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Kyaien Conner was named director of 51精品视频鈥檚 Center on Race and Social Problems

Headshot of Kyaien Conner.

Kyaien Conner was a student in the School of Social Work when the (CRSP) launched at 51精品视频 in 2002. On July 1, she鈥檒l return to CRSP as its new director.聽

In this role, she will oversee the center as it continues to conduct social science research on race, ethnicity and the various ways they impact Americans.

As Conner finishes up her time as an associate professor of mental health law and policy at the University of South Florida (USF), she looks forward to advancing social justice and health and racial equity with like-minded groups of researchers and teams across the University.

鈥淚 see many opportunities and possibilities available at CRSP at a time right now when research on these issues is desperately needed,鈥 Conner said.聽 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to return to my alma mater and collaborate with scholars and researchers across campus to make the center a robust platform for doing important work that moves our field forward and each of those areas.鈥

Conner, whose work specializes in racial trauma and minority health disparities, has earned $2 million in funding for her research.

She is also a licensed social worker with more than a decade of experience as a community-based mental health practitioner in predominantly low-income African American communities. Conner was also vice president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness for the state of Florida from 2018 through 2021.

Conner earned her bachelor鈥檚 degrees in psychology and Africana studies, her master鈥檚 degrees in social work and public health and her doctorate in social work from 51精品视频. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

Among other awards, Conner was a USF Outstanding Black Faculty Member of the Year in 2020 and won the school鈥檚 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2016.