Alexis Jemal, JD, LCSW, PhD
Hunter Silberman School of Social Work - Assistant Professor
Email: alexis.jemal@hunter.cuny.edu
Education
PhD, Social Work, Rutgers UniversityJD, Law, Rutgers School of Law
MSW, Social Work, Rutgers School of Social Work
BA, Sociology, International Studies, and Criminology, Rutgers University
Research Interests
Multi-level health interventions, Social justice, Participatory action research, Critical consciousness, Drugs, Violence, Trauma, Mass incarceration, HIV/HCV/STIs BIO
Alexis Jemal, Assistant Professor at Silberman School of Social Work, integrates participatory action research methods, critical theory and the creative arts to develop multi-level and multi-systemic socio-health interventions that incorporate restorative justice frameworks, radical healing and liberation health models to address toxic stress, trauma and symptoms (e.g., substance use, HIV/HCV risk) of structural, community and interpersonal violence. Projects
Principal Investigator, Adapting an Evidence-Based HIV/STI Risk Reduction Intervention to Address Oppressive Sexual Scripts Among Heterosexual African American Males and Females. Completed
Principal Investigator, Formative Research for Critical Consciousness Intervention Development. Completed
Publications
Recent
Campbell J, Jemal A, Sarol J, Windsor L (2025).
Critical consciousness measure development and testing
Counseling Psychologist, 53 (6), 819–847. doi: 10.1177/00110000251387094.
Critical consciousness measure development and testing
Counseling Psychologist, 53 (6), 819–847. doi: 10.1177/00110000251387094.
Melendez D, Ballesteros D, Jemal A (2025).
Honoring women of color practice wisdom as epistemic disobedience within methods for social work education research
Journal of Teaching in Social Work [Epub 2025 Nov 26]. doi: 10.1080/08841233.2025.2593661.
Honoring women of color practice wisdom as epistemic disobedience within methods for social work education research
Journal of Teaching in Social Work [Epub 2025 Nov 26]. doi: 10.1080/08841233.2025.2593661.
Matsuzaka S, Hudson KD, Sapiro B, Doko S, Jemal A, Ross AM (2025).
Social work literature and gendered racism: A scoping review
Social Work Research, 49 (2), 81-92. doi: 10.1093/swr/svaf008.
Social work literature and gendered racism: A scoping review
Social Work Research, 49 (2), 81-92. doi: 10.1093/swr/svaf008.
Jemal A (2024).
Theatre in social work education (TIS WE): A pedagogy for living critical-radical social work to bridge the micro-macro divide
Social Work Education [Epub 2024 Dec 3]. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2024.2434013.
Theatre in social work education (TIS WE): A pedagogy for living critical-radical social work to bridge the micro-macro divide
Social Work Education [Epub 2024 Dec 3]. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2024.2434013.
Jemal A (2024).
Critical clinical social work practice: Pathways to healing from the molecular to the macro
Clinical Social Work Journal, 52, 229-244. doi: 10.1007/s10615-022-00843-1.
Dr. Jemal's Research Gate Profile
Critical clinical social work practice: Pathways to healing from the molecular to the macro
Clinical Social Work Journal, 52, 229-244. doi: 10.1007/s10615-022-00843-1.