Dr. Dan Lannin
Professor
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DEG Degarmo Hall 415
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
My work explores how people seek help and provide help. I help individuals and organizations enhance well-being, reduce stigma, and foster environments where values-driven growth and support lead to thriving communities.
Current Courses
HON 205.003 Advanced Honors Seminar: Interdisciplinary Investigations
PSY 390.023 Advanced Research Apprenticeship
PSY 499.023 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
PSY 350.001 Psychopathology
PSY 391.023 Scholarship Of Teaching & Learning Apprenticeship
PSY 290.023 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
PSY 291.023 Special Projects:Undergraduate Teaching
PSY 464.001 Theories And Techniques Of Counseling: Adults
PSY 599.023 Doctoral Research In Psychology
HON 395.005 Honors Thesis: Psychology
PSY 499.023 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
PSY 364.001 Motivation
PSY 424.001 Motivation
PSY 350.002 Psychopathology
PSY 450.002 Psychopathology
PSY 290.023 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
PSY 291.023 Special Projects:Undergraduate Teaching
Teaching Interests & Areas
Clinical-Counseling Theory and Techniques, Motivation, Psychopathology, History of Psychology
Research Interests & Areas
values; stigma; self-affirmation; narcissism; help-seeking
Ph D
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
MS Psychology
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
M Div
Western Theological Seminary
Holland, MI
BA Religion and Philosophy
Hope College
Holland, MI
Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year
Psi Chi & SPA
2024
Impact Award
Illinois State University (Office of the Provost and University College)
2024
Outstanding College Researcher
College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University
2023
Outstanding University Research Award (Research Initiative)
Illinois State University
2020
Impact Award
Illinois State University (Office of the Provost and University College)
2019
Outstanding University Teacher Award (Teaching Initiative)
Illinois State University
2019
Excellence Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement
Illinois State University (College of Arts & Sciences)
2018
Grants and Contracts
Investigating the antecedents and outcomes of change and stability in low-income relationships
Jeremy Kanter, Ani Yazedjian, Dan Lannin
Illinois State University. 2020 - 2021
Book, Chapter
The conceptualization, measurement, and reduction of self-stigma of seeking help
Vogel, D., Heath, P., Brenner, R., Lannin, D., & Zhao, N.
(2025), Handbook of Mental Health Communication
Self-stigma of seeking help: A meta-analysis
Lannin, D., & Jacqueline, B.
(2022), The Cambridge handbook of stigma and mental health
Social media in clinical psychology; Ethics, guidelines, and considerations
Lannin, D., & Parris, L.
(2022), Comprehensive clinical psychology (2nd Edition): Volume on professional issues
Reducing stigma through self-affirmation and related strategies
Lannin, D., Vogel, D., & Heath, P.
(2021), Innovative stigma and discrimination reduction programs
Whistleblowers as portrayed in Media
Wesselmann, E., & Lannin, D.
Journal Article
The efficacy of relationship education for improving children's outcomes: A multi-informant, multi-method study
Kanter, J., Lannin, D., Ratliff, H., Rauer, A., Sprecher, S., Ogolsky, B., & Yazedjian, A.
(2025)
Effects of a video intervention and ethnocultural empathy on racial color-blindness, White empathy, and willingness to confront White privilege.
Chao, R., Wei, M., Du, Y., Carrera, S., Lannin, D., Tittler, M., Wang, C., Liu, S., & Frickey, E.
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, (2024), 10.1037/cdp0000713
The impacts of specific program components on romantic relationship satisfaction
Kanter, J., Lannin, D., Rauer, A., Sprecher, S., Yazedjian, A., & McCraig, J.
(2024)
Anticipating self-stigma: The roles of values and perceptions of therapy clients
Lannin, D., Wolf, L., & Heath, P.
(2023)
Examining between- and within-person effects of the self-stigma of seeking psychological help on the therapeutic working alliance: The moderating role of psychological distress
Seidman, A., Vogel, D., & Lannin, D.
(2023)
Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Grossman, I., & Lannin, D.
(2023)
Measuring Mental Health Service Preferences Amongst Illinois Dairy Producers
Barrowclough, M., Messman, B., Lannin, D., Boerngen, M., & Kibler, M.
