In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Dr. Wizdom Powell . https://www.drwizdompowell.com/

https://health.uconn.edu/health-disparities/wizdom-powell-ph-d/Wizdom Powell is a tenured professor, nationally recognized expert, and thought leader on masculinities and male health. Dr. Powell serves on and leads several national advisory councils on fatherhood and health disparities in boys and men. She is a highly-sought speaker who has given invited testimony to the President’s Cancer Panel. 

https://tedxsantabarbara.com/2020/dr-wizdom-powell-phd-mph-its-time-for-radical-healing/

In recognition of her public service to boys and men, Dr. Powell received the American Psychological Association’s (d51) Distinguished Professional Award.

https://www.apa.org/news/apa/2020/wizdom-powell

She is also a White House Fellow, Ford Foundation Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow, Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow, and awardee of the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation academic writing residency in Bellagio, Italy. 

Her numerous scientific articles have been published in the American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Internal Medicine, Behavioral Medicine, and Child Development. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/08/22/men-self-care-mental-health-meditation-masculinity/8214001002/

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/its-time-to-speak-unapologetically-to-black-americas-emotional-wounds#1

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-support-children-lost-fathers-to-police-violence-2020-6

Dr. Powell has notably advanced the national public conversation around masculinity among racial/ethnic minority males. Her scientific research has been covered by CNN, Business Insider, The Root, Refinery29, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Grio, Ebony Magazine, Vice, Tonic, NPR, Vox, Futurity, Forbes, Christianity Today, and Vibe Magazine. 

https://www.ebony.com/news/black-anger-and-depression/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/prosecution-questions-travis-mcmichael-stand-murder-trial-81259790

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/impact-ahmaud-arbery-murder-trial-black-community-81360953

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/25/racial-trauma-effects-on-mental-health-how-to-cope-at-work.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/black-men-with-depression-are-being-failed-by-mental-health-care-2016-4

https://www.apa.org/news/apa/2020/wizdom-powell

https://letsrethinkthis.com/interviews/item/wizdom-powell.html

https://dad2.com/keynote-wizdom-powell-shaun-t/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Z96sbIqUM

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/connection-tiktok-teens-struggling-mental-health-81986992

She's also a brand Consultant for Dove Men+Care. Read more here: https://theundefeated.com/features/this-doctor-is-lending-her-expertise-to-dove-mencare-as-it-explores-fatherhood-in-communities-of-color/

Dr. Powell received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Clinical Psychology and M.P.H. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Connect with Dr. Powell on social media:

IG: wizdomisms

Twitter: wizdomisms

FB: DrWizdom

LinkedIn: wizdomp

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