First year on the tenure-track is officially complete!

When you see me outside this summer acting like this….mind your business!

This tip sheet might be helpful for any parents/caregivers wondering how to talk about digital media and mental health with their kids! In this, I also provide information on specific online risks (and protective factors) to mental health for youth of color.

This week I earned my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. This proud Black woman is a ✨DOCTOR✨

I prayed for this. I worked HARD for this. Now, I will go live in one of my greatest dreams.

Dr. Jasmin Roelle Brooks Stephens
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Incoming Professor UC Berkeley

Followed by “who ima tell? I don’t even talk to nobody.”

And just like that…taught my last class today and Spring 2024 is almost a wrap!

I honestly think I was looking forward to the last day of class wayyyyy more as a professor than when I was a student 😭.

To all my friends and colleagues who aren’t finished…stay strong 🫡.

I lived there for a whole year and I still don’t believe that Meridian was a real place.

Can we at least get 24 hours before the #xmen97 spoilers and think pieces 😣

Thank you so much Dean Rivera!! Dr. Susan Rivera 🇵🇷

.BSOS @ UMD's new faculty members are doing great things!

Henry Willis (@HeyArtez), who joined PSYCTerps last year, is leading a new, $250K effort to develop an app to help Black youths cope with racism and common mental health problems.

Read more: go.umd.edu/willisapp

So proud to have Henry, PhD as my colleague!!

Better Mental Health for Black Youths, Via Mobile App today.umd.edu/better-mental-…

Thank you!! extremely excited to get started and return to UMD 😊🐢

I’m excited to share that this Fall, Bunmi O will also be joining the clinical psychology PhD program and my new research lab at BSOS @ UMD PSYCTerps! Welcome Bunmi, we’re so lucky to have you!!

Im so excited to welcome Timothy J. Simmons (he/him) to BSOS @ UMD PSYCTerps and the new research lab! We’re lucky to have you and can’t wait to do great things together!

So excited to share that I'm starting a new chapter with the amazing faculty and students at UMD's Clinical Psych PhD Program! Can't wait to learn and grow under the mentorship of Henry, PhD. #GoTerps #NewBeginnings 🎓✨

Also stay tuned because I have…not one…but TWO amazing new clinical psych PhD students that will be joining the lab starting Fall ‘24 🤗. BSOS @ UMD PSYCTerps

I will be revealing my new lab’s name soon. After many votes, it took every fiber in my being to resist one of the best ideas (and second place in the popular vote) that it should be the TWERC Lab (Together We Eradicate Racism, Consciously).

(FYI it will be our lab’s AKA) so ™️

I really need to get to the bottom of why traveling me is a totally different person than at-home me. When I’m traveling, I can wake up at 6 AM, workout, check emails, and be ready for the world at 8 AM.

A regular smegular Tuesday at home tho? It’s a miracle if I’m up by 10 🫠

This conference changed my life as a grad student and I hope other Black grad students in psychology can benefit from the same experience.

**Proposal Deadline has been extended to April 8, 2024.**
bgcpwebsite.org

I guess I’m not sleeping tonight #COWBOYCARTER