Fellows

Sean Joe, PhD

Active | Inducted in 2017

Current Position

Board Member

Bio

Dr. Joe is a nationally recognized scholar on suicidal behavior among Black Americans, particularly regarding the role of social determinants and firearms as risk factors, and is expanding the evidence base for effective practice with Black boys and young men. His research focuses on Black adolescents’ mental health service use patterns, epidemiology and prevention of Black suicidal behavior, and family-based interventions to prevent urban Black American adolescent males from engaging in multiple forms of self-destructive behaviors. He writes about Community Science as a new perspective on knowledge co-produced by academic researchers and community members, which has the potential to enrich science by broadening our participatory research theories, designs, analytical methods, and the use of technological innovation. Joe’s epistemological work focuses on the concept of race in medical and social sciences.

Dr. Joe is the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and the Founding & Principal Director of the Racing and Opportunity Lab at Washington University in St. Louis school of social work. He is a past President of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the New York Academy of Medicine, and a Research Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He serves on the boards of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the American Association of Suicidology Advisory Council, and the Scientific Advisory Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Education

PhD