Biography

Joelle Dorsett, having lived in various cities across Florida, considers herself to be a true Floridian. Prior to joining the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami, Joelle obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Florida. Joelle is currently a second-year Ph.D. student in the Counseling Psychology doctoral program. Joelle’s primary research interests center on the intersection of environmental justice and mental health in Black and Afro-Caribbean communities. Within CRECER, Joelle serves as the co-coordinator of the Kulula Project, an empirically supported, community-based intervention in partnership with Coconut Groves Cares that aims to enhance ethnic identity, socialization skills, and adaptive coping among Black youth living in the West Grove. Joelle also serves as the Graduate Research Fellow for the University of Miami Laboratory for Integrative Knowledge (U-LINK) Climate Gentrification project investigating how climate issues are contributing to the displacement of residents in historically under-resourced neighborhoods. In her free time, Joelle loves to read Black literature, rollerskate, and play violin.