ROXANNE DONOVAN, PhD
Psychologist. Author. Professor.
Official Bio
Dr. Roxanne Donovan is a former corporate negotiator turned psychologist, author, and professor.
She is a nationally recognized expert on topics of well-being and social justice and features regularly in the media.
Dr. Donovan brings an intersectional lens rooted in liberation to her work, publishing and presenting extensively on the role of gendered racism in the mental health outcomes of Black women and other women of color.
Through her popular Wellness Wednesday newsletter, she offers psychological strategies for more focus, fulfillment, and free-time in academia.
Integrated with her professional identities are her rich and multilayered roles as spouse, mama, sister, and auntie.
Psychologist
Dr. Donovan is a licensed psychologist in Georgia and founder of WellAcademic, a resource for faculty interested in holistic professional development. Through WellAcademic, she facilitates biannual women of color faculty retreats and inclusive writing communities. She does not have a psychotherapy practice currently.
Author
Dr. Donovan's award-winning writing centers on themes of social justice, equity, and well-being.
Her two coauthored books, Teaching Diversity Relationally and Unraveling Assumptions, apply psychological and social justice frameworks to the teaching and learning of diversity.
She is currently writing her third book, Mothering in Color, with coauthor Dr. Nichole Guillory. In it, they share a Black feminist model for parenting at the intersection of social justice, sisterhood, and self-care.
Professor
Dr. Donovan is Professor of Psychology at Kennesaw State University, jointly appointed in the departments of Psychological Science and Interdisciplinary Studies. As a Black feminist scholar, she is passionate about teaching courses that intersect psychology, gender studies, and Black studies such as Psychology of Gender, Black Women's Health, and Black Feminisms.
