August "AJ" Jenkins, Ph.D.

I’m still on cloud 9 from this past weekend. Mama, I’m Phinally PhinisheD! All I can say is God is faithful. What a journey the last six years have been and I’m excited to see what the future holds for Dr. Jenkins @betta_ash_smbdy #psalms27:13

@_TriciaCalderon 🔥🔥🔥 congratulations!! You’re definitely serving, and yet not a single crumb left because you ate.

Now serving: PhD with a side of bad bitch💅🏾

We're still recruiting!

Inviting all Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Families members to consider submitting your proposals to NCFR 2024 conference. Details in this link: ncfr.org/ncfr-2024/call…

@DrMuyiwaWinnie Haha thank you so much! 🥰

@AugustJenkins5 My Friend is AMAZING! NIMHD! Wooohooooo!

Delighted to talk about the research I've been doing on neighborhoods, Black relationships and mental health during #BlackHistoryMonth

@RecoveryPeerLee @RyonCobb Thank you, I’m so fortunate to be able to do work that resonates and be used in your MH work!!🤗

@AugustJenkins5 @RyonCobb Thank you for your research!! I can’t wait to read and use it to help me in my journey to help BIPOC suffering from Mental Health Illnesses and Substance Use Disorders😇

@trantdoan @TeKishaM_Rice Thank you!

@AugustJenkins5 @TeKishaM_Rice Congrats! 🥳

Beyond excited our paper's out & honored to be part of this amazing scholarship led by @TeKishaM_Rice. We conducted a systematic review of what is known about racial discrimination & Black Americans' romantic relationships & then made a playlist about it! open.spotify.com/playlist/3wVTX…

@nataliavandoren Thank you!! ☺️

@DaynaCPatterson Aww thank you so much, Dayna!

@LAcevesPhD2020 @TeKishaM_Rice honored to be on the podcast! keep doing amazing work @LAcevesPhD2020

In honor of Black History Month, in this episode two amazing friends and Black scholars in Lorena’s life were interviewed, guests @AugustJenkins5 and @TeKishaM_Rice. You don't want to miss this one! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loren…

Honored to give the McAdoo address today!

@ddwitzz @TeKishaM_Rice Thank you! I’m excited you’re excited lol and hope you enjoy!

@AugustJenkins5 @TeKishaM_Rice Ooo! excited to read! Congrats!

@DaynaCPatterson Thank you, Dayna!

Together these findings highlight the importance of considering broader ecological and intersectional factors when addressing structural racism & the benefit of utilizing strength-based perspectives to highlight opportunities for resilience

It could be that Black men who are in good relationships want to provide the best for their partners but ambient stress signaling to them they're not safe or maybe not living up to the ideal of protecting/providing for their fam or is interfering with their attempts to do so.

It’s been a very busy few weeks & I hadn’t gotten the chance to share but beyond proud of this latest publication based on my dissertation! Using an ecological-intersectional frame, we examine Black romantic relationships & MH& neighborhoods over 10 years aces.illinois.edu/news/how-love-…