Associate Professor
Dr. Temilola Salami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. She joined the faculty in the Fall of 2021 and is the director of The Health and Resilience Initiative for Vulnerable and Excluded Groups (weTHRIVE) lab. Dr. Salami received her B.A. in Psychology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia. Dr. Salami’s pre-doctoral clinical psychology internship took place at the Medical University of South Carolina and she completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/ Ben Taub Hospital. Dr. Salami has received broad clinical training with her main clinical and research interests focusing on the psychological sequela of trauma and discrimination.
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About Temilola Salami
Dr. Temilola Salami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. She joined the faculty in the Fall of 2021 and is the director of The Health and Resilience Initiative for Vulnerable and Excluded Groups (weTHRIVE) lab. Dr. Salami received her B.A. in Psychology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia. Dr. Salami’s pre-doctoral clinical psychology internship took place at the Medical University of South Carolina and she completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/ Ben Taub Hospital. Dr. Salami has received broad clinical training with her main clinical and research interests focusing on the psychological sequela of trauma and discrimination.
| Present | Associate Professor, Prairie View A&M University ‐ Psychology | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2023 - Present | Expanding a Novel Healthcare Coordinated Response to Human Trafficking by Enhancing Outreach, Case Management, and Continuity of Care |
| Department of Health and Human Services | |
| Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Program | |
| Role: Subawardee PI/Grant Writer (PI: Kimberly Williams) | |
| $1,800,000 | |
| 2023 - Present | Investigating the Combined Impact of Spatial Social Networks and Environmental Exposure on Minority Youths' Mental Health |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
| Minority Research Grant Program | |
| Role: Co-PI (PI: Iyanda Ayodeji; Co-PI: Xinyue Ye, Huang Xiao, Dongying Li) | |
| $333,020 | |
| 2022 - Present | Developing an Adaptive Toolkit for the Prevention of IPV and IPV-Related Mental Health Sequelae Among Black College Students |
| Prairie View A&M | |
| Panther RISE (PRISE) Grant | |
| Role: PI (Co-PI: Noni Gaylord-Harden) | |
| $40,000 | |
| 2021 - Present | Post Critical Incident Seminar (through the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas) |
| Office of the Texas Governor | |
| Victims of Crime Act | |
| Role: Independent Subcontractor | |
| $499,491 | |
| 2022 | A pilot project to examine the impact of discrimination and neighborhood disorder on academic outcomes among Black college students |
| Prairie View A&M | |
| VPRI RAPID Research Grant | |
| Role: Investigator (PI: Dr. Iyanda) | |
| $5,000 | |
| 2022 | Assessing Culturally Relevant IPV Risk and Protective Variables and Developing an Adaptive Toolkit to Reduce IPV-Related Mental Health Consequences Among Black College Students at HBCUs, PWIs, and HSIs. |
| Prairie View A&M | |
| VPRI RAPID Research Grant | |
| Role: PI | |
| $5,000 | |
| 2020 - 2021 | Addressing the long-term medical, psychological and social service needs of survivors of severe interpersonal trauma through a hospital-based collaborative intervention |
| Office of the Texas Governor | |
| Victims of Crime Act | |
| Role: Subcontractor PI (PI: Kimberly Williams) | |
| $249,861 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2019 - 2022 | Member, American Psychological Association | 2018 - 2022 | Member, Texas Psychological Association | 2020 - 2021 | Member, Houston Association of Black Psychologists | 2019 - 2021 | Member, Anxiety and Depression Association of America |
Honors and Awards
- Inclusive Excellence Awards from the Office of Institutional Diversity & Inclusion at SHSU
- Nominated for Excellence in Teaching
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program Award
- Black Faculty and Staff Organization’s Award Scholarship
- Florene M. Young Award Nominee
Courses
- Doctoral Practicum (Graduate)
- Abnormal Psychology (Undergraduate)
- Multicultural Psychology (Graduate)
- Theory & Research in Psychotherapy I (Graduate)
- Social Psychology (Undergraduate)
- Honors Dialogue Seminar: Race, Sex, and Gender Identity (Undergraduate Honors)
- African American Psychology (Undergraduate)
- General Psychology (Undergraduate)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Graduate)
| July 2016 | Ph.D., University of Georgia ‐ Clinical Psychology | |
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