Dr. Farzana Adjah

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Dr. Adjah is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, focusing on the intersection of psychological health and academic success among Black adolescents and youth of color. She completed her PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology at George Washington University, where she specialized in trauma through an APA-accredited internship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Her research examines the effects of racial stressors and culturally relevant practices on the psychological well-being and resilience of marginalized youth. She employs a strengths-focused, community-based research lens to explore family, school, and community factors that influence how young people manage the impact of racial stress and trauma. Dr. Adjah’s work informs the development and adaptation of school-based interventions aimed at mitigating mental health and academic disparities faced by historically marginalized children and adolescents. She is also a visiting scholar for the American Psychological Association’s RESilience Initiative, which focuses on equity and social justice in educational contexts. Previously, she held positions as a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, within the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, affiliated with the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.

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