Dr. Jessica Bonumwezi

Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland, College Park

Dr. Jessica Bonumwezi is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Global Mental Health and Addiction Program (GMAP) at the University of Maryland, College Park. Originally from Rwanda, she received a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Montclair State University and a BA in Psychology and Biology from Hendrix College.

Her research and clinical interests are centered around fostering resilience in marginalized, at-risk, and underserved populations affected by trauma both in the US and globally. The ultimate goal of her work is to make sustainable, community-driven, culturally-tailored, evidence-based interventions more accessible to these communities. Her recent projects have been focused on discrimination-related trauma, intergenerational trauma transmission, and understanding mechanisms that underlie risk and resilience. The ultimate goal of her work is to make sustainable, community-driven, culturally tailored, evidence-based interventions more accessible to these communities.