Event

Asian America Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2022 presents Kameelah, Mu'min Rashad, Psy.D, Founder & President, Muslim Wellness Foundation

Event open to the Penn community by Zoom. Please register here!

Dr. Kameelah Mu'Min Rashad is the Founder and President of Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF) and the founder and co-Director of the National Black Muslim COVID Coalition. This coalition was launched by Muslim Wellness Foundation and Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative to address the need for effective planning, preparedness and organizing in Black Muslim communities during the global Coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Mu'Min Rashad is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Psychology and Muslim Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) and CTS' Project Director for the InterAct on Race Project: Engaging Diverse Faith Communities in Anti-Racist Work. She is also Visiting Faculty at Bayan Islamic Graduate School. Dr. Rashad teaches the following courses: Self-Care and Self-Development for Spiritual Care Providers, the Psychology of Christian Hegemony and Religious Oppression in the United States, and Black Muslim Psychology Activism & Healing. Dr. Mu'Min Rashad’s clinical and research areas of interest include: spirituality in psychotherapy, wellness and community resource building, mental health stigma in faith and minority communities, first generation college students and emerging adults of color; diversity, religious identity and multicultural issues in counseling, healing justice and faith based activism, racial trauma and healing, psychological impact of anti-Muslim bigotry and anti-Blackness, Black Muslim psychology and Black Muslim intersectional invisibility. Dr. Mu'Min Rashad graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Psychology and MEd in Psychological Services. She pursued further graduate education, completing a second Masters in Restorative Practices & Youth Counseling (MRP) from the International Institute for Restorative Practices and obtaining a post-Masters certificate in Family Therapy from the Philadelphia Child & Family Therapy Training Center. Dr. Mu'Min Rashad is certified in Psychological First Aid and a certified instructor in Adult, Higher Education & Youth Mental Health First Aid. Dr. Mu'Min Rashad completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Couple and Family Therapy, at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA.

Hosted by Fariha Khan, ASAM Co-Director, in her course American Race: A Philadelphia Story,  SNF Paideia Program.