Alexis Jemal, JD, LCSW, PhD
Hunter Silberman School of Social Work - Assistant Professor
Email: alexis.jemal@hunter.cuny.edu
Education
PhD, Social Work, Rutgers UniversityJD, Law, Rutgers School of Law
MSW, Social Work, Rutgers School of Social Work
BA, Sociology, International Studies, and Criminology, Rutgers University
Research Interests
Multi-level health interventions, Social justice, Participatory action research, Critical consciousness, Drugs, Violence, Trauma, Mass incarceration, HIV/HCV/STIs BIO
Alexis Jemal, Assistant Professor at Silberman School of Social Work, integrates participatory action research methods, critical theory and the creative arts to develop multi-level and multi-systemic socio-health interventions that incorporate restorative justice frameworks, radical healing and liberation health models to address toxic stress, trauma and symptoms (e.g., substance use, HIV/HCV risk) of structural, community and interpersonal violence. Projects
Principal Investigator, Adapting an Evidence-Based HIV/STI Risk Reduction Intervention to Address Oppressive Sexual Scripts Among Heterosexual African American Males and Females. Completed
Principal Investigator, Formative Research for Critical Consciousness Intervention Development. Completed
Publications
Recent
Matsuzaka S, Hudson KD, Sapiro B, Doko S, Jemal A, Ross AM (2025).
Social work literature and gendered racism: A scoping review
Social Work Research [Epub 2025 Apr 28]. doi: 10.1093/swr/svaf008.
Social work literature and gendered racism: A scoping review
Social Work Research [Epub 2025 Apr 28]. doi: 10.1093/swr/svaf008.
Jemal A (2024).
Theatre in social work education (TIS WE): A pedagogy for living critical-radical social work to bridge the micro-macro divide
Social Work Education [Epub 2024 Dec 3]. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2024.2434013.
Theatre in social work education (TIS WE): A pedagogy for living critical-radical social work to bridge the micro-macro divide
Social Work Education [Epub 2024 Dec 3]. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2024.2434013.
Jemal A (2024).
Critical clinical social work practice: Pathways to healing from the molecular to the macro
Clinical Social Work Journal, 52, 229-244. doi: 10.1007/s10615-022-00843-1.
Critical clinical social work practice: Pathways to healing from the molecular to the macro
Clinical Social Work Journal, 52, 229-244. doi: 10.1007/s10615-022-00843-1.
Windsor LC, Benoit E, Lee C, Jemal A, Kugler K, Smith DC, Pinto RM, Musaad S (2024).
Critical dialogue and capacity-building projects reduced alcohol and substance use in a randomized clinical trial among formerly incarcerated men
Substance Use and Misuse, 59 (11), 1574-1585. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2352611. PMCID: PMC11285053.
Critical dialogue and capacity-building projects reduced alcohol and substance use in a randomized clinical trial among formerly incarcerated men
Substance Use and Misuse, 59 (11), 1574-1585. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2352611. PMCID: PMC11285053.
Jemal AD, Benoit E, Thompson S, Jones HA, Windsor L, Lassiter T, Thompson W, The NJ Critical Consciousness Collaborative Board (3CB) (2024).
The NCCB case example: Reflections on a successful fourteen-year CBPR partnership
Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 5 (2). doi: 10.35844/001c.120896. PMCID: PMC11887649.
Dr. Jemal's Research Gate Profile
The NCCB case example: Reflections on a successful fourteen-year CBPR partnership
Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 5 (2). doi: 10.35844/001c.120896. PMCID: PMC11887649.