Curriculum Vitae
Norissa Williams-Atingdui
Email:
(516 ) 429-2246
education
PhD, Applied Developmental Psychology, Fordham University, Graduate School of Art and Science, Bronx, NY, 2014. DISSERTATION: Does Cultural Competence Moderate Treatment Outcomes for Depressed Youth of Color?
MSW, Social Work, Stony Brook University, School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook, NY, 2003.
B.S., Human Services and Psychology, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, 2001.
University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana, Fall 2000 semester.
Professional/academic awards & honors
1997 Black Women’s Alliance Achievement Award, Black Women’s Alliance
1997 Grace Community Achievement Award, Grace Community Church
1997 Craig Jones Achievement Award, The Family of Craig T Jones
1999-2001 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, St. John’s University
2001 Graduated Suma Cum Laude, St. John’s University
2006 Hope for Youth Service Award, Hope for Youth, Inc.
2008-2011 Fordham University Presidential Scholarship, Fordham University
2012-2013 Cultural Competence Journey Award, NYS Office of Mental Health
2013 Distinguished Woman in Leadership Award, Girls Talk Inc.
2015 Brooklyn Borough Presidential Citation for Excellence in Teaching & Service
Teaching experience
Assistant Professor, Medgar Evers College at the City University of New York, 2014-present.
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
· Introduction to Social Work
· Research Methods in Social Work
· Child Welfare
· Child Welfare: Legal, ethics & advocacy
· Populations at Risk
Responsibilities Include: Committee membership, mentoring and student advisement, grant writing, ongoing research, course creation, development of quizzes, midterms, and activities for final assessment including final papers; supervising field work; grading; fostering cooperative and self initiating learning processes; using blackboard, smart board and other educational technologies.
Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College, Secondary Education & Youth Services Dept., 2010-2014.
Adjunct Lecturer, Westchester Community College, Behavioral Sciences Dept. 2010-2011.
Adjunct Lecturer, Dominican College, Social Science Department. 2010-2014.
Teaching Associate, Fordham University, Psychology Department, 2011 & 2013.
Adjunct Lecturer, New York University, Department of Applied Psychology, 2016-present
Walden University, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2016-present
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
· Learning and Development
· Cognition, Technology & Instruction for Diverse Learners
· General Psychology
· Adolescent Development
· Life Span Development
· General Psychology I & II
· Infant & Child Development
· Research Methods
· Personality
Graduate Courses Taught:
· Educational Psychology
· Cross-Cultural Counseling
Responsibilities Include: course creation; development of quizzes, midterms, and activities for final assessment including final papers; supervising field work; grading; fostering cooperative and self initiating learning processes; using blackboard, smart board and other educational technologies.
leadership & program development experience
Director of Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Nassau County Family Support System of Care, Amityville, NY, 2010 to 2014.
· Infused cultural and linguistic competence principles in child and family serving organizations through creating a strategic cultural and linguistic competence plan for Nassau County
· Created a 12-module professional development cultural competence course
· Created training curriculum for diversity and cultural competence trainings
· Delivered over 50 community education courses annually
· Wrote grants
· Create and monitor equitable policies and practices for diverse groups receiving services; ensuring diverse staff and board representation
· Developed and marketed a professional brown bag series called, Diversity Dialogues
· Conducted cultural competence needs assessments for county organizations
· Develop and chair a county wide cultural competence committee
· Conducted various focus groups to assess client needs and the match of available service provision to needs
· Spearheaded program evaluation efforts to assess the degree to which individuals and organizations are culturally competent and meeting the needs of diverse clientele
· Led a steering committee for annual, county wide multicultural conference
· Awarded by the NYS for exemplary work in spearheading cultural competence efforts
· Managed staff and interns across multiple sites.
Program Director, Wrap Around, Nassau County Family Support System of Care, Amityville, NY, 2012 to 2014.
· Trained and certified in Wrap Around, a national evidenced based intervention
· Provided clinical supervision and programmatic oversight for 10-12 individuals
· Wrote grants for program sustainability
· Coordinated intakes and assigned cases
· Conducted weekly staff meetings
· Monitored and corrected staff case documentation
· Managed intern program
· Regularly outreached to the community; educating them on service provision offered
· Responsible for staff hiring and recruitment
President & Founder, Empowered to the Third Degree, Inc., 2006-present
· Developed and implemented programs and regular workshops for women in need of empowerment and resources to become self sufficient
· Manage board, committee and membership development
· Fundraising for local grants to distribute to women in need of micro grants to fulfill career goals
· Create and update a website and other marketing tools
· Outreach to the community; offering community education and motivational speaking
Family Center Coordinator, Children and Family Mental Health Services, Inc., 2001-2003.
· Creating programs and activities for children, families and adults in the community (e.g. after school, enrichment, community education and family bonding)
· Responsible for grant searches, grant writing and securing corporate sponsorship multiple times throughout the fiscal year
· Acted as a community liaison; forming a parent advisory committee
· Supervised interns and volunteers
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Psychotherapist, Center for Psychotherapy, Brooklyn, NY, 2014-present
Responsibility Summary: Provision of psychotherapy to couples, individuals and groups. Responsible for treatment planning, progress reporting and interdisciplinary team work.
Functional Family Therapist, Child Center of New York, Jamaica, NY, 2007-2010.
Responsibility Summary; Conducted family and behavioral therapy to an at risk youth population—and their families—using a manualized, evidenced based intervention; Responsible for treatment planning, progress reporting and interdisciplinary team work.
Intensive Case Manager, Hope for Youth, Amityville, NY , 2003-2006.
