UMADAOP CONFERENCE 2016

Kimya N. Dennis, Ph.D. Dr. Kimya N. Dennis is a sociologist and criminologist. Her interdisciplinary research and social activism include suicide and suicidal self-harm, mental health, gender equality, and redening “family”. Dr. Dennis does professional presentations and community presentations. She also does guest columns and interviews for websites and news sources such as AFSP.org, Blackdoctor.org, Critical Mass Progress, and HuPost Blog. Dr. Dennis is on the board of directors for LEAD Girls of NC (LEAD), The Mental Health Association in Forsyth County (MHA), and North Carolina chapter of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (NC AFSP). She is Assistant Professor and the creator and Coordinator of the Criminal Studies program in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Studies at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC.

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