Dr. Jessica Goodkind joined the University of New Mexico Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention in the Department of Pediatrics in 2004. Before coming to UNM, Dr. Goodkind was an Assistant Professor of Human Development at California State University East Bay from 2002-2004. She received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in ecological/community psychology in 2002. Her primary interests are community-based participatory research and community-based interventions to promote the mental health and well-being of marginalized populations. Specifically, Dr. Goodkind’s research focuses on community-based interventions to address multiple layers of trauma (including historical trauma) experienced by Native American youth, and community-based advocacy and learning interventions with refugees and immigrants who resettle in the United States. Her work emphasizes bringing university students and newcomers together to engage in mutual learning and the mobilization of community resources. Dr. Goodkind focuses on both conceptual and theoretical issues (e.g., understanding the processes of refugee adjustment and the mechanisms which promote positive processes) as well as in applied problems (e.g., developing interventions which promote these processes and prevent further distress). Dr. Goodkind has also been involved in research to improve the community’s responsiveness to women who experience intimate partner violence and their children, and her interests include a wide variety of community-based participatory research projects and service learning opportunities that work towards social justice.