Predoctoral student
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dr. Jasmin Brooks Stephens is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, beginning July 2025. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Houston and completed her clinical internship at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Brooks Stephens’ research program focuses on utilizing qualitative and quantitative clinical science methods to characterize the unique social and contextual risk and protective factors that shape the mental health trajectories of Black youth and emerging adults, with a focus on suicide vulnerability and racial trauma. Through her work, she aims to develop and implement culturally relevant interventions, programming, and policies that target the reduction of racism-related stress, suicide, and health disparities within Black communities. Her work has been supported by several national organizations including the NASEM Ford Foundation, APA Minority Fellowship Program, American Psychological Foundation, the American Board of Professional Psychology, and the P.E.O. Foundation.
As an ABCT Change Leader, Dr. Brooks Stephens has led the development of the inaugural ABCT Underrepresented Scholars Meet and Greet Event for the 2024 ABCT Annual Convention. Attendees of this event will have an opportunity to meet with established mental health professionals from historically underrepresented backgrounds to discuss topics ranging from navigating academia as an underrepresented scholar to choosing a career in mental health, and Networking 101.
ABCT Underrepresented Scholars Meet and Greet
Friday, November 15, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EST
Friday, November 15, 2024
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Moving ABCT Into the Future: A Conversation with CHANGE Leaders
Friday, November 15, 2024
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM EST
Saturday, November 16, 2024
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Saturday, November 16, 2024
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Saturday, November 16, 2024
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Sunday, November 17, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EST
2 - (SYM 132) Gun Violence Exposure and Suicide Among Black Adults
Sunday, November 17, 2024
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST