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Faculty Fellow

Jessiline Anderson

Focus Areas
Education & School Safety
Health & Behavioral Health

Dr. Jessiline Anderson is an Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Nebraska–Omaha. Her research focuses on psychological and endocrine disorders, leadership styles of African-American women in the clergy, and suicide prevention/intervention strategies that respect Indigenous beliefs and customs. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses, provides professional training seminars off-campus to Indian Health Services and tribal professionals and paraprofessionals, is a lead evaluator for a SAMHSA grant for the Omaha Nation Community Response Team Project Hope, and an evaluator for the IHS suicide prevention project. Dr. Anderson is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. She also serves on the Executive Council of the Native American Studies Program at UNO. 

Learn more about Dr. Anderson on the UNO Psychology website.