Jennifer M. Gómez

Assistant Professor

Specialties

• Trauma, abuse, & violence

• Racism & intersectional oppression

• Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory

• Cultural competency/humility

• Trauma-informed care

• Institutional change

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Bio

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Jennifer M. Gómez, former Ford Fellow, is a Black feminist trauma researcher and critical race scholar who developed cultural betrayal trauma theory to examine the impact of oppression on outcomes of violence on individuals and communities who are marginalized. Her book “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls: A Black Feminist Approach to Healing from Sexual Abuse” won the 2024 Frank W Putnam Outstanding Book Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) and is relevant for diverse professional and student audiences: race scholars, trauma researchers, trauma clinicians, Black feminists/womanists, changemakers/advocates/activists, Black women survivors, and anyone who wants to better understand and support Black women and girl survivors.

Gómez joined BUSSW in 2022 as an assistant professor and faculty affiliate at the School’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health. She is a board member, chair of the Research Advisory Committee, and research grant reviewer at the Center for Institutional Courage; board member and Scientific Committee member of ISSTD; board member of End Rape On Campus; member of the Advisory Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine (NASEM) Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education; faculty affiliate at University of Michigan’s RacismLab; research scientist at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR), funded by the National Institute on Aging.

Gómez is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical & Child Adolescent Psychology and the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation and is an incoming editorial board member of Psychological Science. Her research has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed journals, books, newsletters, regional and national media outlets, and the Open Science Framework.

Education

BA (Psychology)

San Diego State University

MS (Psychology)

University of Oregon

PhD (Clinical Psychology)

University of Oregon

Courses

FALL 2024–SPRING 2025:
Clinical Practice with Adult Trauma (SSW CP 803)
Assessment and Differential Diagnosis with Adults (SSW HB 723)
Advanced Trauma Seminar (SSW CP 814)

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