Navigating Academia From Undergrad To Professor: A Personal Journey with Dr. Henry A. Willis, Ph.D.

Navigating Academia From Undergrad To Professor: A Personal Journey  

Dr. Henry A. Willis, Ph.D. 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
6:00-7:00 pm
Cole Field House 
Room 0211

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Henry A. Willis, Ph.D. is originally from Jackson, Mississippi, and he received his B.S. in psychology from Howard University and his M.A. in clinical psychology from Columbia University. Dr. Willis received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Clinical Psychology program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed an APA-accredited internship at Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Subsequently. He completed postdoctoral research training at Columbia University’s School of Social Work and the University of

Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice. He completed his postdoctoral clinical training working with children and adults at Madison Park Psychological Services in New York City. Dr. Willis joined the faculty of the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2023. His research interests include exploring the relationship between online and offline racial discrimination and mental health outcomes, understanding sociocultural protective factors (i.e., racial identity) and how they impact psychopathology within African Americans, creating cultural adaptations of evidence-based treatments, and utilizing mobile-health technology to increase access to mental health treatments for underserved populations. Dr. Willis also assists in clinical training at the HOPE Center, a free mental health clinic in Harlem, New York.