(2023)
Relational concerns and change in relationship satisfaction in a relationship education program
Kanter, J., Lannin, D., Rauer, A., & Yazedjian, A.
(2023)
The longitudinal influence of cumulative risk: Is relationship education a resource?
Kanter, J., Lannin, D., Rauer, A., Sprecher, S., & Yazedjian, A.
(2023)
Do materialistic adolescents ruminate more about their social media posts?
Hynes, K., Lannin, D., Kanter, J., Yazedjian, A., & Nauta, M.
(2022)
Does couple communication predict later relationship quality and dissolution? A meta-analysis.
Kanter, J., Lavner, J., Lannin, D., Hilgard, J., & Monk.
Journal of Marriage and Family, (2022)
An empirical exploration of materialism, social media, and self-stigma
Bible, J., Lannin, D., Heath, P., & Yazedjian, A.
Stigma and Health, (2021)
Distress as an outcome in youth relationship education programming: The change mechanisms of hope and conflict behaviors
Kanter, J., Lannin, D., Russell, L., Paris, L., & Yazedjian, A.
(2021)
Emotional disclosure and emotion change during an expressive-writing task: Do pronouns matter?
Fuentes, A., Kahn, J., & Lannin, D.
Current Psychology, (2021)
A Multi-Wave Test of Self-Affirmation versus Emotionally-Expressive Writing
Lannin, D., Vogel, D., Kahn, J., Brenner, R., Heath, P., & Guyll, M.
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, (2020)
An Examination of Help-Seeking Preferences via Best-Worst Scaling
Lannin, D., Barrowclough, M., & Vogel, D.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2020)
Does Empathy Promotion Necessarily Lead to Greater Forgiveness? An Experimental Examination
Cornish, M., Guyll, M., Wade, N., Lannin, D., Madon, S., & Chason, K.
Current Psychology, (2020)
Does Relationship Education Influence Adolescent Life-Goals?
Yazedjian, A., Lannin, D., & Parris, L.
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, (2020)
How are personal values linked to help-seeking stigma?
Lannin, D., Ludwikowski, W., Heath, P., Vogel, D., Wolf, L., & Wicker, I.
The Counseling Psychologist, (2020)
Is help-seeking stigma influenced by adolescents’ orientation to different life-goals?
Lannin, D., Parris, L., & Yazedjian, A.
Stigma and Health, (2020)
Seeking help despite the stigma: Experiential avoidance as a moderated mediator
Brenner, R., Cornish, M., Heath, P., Lannin, D., & Maddy, L.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, (2020)
Why do Adolescents Seek Online Mental Health Information?
Lannin, D., Kanter, J., Russell, L., Parris, L., & Yazedjian, A.
Journal of Adolescent and Family Health, (2020)
How medical students’ compassionate values influence help-seeking barriers
Lannin, D., Tucker, J., Streyffeler, L., Harder, S., Ripley, B., & Vogel, D.
Teaching and Learning in Medicine, (2019)
Do self-compassion and self-coldness distinctly relate to distress and well-being? A theoretical model of self-relating
Brenner, R., Vogel, D., Lannin, D., Engel, K., Seidman, A., & Heath, P.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 65 ((3)), 346-357, (2018)
Explaining gender differences in interests: The roles of instrumentality and expressiveness
Ludwikowski, W., Patrick, A., & Lannin, D.
Journal of Career Assessment, 26 ((2)), 240-257, (2018)
Magazine/Trade Publication
Best practices for an online world
Lannin, D., & Scott, N.
American Psychological Association Monitor, (2014)
Behind the curtain: Developing meaningful partnerships with schools
Yazedjian, A., Russell, L., & Lannin, D.
Facilitating continuous quality improvement of programs by establishing effective collaborative teams and reciprocal cycles
Yazedjian, A., Russell, L., Bible, J., & Lannin, D.
Textbook, New
The art and science of helping: Developing fundamental skills in a multicultural age.
Lannin, D., & Du, Y.
