Katrina Walker, Ph.D.
Psychology
Associate Professor / Director, Health Psychology PhD Program, Clinical Health Track
Phone Number 804-524-5463
Email Address kwalker@vsu.edu
Office Phone Number Hunter McDaniel, 40Nc
Education
Ph.D. Clinical/Community Psychology, University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1997
Clinical Psychology Pre-doctoral Internship (APA approved), Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1996-97
B.A. Psychology, University of Virginia, 1992
Research and Clinical Interests
Dr. Walker’s research interests fall under the broad umbrella of academic resiliency and success in African Americans, which includes prevention of negative child and adolescent outcomes, the role of spirituality as a protective factor, and strengths in African American families. Current work involves the impact of ethnic genetic testing on identity and mental health. Clinically trained as a child psychologist, Dr. Walker was initially licensed in North Carolina, and subsequently, Virginia. Her work history includes outpatient mental health clinics, private practice, and pediatric rehabilitation and acute care units in a hospital. Dr. Walker has provided individual and family therapy to children and teens with disorders such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and other Behavioral Disorders.