Division 53 Award in 2005. She has secured funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, including a 2024 Project Grant, supporting her intervention research.

Dr. Mikami directs the Promoting Equitable, Affirming Relationships Lab (PEARL), focusing on peer relationships in youth, particularly those with ADHD. Her research explores how supportive classroom and home environments facilitate friendships, designs interventions like Parental Friendship Coaching to train parents and teachers, and addresses barriers to mental health services for equity-deserving groups, such as Asian Canadian youth with ADHD. Recent studies examine social media's role in mental health, including ADHD misinformation on TikTok and strategies for well-being like intentional use over quitting. Key publications include the book Parents as Friendship Coaches for Children with ADHD: A Clinical Guide (Routledge, 2022); Logging Out or Leaning In? Social Media Strategies for Enhancing Well-Being (Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2025); A Double-Edged Hashtag: Evaluation of #ADHD-Related TikTok Content (PLoS ONE, 2025); and Social Functioning in Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Clinical Psychology Review, 2019). Her work, cited over 14,000 times, blends basic science with practical interventions to promote inclusive peer groups and reduce stigma.