Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi

Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi is a licensed psychologist and mixed-methods researcher. Her scholarship and clinical interests focus on racial and cross-cultural disparities in mental health and body image among Black African women. Most recently, she has examined the impact of intersectional discrimination among Black adults with serious mental illness and body image among Black African women in Nigeria and Kenya.

Education

• Ph.D. Northeastern University
• M.Ed. Northeastern University
• M.S. Springfield College
• B.A. United States International University-Africa

Teaching Interests

Psychological diagnoses, introductory psychology, cross-cultural psychology, counseling techniques, personality dynamics, psychology of diversity

Research Interests

Racial/gender disparities in mental health, body image among Black African women, mixed-methods research

Consulting/Practice Interests

Trauma-informed therapy, culturally-responsive treatment, couples therapy, serious mental illness, body image among women of color

Awards and Honors

• 2021, Faculty Teaching Recognition Award, Salve Regina University
• 2015, International Fellowship, American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Publications

Journal Articles

• Balogun-Mwangi, O., DeTore, N. R., Russinova, Z. (2023). "We Don't Get a Chance to Prove Who We Really Are": A Qualitative Inquiry of Workplace Prejudice and Discrimination Among Black Adults With Serious Mental Illness. PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION JOURNAL, (46) 1 4-13.
• Balogun-Mwangi, O., Robinson-Wood, T. L., DeTore, N. R., George, Jessica B. Edwards, ., Rodgers, R. F., Sanchez, W. (2023). Body image and Black African women: A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria. BODY IMAGE, (45) 331-342.
• Harris, M., Balogun-Mwangi, O. (2023). Examining the Role of High School Spiritual Practice and Ways of Coping in Levels of Anxiety among College-aged Women. , (29) 1
• DeTore, N. R., Balogun-Mwangi, O., Tepper, M., Cather, C., Russinova, Z., Lanca, M., Mueser, K. T. (2022). The interrelationships of motivation, positive symptoms, stigma, and role functioning in early psychosis. EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY, (16) 7 736-743.
• Robinson-Wood, T., Muse, C., Hewett, R., Balogun-Mwangi, O., Elrahman, J., Nordling, A., Abdulkerim, N., Matsumoto, A. (2021). Regular White People Things: The Presence of White Fragility in Interracial Families. FAMILY RELATIONS, (70) 4 973-992.
• Balogun-Mwangi, O., Rogers, E. S., Maru, M., Magee, C. (2019). Vocational Peer Support: Results of a Qualitative Study. JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES & RESEARCH, (46) 3 450-463.
• Balogun-Mwangi, O., Ballou, M., Matsumoto, A., Faver, L., Todorova, I. G. (2016). Women's Pain, Women's Voices: Using the Feminist Ecological Model and a Participatory Action Research Approach in Developing a Group Curriculum for Chronic Pain. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, (11) 1-16.
• Ballou, M., Balogun, O., Gittens, G., Matsumoto, A., Sanchez, W. (2015). Trauma and Returning to Work: Women’s Lived Experiences and its Implications for Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, (46) 1 25-33.
• Robinson-Wood, T. L., Balogun-Mwangi, O., Boadi, N., Caroline, F., Matsumoto, A., Popat-Jain, A., Zhang, X. (2015). Worse than Blatant Racism: A Phenomenological Investigation of Microaggressions among Black Women. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Psychology, (9) 3 221-236.
• Robinson-Wood, T., Balogun-Mwangi, O., Weber, A., Zeko-Underwood, E., Rawle, S. C., Popat-Jain, A., Matsumoto, A., Cook, E. (). “What is it going to be like?”: A phenomenological investigation of racial, gendered, and sexual microaggressions among highly educated individuals.. Qualitative Psychology, (7) 1 43-58.

Other(s)

• Balogun-Mwangi, O. (2018). The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in AfricaJOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH, (27) 1 93-93.