Responsibility Summary: Parent training; Psycho-education; family counseling; crisis management; development and implementation of behavior modification plans; participant in Committee of Special Education meetings; collaborated as part of a both inter and intra-agency interdisciplinary teams; conducted ongoing assessments of client needs and documented client progress (i.e. progress notes, psych social assessments and monthly statistics).
publications
Williams, N. (in press). Tilting in a slanted room: Recognizing the need of black social work students in the current racial climate. Social Work With Groups.
Williams, N. (in press). When the trainer got trained: 7 things I learned about delivering diversity trainings. Social Work With Groups.
Williams, N. (2015). Playing to Your Children’s Strengths. Reality based parenting: How parents of African descent can cultivate loving relationships with their children. Edited by John McQueen, New York, New York.
Williams, N. (2015). Parenting Philosophies. Reality based parenting: How parents of African descent can cultivate loving relationships with their children. Edited by John McQueen, New York, New York.
Smith, N. & Williams, N. (2015). Co-Parenting. Reality based parenting: How parents of African descent can cultivate loving relationships with their children. Edited by John McQueen, New York, New York.
Williams, N. (2013). Concern for Depressed Ethnic Minority Youth: Opportunities to Intervene in the School System. The Rookie: Society for the psychological study of social issues. 3-5.
Atingdui, N. (2009). Anthropology. In S. Goldstein & J.A. Naglieri (Eds.), Encyclopedia of child behavior and development, New York, New York: Springer.
Atingdui, N. (2009). Cognitive Dissonance. In S. Goldstein & J.A. Naglieri (Eds.), Encyclopedia of child behavior and development, New York, New York: Springer.
Atingdui, N. (2009). Cohort Effect. In S. Goldstein & J.A. Naglieri (Eds.), Encyclopedia of
child behavior and development, New York, New York: Springer.
Atingdui, N. (2009). Ethnocentrism. In S. Goldstein & J.A. Naglieri (Eds.), Encyclopedia of child behavior and development, New York, New York: Springer.
selected professional/Academic presentations
Williams, N (2015). Co-Parenting & The Absent Father. Center for Psychotherapy. July 16, 2015.
Williams, N (2015). Results of a six-month hospital treatment outcome study examining the effects of cultural competence on youth of color: Surprising findings. 7th Annual Health Disparities Conference, March 7, 2015.
Williams, N (2015). Hidden Colors: Discussion Race in America. Invited panelist at Family Renaissance, February 28, 2015.
Williams, N. (2014). Tailoring Integrated Care Models to the Needs of Culturally Diverse Populations. Invited talk at the Nassau County Co-Occurring Conference, December 12, 2014.
Williams, N. (2014). The role of unconscious bias in decision making with clients. Invited Talk at Sagamore Children’s Hospital. January 9, 2014.
Williams, N. (2013). Coming to America: Acculturative stress, family dynamics and service needs. Keynote Address at Nassau County Department of Health and Human Services. December 3, 2013.
Williams, N. (2013). Cultural competence in alternative schools. Invited talk at Nassau County BOCES. November, 5, 2013.
Williams, N. (2013). The social determinants of depression for ethnic minority youth. Invited talk at Nassau County BOCES. October 24, 2013.
Williams, N (2013). Cultural awareness in social work practice. Invited talk at Adelphi University. October 15, 2013.
Williams, N. (2013). Stereotypes, default settings and quality work with those who are culturally diverse. Invited talk at the Nassau County Annual Multicultural Conference. September 27, 2013.
Williams, N. (2013). Using informal and natural supports to enhance cultural competence. Invited talk at the Nassau County Annual Multicultural Conference. September 27, 2013.
Williams, N. (2013) The value of diverse perspectives. Invited talk at the Nassau County Department of Probation. June 25, 2013.
Williams, N. (2013). Does cultural competence moderate treatment outcomes for depressed Ethnic Minority Youth. Poster Presentation at Black Graduate in Psychology Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. June 6-9,2013.
Williams, N. (2013) Research designs for analyzing the effects of cultural competence. Paper presented at Cross University Mentoring Collaborative, New York, New York. May 31, 2013.
Williams,N. and Giambolvo, N. (2013). Mental Health Needs of Girls. Paper Presentation at The Children’s Mental Health Symposium, Long Island, New York. May 8, 2013.
Williams, N. (2012) Engaging culturally diverse families in treatment. Invited talk at North Shore Child and Family Guidance. Rosyln, New York. October 8, 2012.
Williams, N. (2011). Cultural competence training needs of case workers. Poster Presentation at Black Graduate in Psychology Conference, Miami, Florida. June 2-5, 2011.
Williams, N. (2011). Understanding and addressing unconscious bias. Invited Talk at Nassau County Mental Health Association, Hempstead, New York, March 6, 2013.
Williams, N. & Merriweather, T. Annual psychology day: The graduate journey. Presentation at Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York. October 12, 2010.
Professional memberships
· The Nassau County Multicultural Advisory Council, 2015-present
· Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues 2013, 2014
· The Diversity Initiative of Nassau County 2010-present
· Division 5 of the American Psychological Association (Division for Quantitative & Qualitative Methods) 2015-present
conferences attended
· 47th Annual Conference of The National Association of Black Social Workers, Chicago, Illinois, 2015
· Columbia University’s 7th Annual Health Disparities Conference, New York, New York, March, 2015
· The Society for Research and Child Development (SRCD) Biannual Conference, Denver, Colorado 2009
· The Society for Research of Adolescents (SRA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010.
· The Georgetown Institute Annual System of Care Conference. Chicago, Illinois, 2011; Orlando, Florida, 2012.