Dr. Jasmine Graham

Assistant Professor

Faculty Member at Wake Forest University since July 2022

Mailing Address: WFU Department of Counseling, Box 7406, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Email address: grahamj@wfu.edu

Office phone: (336)758-3122

Location: Carswell 211

Education:

Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision, Virginia Tech, 2014

Post-Graduate Certificate, Addictions Counseling, Appalachian State University, 2006

M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, Appalachian State University, 2006

B.A. in Elementary Education, East Carolina University, 2004

Research Interests:

I have published on topics related to clinical mental health, school counseling, and Counselor Education. My primary and current interest centers on women’s behavioral health, with particular attention to female reproductive mental health from the onset of puberty through post-menopause, including menstrual mental health, perinatal/maternal mental health, and menopausal mental health issues. I am particularly interested in a.) how women cope with reproductive mental health challenges and b.) how mental health counselors can support women in this regard. My research has employed a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies such as structural equation modeling, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and phenomenological research design.

Awards (selected):

• EMPOWER grant recipient, Indiana University, 2021-2022
• Culture of Health Leadership Team (Indianapolis, IN), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2017-2020
• Program Coordinator (Counseling and Counselor Education Program, Indiana University-Indianapolis), Innovative Counseling Program of the Year, NCACES, 2018
• Urban League Fellow, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2017-2018
• OPTIONS cohort 17, Women’s Fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, 2017-2018
• 40 Under 40 Alumni Leadership Award for Research and Education, East Carolina University, 2017
• Daya & Mrs. Usha K. Sandhu Multicultural Counseling Research Award, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES), 2013
• Emerging Leaders Fellow, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES), 2010
• Chi Sigma Iota Honorary Society, Tau Eta Kappa Chapter, Virginia Tech, 2010

Counseling Experience:

I have counseled clients experiencing many mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, and career stress, anger management. Historically, I have employed counseling modalities such as individual counseling, couples counseling, family counseling, group counseling, and play therapy to support my clients’ needs. In regards to clinical settings, I have experience providing mental health services in outpatient, residential, school-based, intensive in-home, day treatment, and correctional facilities throughout the United States.

Professional Membership:

• American Counseling Association (ACA)
• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
• Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES)
• Chi Sigma Iota International Counseling Honor Society (CSI)
• International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC)

Service (selected):

• Founding Editor, Journal of Counseling and Psychology (JCP)
• Appointed Member, Ad Hoc Research Committee, NCACES
• Elected Member, Faculty Council, Indiana University Purdue University – Indianapolis
• Member, Faculty and Budgetary Affairs Committee, IUPUI School of Education
• Elected Member, Advisory Board, Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation
• Program Coordinator, Counseling and Counselor Education Program, IUPUI School of Education
• Interim Faculty Director Field Experience, Counseling and Counselor Education Program, IUPUI School of Education
• Member, Advisory Board, Camp Mariposa – Indianapolis: Aaron’s Place
• Member, Mental Health Task Force, Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation
• Member, Guild of Discovery Place, Discovery Place Museum
• Practicum Coordinator, School Counseling Program, Loyola University Maryland

Recent Presentations (selected):

• Graham, J. (September, 2024). Use of Film to Explore Individual, Familial, and Cultural Ecology of Perinatal Addiction. The International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health. Barcelona, Spain.
• Graham, J. & Ghoston, M. (2024, July). Stepped Care Models of Integrated Maternal Mental Health Care: How Counselors Can Help (IAC).
• Ghoston, M., & Graham, J. (2024, July). Neuro-Informed Education in Counseling with Children and Adolescents (IAC).
• Graham, J. & Dzioba, K. (May, 2024). An Ecological Exploration of Maternal Mental Health Disorders. The Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale. New Haven, CT.
• Gillgrass, E. & Graham, J. (2023, April). The Effects of Pharmacological Interventions in Caring for Neonates with NAS Post Discontinuation of In Utero Opioid Exposure, and its Impact on the Length of Hospital Stay. National Perinatal Association Annual Conference. Chapel Hill, NC.
• Grimes, T., Graham, J., Ghoston, M., & Grimes, J. (2021, October). Successful Dissertation Advising: What Works? Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).
• Graham, J. (2020, June). Toward the Development of an Advocacy-Focused Counselor Education Supervision Model. Indiana Counseling Conference. Canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Graham, J. (2019). Centering Equity in Trauma-Informed Care: Creating Healing Spaces. 2019 Midwest and Plains Equity Center Safe and Inclusive Schools Learning Network Cohort (SIS LNC) EquiLearn Virtual Roundtable.
• Graham, J. (2018). Adolescent Mental Health, Parental Relationship, and Substance Awareness. Invited Panelist at Women’s Fund of Central Indiana OPTIONS Alumnae Workshop.