(2025), Routledge
Presentations
Smart goals, smarter tools: Integrating AI to enhance psychology coursework
Dan Lannin
NITOP, Clearwater Beach, FL, January, 2025
History and contemporary studies of child development
Chang Su-Russell, Dan Lannin, Laura Finan, Maria Tudela
National Council on Family Relations, Bellevue WA, November, 2024
Heteronormativity, variations in sexual behavior, and experience of shame and sexual satisfaction
Jacqueline Bible, Luke Russell, Dan Lannin, Ani Yazedjian
84th Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN, November, 2022
Conflict and couple satisfaction: The role of partner support and self-compassion
Jacqueline Bible, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, MD, November, 2021
Hope, relationship education, and ending abusive relationships
Jacqueline Bible, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, MD, November, 2021
Investigating risk and resilience associated with couples’ longitudinal experiences in relationship education programming
Jeremy Kanter, Dan Lannin, Ani Yazedjian, Amy Rauer, Susan Sprecher
National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, MD, November, 2021
Lessons learned: Best-practices for assessing curriculum fidelity, participant engagement, and direct feedback
Jacqueline Bible, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, MD, November, 2021
Adolescents’ experiences with the Love Notes curriculum: A qualitative investigation
Keeley Hynes, Alexandra Horton, Luke Russell, Dan Lannin, Jeremy Kanter, Leandra Nicole Parris, Ani Yazedjian
2021 Biennial Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, Online, July, 2021
Family functioning, loneliness, and psychological distress among low-income adolescents
Luke Russell, Jeremy Kanter, Dan Lannin, Ani Yazedjian
2021 Biennial Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, Online, July, 2021
The longitudinal effects of relationship education programming
Jeremy Kanter, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian, Amy Rauer
2021 Biennial Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, Online, June, 2021
An exploratory analysis of “talking” in high school relationships.
Christina Michaels, Mikayla Foreman, Bible Jacqueline, Luke Russell, Dan Lannin, Ani Yazedjian, Keeley Hynes, Alexandra Horton
Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Online, April, 2021
Best practices for teachers of youth relationship education programs
Mikayla Foreman, Christina Michaels, Bible Jacqueline, Luke Russell, Dan Lannin, Ani Yazedjian, Keeley Hynes, Alexandra Horton
Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Online, April, 2021
The relationship between self-affirmation and self-esteem in adolescents
Dan Lannin, Bible Jacqueline, Peter R. Harris, Jordan Arellanes, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Online, April, 2021
Values and help-seeking beliefs
Patrick Heath, C Coleman, J Gladowski, M Hoffa, A Jorgenson, J Wessenberge, Dan Lannin
Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Online, April, 2021
Why does belief in determinism predict the Dark Triad?.
Rachel Boros, Raymond Bergner, Dan Lannin
Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Online, April, 2021
Social media, family strengths, and psychological distress: A moderation model.
Keeley Hynes, Alexandra Horton, Jeremy Kanter, Luke Russell, Dan Lannin, Ani Yazedjian
National Association of School Psychologists, Online, February, 2021
Youth relationship education, relationship transitions, and psychological distress: A mixed methods investigation.
Jeremy B. Kanter, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
National Council on Family Relations, Online, November, 2020
“Road to Success”: Evaluating the effectiveness of a financial literacy program for youth from low-income households.
Diana Cedeño, Jeremy Kanter, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
National Council on Family Relations, Online, November, 2020
Does adolescents' awareness of social media audiences shift after school-based intervention?
Keeley Hynes, Luke Russell, Alex Horton, Leandra Parris, Dan Lannin, Jeremy Kanter, Ani Yazedjian
American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C., August, 2020
A clear and affirmed identity; Self-concept clarity, self-affirmation, and stigma
Alexa Snodgrass, Dan Lannin
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Avoidant, but ready to change? Facilitating help-seeking for avoidant help-seeker
Madison Maciejewski, Dan Lannin
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Conscientiousness and academic performance: The effects of academically related behaviors
Alexandra Batsieva-Regueros, Dan Lannin
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Differential predictors of youths’ intentional and spontaneous help-seeking decisions
Christopher Melecio, Tyler Pederson, Jeremy Kanter, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Do demographic characteristics moderate the association between loneliness and distress?
Jessica Quast, Meredith Spraggon, Jeremy Kanter, Dan Lannin, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020
Does discrimination evoke an orientation toward materialistic values?
Alexandra Horton, Tyler Pederson, Dan Lannin, Jeremy Kanter, Luke Russell, Ani Yazedjian
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2020