CW: Discussions of sexual assault, hate crimes, racial violence, suicide ideation, and terrorism.

This week on the Huskie Conversation Cafe, your host J Pappas (they/them) is joined by cohosts Jasmine Ivy and Starr Lee from the office of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for an exclusive conversation with Dr. LaVonya Bennett.

In this full-length interview, J, Jasmine, Starr, and LaVonya discuss racial trauma, insidious trauma, healing, intersectionality, and how the current socio-political climate impacts folks with marginalized racial identities.

On Dr. LaVonya Bennett:

Dr. LaVonya Bennett attended the University of Oklahoma where she obtained her bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in African and African American studies, master’s in human relations with a counseling emphasis, and doctorate in Counseling Psychology. Dr. Bennett is currently completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the largest medical facility in the nation, where she is the LGBT Interprofessional Care resident. Her areas of research center intersectionality, identity, and trauma/anxiety among marginalized and oppressed communities. Specifically, her published and in progress research has been on LGBTQ+ equity, police brutality and trauma responses, insidious trauma and race-based traumatic stress, white fragility and complacency, and healing spaces for women. Her clinical expertise parallel her scholarly endeavors. Clinically, Dr. Bennett’s areas of expertise include affirmative therapies for LGBTQ+ and racially marginalized individuals, interventions for race-based traumatic stress, anxiety, and trauma.

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Music:
Many thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the use of his music as the intro and outro of this podcast.

Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
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