The Crisis of Black Women and Intimate Partner Violence
Friday, October 2nd
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST
Jennifer Gomez, Ph.D.
Jennifer M. Gómez, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Faculty Affiliate in African American & Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University. Additionally, she serves on the Boards of the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD), Center for Institutional Courage, and End Rape On Campus. In addition to authoring over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, her transdisciplinary book, “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls: A Black Feminist Approach to Healing from Sexual Abuse”, published by the American Psychological Association, won the 2024 ISSTD Frank W Putnam Outstanding Book Award. In “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls”, Dr. Gómez centers Black women and girls through incorporating basic research on racism, intersectional oppression, and cultural betrayal trauma theory, as well as application in the form of culturally competent trauma therapy, radical healing in the Black community, and institutional courage to promote societal transformation.
Tameka Gillum, Ph.D.
Dr. Tameka L. Gillum is an Associate Professor of Community Health in the College of Population Health at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Gillum has over 25 years of research experience in exploring and addressing intimate partner violence/dating violence (IPV/DV) within racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority populations, informing development of culturally specific prevention and intervention efforts, health clinic based IPV interventions and the mental health effects of IPV/DV victimization. This work has taken place both here in the U.S. and on the African continent. Among other accomplishments, this work earned her the Outstanding Research Award from the national Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) and has been highlighted on NPR and PBS. Dr. Gillum is a community psychologist who conducts community-based research. Her most recent research includes a clinic-based intervention to address hypertension disparities and food insecurity, exploring gun violence disparities experienced by the African American community, and highlighting Black femicide disparities.
