Jennifer M. Gómez, PhD

Facilitator, Salon Guest

Dr. Jennifer M. Gómez (ISI 2023) and (Salon 2025) is an active member of the ITI Community. Her November 2025 Salon focused on her book The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls: A Black Feminist Approach to Healing from Sexual Abuse (American Psychological Association; 2023), which won the 2024 Frank W. Putnam Outstanding Book Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) ISSTD.

She is an Associate Professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), Faculty Affiliate at BU’s African American & Black Diaspora Studies, and Faculty Affiliate at BU’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health. She is also a faculty affiliate in Dr. Margaret Hicken’s University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Racism & Health Inequalities (RacismLab). She serves on the Boards of ISSTD, End Rape On Campus, and the Center for Institutional Courage. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine (NASEM) Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. Finally, she is the lead co-editor of the 2026 special issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Understanding, Preventing, & Healing Dissociation in the Context of Intersecting Inequalities.

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