https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-8091
Overview
I am a values-driven and equity-centered community psychologist with a strong focus on global mental health research, practice, and education. My appointment at CHPIR/DGHI is uniquely interdisciplinary and integrates my extensive local and global community development practitioner experience, research training in community psychology, and expertise in ethical visual storytelling. As a community psychologist, I am someone who tries to embody and advocate for community mental health and community care into research, policy, and practice, in support of marginalized communities faced with the greatest mental health inequities.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Global Health
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2024 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
What processes or key components do teachers attribute to their well-being? A cross-cultural qualitative study of teacher well-being in Cambodia, Kenya, and Qatar
Journal Article Psychology in the Schools · December 1, 2023 The study of teacher well-being is critically important. However, teacher well-being studies are lacking in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and also generally in low-income countries. This exploratory case study sought to identify teachers' perceptions ... Full text Cite'Our life is pointless … ': Exploring discrimination, violence and mental health challenges among sexual and gender minorities from Brazil.
Journal Article Global public health · October 2020 Worldwide, Brazil has the highest prevalence of violence and hate crimes against sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) among countries with available data. To explore the impact of this scenario, we conducted a qualitative study with 50 SGMs from Rio de Jane ... Full text CiteLessons Learned from High-Quality Residential Care Centers Around the World: A Visual Story
Journal Article International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice · July 30, 2019 Evidence shows that orphaned and separated children (OSC) in resource-poor societies are more likely to experience maltreatment in the forms of neglect, discrimination, malnutrition, and emotional, physical, and sexual abuse than their non-orphaned peers. ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Mental Health In Low and Middle Income Countries (SMILE)
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2020 - 2026Positive Outcomes for Orphans: HIV Risk and Wellbeing as Young Adults
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2024View All Grants
Education
Clemson University ·
2017
Ph.D.