April Ilkmen, Ph.D., LMFT

Title:	Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinic Director
Division:	Family and Consumer Sciences
Unit:	Human Development and Family Sciences
Office Location:	Wirtz Hall 154
Office Phone:	815-753-1543
Email:	eilkmen@niu.edu

Courses Taught

• HDFS 633: Internship in Community Agencies: Marriage and Family Therapy
• HDFS 639: Practicum: Family Theory
• HDFS 691: Assessment in Marriage and Family Therapy

Education

• Ph.D., Adler University
• Master's degree, Adler University
• B.A., University of Ottawa

Certification and Licensure

Licensed marriage and family therapist(LMFT)

Research Interests

• Acculturation
• Social justice
• Experiences of women across identities and dimensions of culture

Clinical Interests

• Emotionally focused therapy
• Psychodynamic models
• Personality disorders and relationship issues

Publications

Nisan Ilkmen (2024) Patriarchy, virginity, and hegemonic masculinity in the Turkish film Iffet (1982): a psychoanalytic film review, Turkish Studies

Ilkmen, N. (2023). Intersectional Feminism: Interview with Dr. Andrea Wittenborn on Feminism and Its Role in Couple and Family Therapy. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 35(2), 206–215.