Researcher

Dr. Donte Bernard is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri. Dr. Bernard’s program of research examines the direct and indirect pathways by which racism compromises the mental and behavioral health and well-being of Black children, adolescents, and emerging adults. Equally important within his research agenda is the examination of culturally relevant protective factors that inform the degree to which Black youth remain resilient against the impact of racism across sensitive developmental periods.

Dr. Bernard earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology with a child and family emphasis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed an APA-accredited internship at the University of Miami Mailman Center for Child Development. Following his doctoral training, Dr. Bernard completed an NIMH-funded T-32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, specializing in traumatic stress, at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Bernard’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.