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Dr. Roxanne Donovan is a nationally recognized psychologist and award-winning professor at Kennesaw State University whose writing translates research into real talk on how to foster well-being in unjust environments. She’s coauthor of two books—Teaching Diversity Relationally and Unraveling Assumptions—and is currently co-writing a third, We Who Mother: Lessons in Black Feminist Mothering. Through WellAcademic, her faculty development organization, she's helped hundreds of historically excluded scholars cultivate more joy, focus, and fulfillment in academia.
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Dr. Roxanne Donovan is a nationally recognized psychologist and award-winning professor at Kennesaw State University whose writing translates research into real talk on how to foster well-being in unjust environments.
She’s the co-author of two books—Teaching Diversity Relationally: Engaging Emotions and Embracing Possibilities and Unraveling Assumptions: A Primer for Understanding Oppression and Privilege—along with numerous academic articles and chapters on gendered racism, Black women's health, and faculty well-being.
She is currently co-writing her third book, We Who Mother: Lessons in Black Feminist Mothering, with education scholar Dr. Nichole Guillory.
Her expertise has been featured in The Washington Post, Science News, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution; on Georgia Public Radio; and on top-ranked podcasts, including Teaching in Higher Ed, Your Words Unleashed, and Wise Effort.
Through WellAcademic, her faculty development organization, she has helped hundreds of historically excluded scholars cultivate more joy, focus, and fulfillment in academia. Her free Wellness Wednesday newsletter offers writing and wellness strategies to more than 1,000 faculty subscribers.
Integrated with her professional identities are her rich and multilayered roles as mama, sister, auntie, and spouse.
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