Mindy Thompson Fullilove
Professor of Urban Policy and Health, The New School; Co-Founder and Board President of the University of Orange
Mindy Thompson Fullilove is a writer and social psychiatrist who studies urban spaces and issues of displacement, mental health, and collective consciousness. With a background in family therapy, Dr. Fullilove has a deep understanding of social systems and studies how these systems affect mental health. Her major achievements include the early identification of the intersection of the crack and AIDS epidemics; the documentation of the high levels of trauma among women in recovery from crack addiction and proposals to address that form of co-morbidity; the description of “root shock” in the aftermath of mass upheaval caused by urban renewal; the description of “serial forced displacement;” and the identification of nine elements of urban restoration. She has published hundreds of scientific papers, authored eight books and been awarded numerous honors, including two honorary degrees.