- Associate Professor of Writing, Health Policy & Management and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies,, George Washington University
Jameta Nicole Barlow, PhD, MPH, RYT® 200, a Charlottesville, Virginia native, is a community health psychologist and an associate professor of writing in The George Washington University's University Writing Program and Women's Leadership Program. She holds secondary appointments in the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Milken Institute of Public Health. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Global Women's Institute, Africana Studies Program and the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. Dr. Barlow is the former Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program. Her research utilizes decolonizing methodologies to disrupt cardiometabolic syndrome and structural policies adversely affecting Black girls' and women's health, intergenerational trauma and perinatal mental health. Dr. Barlow uses Black Feminisms and Womanism to theorize, implement and evaluate methodologies, interventions and policies for Black girls and women. With professional experiences in federal government, national nonprofits and academia, she has spent 24 years in transdisciplinary collaborations with physicians, public health practitioners, researchers, policy administrators, activists, political appointees, and community members in diverse settings throughout the world. Dr. Barlow holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from Spelman College, a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Maternal and Child Health from The George Washington University and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology from North Carolina State University.
Certified as an Emotional Emancipation Circle Facilitator and vinyasa and restorative yoga instructor, Dr. Barlow is also trained as a doula, childbirth educator, prenatal yoga and meditation instructor; and, a 2024 Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies Short Term Fellow at Monticello, 2015 AcademyHealth/Aetna Foundation Scholar-in-Residence Fellow, 2016 RAND Faculty Leaders Fellow in Policy Research and Analysis and 2020-2021 GW Humanities Center Fellow. She has lectured on her research throughout the world at institutions such as the University of Virginia, Harvard University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana. Dr. Barlow has served in a variety of leadership roles within the American Psychological Association, including the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students and as the Immediate Past Chair for the American Psychological Association's Committee on Women in Psychology. Additionally, she previously served as the Strategic Communications and Implementation Advisor for the Council on Black Health. An inaugural Scholar-in-Residence at the Black Women's Health Imperative, Dr. Barlow uses her writing to create change in the health landscape. She was a 2022 Public Voices Fellow at AcademyHealth, in partnership with The OpEd Project, Dr. Barlow's writings on Black girls' and women's health, intersectionality, health equity, healing and restorative health practices in psychology and public health research appear in various publications and she offers community-based and industry focused workshops, retreats and trainings on these topics. Dr. Barlow has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Essence, Shape, Insider, NBC News, OZY, mashable, the Skimm, Medical News Today, NPR, Psych Central and Healthline. She presents her work in various forms of media. Her digital storytelling work, the Saving Our Sisters Project (www.savingoursistersproject.com), is focused on Black women's mental health and well-being, employing writing and the personal narrative. Her book, writing Blackgirls' and women's health and science: implications for policy and practice, was released December 2023.
She believes her evidence-based curriculum, "writehealingTM," is an effective approach towards uncovering trauma and healing. Dr. Barlow recently completed yoga nidra training and considers herself a folk plant person. She is deeply committed to her practice of sleep and rest yoga.
Dr. Barlow is currently on sabbatical for the 2024-2025 academic term, where is working on her next book project.
Experience
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2024–presentAssociate Professor Writing, The George Washington University
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2018–2024Assistant Professor of Writing, The George Washington University
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2014–2018Assistant Professor of Women and Health, Towson University
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2013–2014Instructor, Public Health Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences Elon University
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2012–2013Graduate Assistant, North Carolina State University Graduate School, Raleigh, NC Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences,
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2013–2013Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences Elon University
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2012–2012Instructor, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, North Carolina State University
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2011–2012Instructor, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences North Carolina State University
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2007–2010Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Program in Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes
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2008–2010Project manager, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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2010–2010Research Assistant, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina-Chapel
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2006–2008Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
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2005–2007Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Center for Health Promotion Disease Prevention
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2006–2006Graduate Student Trainee, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Paris, France Department of Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases (EARD) Unit 472 (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
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2003–2005Program Analyst, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Immediate Office of the Secretary, Office on Disability, Washington, DC
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2002–2003Adolescent and School Health Program Associate, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Center for Best Practices, Washington, DC
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2002–2002Program Analyst, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of the Commissioner (OC) Office of Women’s Health (OWH), Outreach Division, Rockville, MD
Education
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2014North Carolina State University, PhD, Psychology
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2003The George Washington University, MPH, Maternal and Child Health
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2001Spelman College, BA, English
Publications
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2023Writehealing: a Sistah's Circle Praxis to Heal and Liberate, Women & Therapy
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2023Writing Blackgirls' and Women's Health Science Implications for Research and Praxis, Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington Books
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2023Womanism and Re-Imagining Black Women's Health Promotion, American Journal of Health Promotion
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2023Black Feminism and Womanism: A Narrative Review of the Weight Loss Literature, Ethnicity & Disease
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2021Listen to black women: Do black feminist and womanist health policy analyses, Women's Health Issue
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2019What the health (WTH)?: Theorising southern Black feminisms in the US south, Agenda
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2018Reclaiming health for black women and girls: A conversation with Dr. Jameta Nicole Barlow, Journal of Critical Thought & Praxis
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2018Restoring optimal black mental health and reversing intergenerational trauma in an era of Black Lives Matter, Biography
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2018Speaking for Ourselves: Reclaiming, Redesigning, and Reimagining Research on Black Women's Health, Meridians-Feminism Race Transnationalism
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2016#WhenIFellInLoveWithMyself: Disrupting the Gaze and Loving Our Black Womanist Self As an Act of Political Warfare, Meridians-Feminism Race Transnationalism
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2010Evaluating the implementation of peer counseling in a church-based dietary intervention for African Americans, Patient Education Counseling
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2010Qualitative study to explore prospect theory and message framing and diet and cancer prevention-related issues among african american adolescents, Cancer Nursing
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