Dr. Bonnie Nastasi
Professor
- New Orleans LA UNITED STATES
- School of Science and Engineering
Focuses on culturally appropriate health promotion & health risk prevention programming for child, adolescent & adult populations
Social
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Education
Kent State University
Ph.D.
School Psychology & Early Childhood Education
1986
University of New Orleans
M.S.
Applied Developmental Psychology
1978
University of New Orleans
B.A.
Psychology
1972
Affiliations
- International School Psychology Association
- International Institute of Child Rights & Development
- Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Media Appearances
Mental scars showing on youngest victims of Louisiana floods
State Journal-Register
2016-08-20
"Re-establishing the routine of school is going to be important for children. If they can resume normal routines, that helps them to feel more safe and more secure," Nastasi said.
Articles
Using child rights education to infuse a social justice framework into universal programming
School Psychology InternationalShereen C Naser, Jorge Verlenden, Prerna Arora, Bonnie Nastasi, Lindsay Braun, Rokeishia Smith
2019
A key part of promoting social justice as school psychologists is infusing practice with actions that breakdown systems of inequity and incorporate systems of inclusion. The current manuscript provides a description of applying social justice as a framework in universal programming through child rights education.
An analysis of social justice research in school psychology
ArticleEmily Graybill, N Baker, Allison H. Cloth, Sycarah Fisher, Bonnie Nastasi
2017
The purpose of the current content analysis was to build upon previous empirical research both within school psychology and in other subdisciplines of psychology to refine the operationalized definition of social justice within school psychology research. Operationalizing the definition and substantiating it within the empirical literature is a critical next step for moving the discussion within the field of school psychology from the abstract to the concrete and measurable.
Group Couples' Intervention to Improve Sexual Health Among Married Women in a Low-Income Community in Mumbai, India
Journal of Marital and Family TherapyShubhada Maitra, Stephen L. Schensul, Benjamin D. Hallowel, Marie A. Brault, Bonnie Nastasi
2017
This article describes the design and implementation of a group couples' intervention focused on improving women's sexual health as a component of a multilevel community, clinical, and counseling intervention project conducted in association with a gynecological service in a municipal urban health center in a low-income community in Mumbai, India.