Dr. Aisha Rousseau is a mental health and rehabilitation clinician, researcher, and former
tenure-track professor. She earned a B.A. from Spelman College; a M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling
from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University; and a Ph.D. in Health-Related
Sciences from the School of Allied Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Rousseau is the founder and owner of Applied Access, LLC., a consultant company focusing
on providing expert guidance pertaining to issues related to civil rights issues. Specifically, the company
focuses on matters of equity specific to disability, race and ethnicity.
As the first and to date, the only African American doctoral graduate from the Rehabilitation
Counseling Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr. Rousseau strives to create space for
marginalized people to have a seat at tables to share their voices. She continues to write and conduct
research pertaining to the intersection of disability, gender and multicultural issues, as well as minority
women living with HIV/AIDS and has a number of published peer-reviewed publications and book
chapters. Dr. Rousseau continues to serve as an invited presenter and speaker at the state, national and
international levels. Aisha is also a proud member of SPIN (Sisterhood of Philanthropists Impacting
Needs), a philanthropic giving circle of Black women in the Denver community who leverage their
collective strengths in order to positively impact marginalized women and adolescent girls in their
communities.
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