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Department of Psychology
University of Mississippi

Vanessa Oliphant

Vanessa Oliphant
Clinical Faculty
Assistant Professor of Psychology and African American Studies
 

Education:
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2025
M.S., Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, 2020
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2017

Research Areas:

  • Black Psychology
  • Black feminist informed healing strategies
  • Black women’s mental health
  • Culturally specific ways of coping
  • Suicide risk and protective factors

Vanessa is invested in combining African/Black Psychology and African American Studies to better understand and identify culturally specific methods for healing. Vanessa is specifically committed to centering Black women in her research analysis, while exploring culturally relevant suicide risk and protective factors.

 

Vanessa plans to accept a graduate student for the 2025-2026 academic year.