• Graham, J. (2018). Holistic mental health intervention: Charting pathways to wellness for vulnerable Hoosier youth. Invited panelist at the IUPUI Suicide Awareness and Prevention Panel. Indianapolis, IN.
• Graham, J., Goodman, A., & Martin, K. (2018, June). A book and a bridge: Counselors’ use of literacy to foster adult child connection. Invited presentation at All Souls Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School. Indianapolis, IN.
• Graham, J. (2018, October). The role of family engagement in Urban Health Centers. Presented at the 2018 American School Health Association Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
• Graham, J. (2017, October). Truancy as Coping to Traumatic Stress. Presented at the 2017 International Association of Truancy and Drop-out Prevention Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
• Graham, J. (2017, April). Embodiment in a Counseling Context. Presented at 2017 Indiana Counseling Association Annual Conference. Columbus, IN.
• Graham, J. (2017, April). Embodiment in a Counseling Context. Presented at 2017 Indiana Counseling Association Annual Conference. Columbus, IN.
• Graham, J., Fleming, W., Hayes, L., Jones, J., & Sewell, A. (2015, February). Live supervision: An ethnographic account of faculty and students’ experience in the classroom. North Carolina Counseling Association (NCCA) Annual Conference. Greensboro, NC.

Peer-Reviewed Publications (selected):

• Graham, J., Ghoston, M.R., Jones, S. B. (2025). Beyond the perinatal period: Using The Color Purple to explore maternal mental health throughout the lifespan. The Family Journal.
• Graham, J. (2024). Figuring Out Brain Fog: A neurocounseling approach to personalized menopausal mental health care. Archives of Women Health and Care.
• Graham, J., Dzioba, K., Quinlan, L., & Casares, R. (2024). Perinatal Substance Use in Film: An Ecological Exploration of Maternal Wellbeing Using the Documentary Higher Love. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health.
• Graham, J., Welfare, L., Day-Vines, N., & Ghoston, M. (2022). Stress, Coping, and the Strong Black Woman: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.
• Graham, J., Day-Vines, N., & Zaccor, K. (2022). Dis, Dat, and Dem: Addressing Linguistic Diversity Awareness of African American English Speakers. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.
• Ghoston, M., Grimes, T., Graham, J., Grimes, J., & Field, T. (2020). Faculty Perspectives on Strategies for Successful Navigation of the Dissertation Process in Counselor Education. The Professional Counselor.
• Graham, J., & Coomer, M. N. (2018). When schooling hurts: Professional school counselors as mitigates of school-based trauma. Journal of Global Engagement and Transformation.
• Farmer, L., Sackett, C., Lile, J., Bodenhorn, N., Hartig, N., Graham, J., & Ghoston, M. (2017). An exploration of the perceived impact of post-master’s experience on doctoral study in Counselor Education and Supervision. The Professional Counselor.
• Sackett, C., Hartig, N., Bodenhorn, N., Farmer, L., Ghoston, M., Graham, J., & Lile, J. (2015). Advising master’s students pursuing doctoral study: A survey of the counselor education and supervision field. The Professional Counselor.

Book Chapters:

• Graham, J. (2022). Advocate or Accomplice? School Counseling and Disproportionate Conduct Referrals of Young Black Boys. In Jackson, T. (Ed.). Black Mother Educators: Protectors of Black Children in Schools. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• Graham, J., Kyere, E., & Jackson, T. (2021). The Trauma-Sensitive Urban Educator (T- SUE): A collaborative model for pre-service teacher development. In Garo, L.A., Butler, R.B., and Lewis, C.W. (Eds.), The Urban Educators Trauma Toolkit: Transformative School-based Strategies for Students Exposed to Violence. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Recent Media Interviews (selected):

• Slab, M. J. (2020, October 29).‘Outward display of awareness’: Carmel Clay and HSE schools are hiring diversity leaders. IndyStar.

Personal:

Dr. Graham enjoys the arts, travel, gardening, philanthropy, and cooking with (but usually for) her loving family. She is a native coastal North Carolinian and continues to relish time spent on the North Carolina beaches and coastal communities of her formative years.