Jennine S. Rawana, Ph.D., C.Psych. (Lakehead University) is an Associate Professor at York University in the Department of Psychology (Clinical Developmental Area), and a Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Rawana is the Director of the REACH lab and has fostered an inclusive, rigorous research and clinical training environment that supports students from a variety of diverse backgrounds. She has taught various undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology including Development in Adolescence, and Clinical and diagnostic assessment of children, adolescents, and families.
Since 2015, she has been the Head of Calumet College, which supports the success of Faculty of Health students. She is also a co-chair of York University’s Well-being Strategy, and she has co-led the development of a pan-university framework to support the well-being of the York community. She is also a member of the LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research at York University. She is committed to using an decolonizing, equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEDI) lens to her work with students and community members, and she has participated in the Department of Psychology’s REDI program, SSHRC’s Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) for Black Scholars, as well as co-chairs along with undergraduate students, Calumet and Stong Colleges DEDI Sips and Stories Book Cafe. In her down time, she enjoys reading fiction, yoga, visiting museums and libraries, cooking, spending time with family and friends, and dabbling in new art skills.
Service/Community Activities
Centre of Education and Research on Positive Youth Development at Lakehead University
Associate Researcher
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research at York University
Core Member
