Genese Clark

Dr. Genese Clark serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Allied Health within Morgan State University's School of Community Health and Policy, and is affiliated with the Center for Urban Health Equity. Her research centers on the social and structural determinants of health, with a focus on marginalized communities and family resilience.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Human Sciences – Global Family Health and Well-being, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2024)
• MS in Child, Youth, and Family Studies – International Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2017)
• BA in Psychology – Child Development and Mental Health, Albertus Magnus College (2009)

Dr. Clark's scholarship investigates culturally specific strengths in marginalized populations, particularly African American family networks, and emphasizes psychosocial well-being and trauma healing. She developed the Family Strength Wheel (2023), a globally recognized visual tool for leveraging family strengths. Her approach integrates community-based participatory methods to address health disparities through culturally responsive interventions and anti-racism frameworks.

Analysis of her 2022-2025 publications reveals consistent focus on structural barriers to health equity across transnational families, rural Hispanic communities, and BINW youth. Her work bridges academic research with community practice, emphasizing trauma-responsive solutions and asset-based approaches while addressing implicit bias and systemic racism.

No scientific awards are documented in available sources.

Dr. Clark advises graduate students in public health while translating research into community action through international workshops on family strengths, implicit bias, and anti-racism. Her prior decade in nonprofit service informs her community-engaged methodology, though specific grants remain unlisted.

She actively collaborates with the Center for Urban Health Equity and serves as Student and New Professionals Representative on the National Council on Family Relations Inclusion and Diversity Committee, driving initiatives that connect academic research with real-world systemic change.