Gloria Johnson-Powell
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Gloria Johnson-Powell, MD (born Gloria Johnson, c. 1937) is a child psychiatrist who is also an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) and was one of the first African American
woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School
http://www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/quarterly/win07/dream.pdf.
in 1958 and her M.D. in 1962 from Meharry Medical College
in Nashville, Tennessee
. She completed her residency at UCLA and was on the faculty there for fifteen years before joining the Harvard Medical School (where she was on the faculty for ten years).
She is currently the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
associate dean for cultural diversity and a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics http://www.med.wisc.edu/about/johnson-powell.php.
includes her as one of the key figures in the civil rights movement http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3849/is_199805/ai_n8784162/print.
on southern black children and she has continued working with minority children. Johnson-Powell has also published a book about the impact of sexual abuse
on children. In addition, with her daughter, she wrote the biography of her mother.
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
http://www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/quarterly/win07/dream.pdf.
Background and career
She grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in economics and sociology from Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
in 1958 and her M.D. in 1962 from Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College, located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a graduate and professional institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church whose mission is to educate healthcare professionals and scientists. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee...
in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. She completed her residency at UCLA and was on the faculty there for fifteen years before joining the Harvard Medical School (where she was on the faculty for ten years).
She is currently the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is a professional school for the study of medicine and public health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.- History :...
associate dean for cultural diversity and a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics http://www.med.wisc.edu/about/johnson-powell.php.
Civil Rights Movement
In his 1999 book, The Children, David HalberstamDavid Halberstam
David Halberstam was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and historian, known for his early work on the Vietnam War, his work on politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and his later sports journalism.-Early life and education:Halberstam...
includes her as one of the key figures in the civil rights movement http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3849/is_199805/ai_n8784162/print.
Scholarship
Her text, Black Monday's Children, discusses the effect of desegregationDesegregation
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in...
on southern black children and she has continued working with minority children. Johnson-Powell has also published a book about the impact of sexual abuse
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester...
on children. In addition, with her daughter, she wrote the biography of her mother.
Works
- Black Monday's Children: A Study Of The Effects Of School Desegregation On The Self-Concepts Of Southern Children
- The Psychosocial Development of Minority Children editor Brunner/Mazel New York 1983 ISBN 0-87630-277-0
- Lasting Effects of Child Sexual Abuse co-editor with Gail Elizabeth Wyatt, Sage Publications 1998 Newbury Park ISBN 0-8039-3256-1
- The House On Elbert Street: The Biography Of A Welfare Mother
- Transcultural Child Development: Psychological Assessment and Treatment co-editor with Joe Yamamoto Wiley New York 1997 ISBN 0-471-17479-3