Jessica Bonumwezi, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Jessica Bonumwezi’s research and clinical interests are centered around fostering resilience in minority, at-risk, and underserved populations affected by trauma both in the US and globally. Her work has involved different trauma-affected communities such as Muslim American young adults, Black youth, genocide survivors in Rwanda, first responders, and healthcare workers. Her recent projects have been focused on discrimination-related trauma, intergenerational trauma transmission, and understanding mechanisms that underlie risk and resilience. The ultimate goal of her work is to make sustainable, community-driven, culturally tailored, evidence-based interventions more accessible to these communities.

Education:

Montclair State University – MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology

Hendrix College – BA in Psychology and Biology