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Yawen Ning, LCSW

Doctoral Candidate
Boston University
Brighton, Michigan, United States

Ning (Yawen Ning) is a pansexual, cisgender, bilingual, and bicultural Chinese woman, born and raised in China. She is a first-generation immigrant and the first in her immediate family to graduate from high school and attend college in the United States. Ning earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Michigan State University in 2016 and her Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2018. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both New Jersey and Michigan and a doctoral candidate at the Boston University School of Social Work. She is currently a member of the CoHeal Lab at Boston University, where the research focuses on the intersection of psychosocial interventions related to social support and health behavior for marginalized communities.

Ning’s work is deeply informed by her clinical experience, personal identity, and commitment to social justice. She has presented on topics related to sexual health and mental health at SSWR (Society for Social Work and Research) and published in peer-reviewed journals. She is also a sex therapist in training, aiming to destigmatize sexual health. In addition to her academic work, Ning is actively involved in public scholarship. She manages a social media platform dedicated to psychoeducation and sexual health awareness and has participated in a TEDx Talk to promote destigmatization of sexual health.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, Ning served as a psychiatric social worker at Henry Ford Health System and Corewell Health for several years, where she worked closely with individuals experiencing severe mental illness and substance use disorders in various settings. Her earlier work with multicultural nonprofit organizations sparked her enduring interest in understanding the impacts of complex trauma across the lifespan.

Currently, Ning engages in research, psychotherapy, and advocacy that center on storytelling, knowledge co-creation, and culturally responsive care.

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