Janelle R. Goodwill, PhD

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor

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Janelle R. Goodwill is a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.

Her research explores topics at the intersections of mental health, race, and gender - with a particular focus on suicide and depression in Black Americans. Her most recent work examines the interpersonal and environmental factors that contribute to suicidality (e.g., ideation, planning, or attempt). In doing so, Professor Goodwill uses qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess how psychological strengths like coping and social support protect against adverse mental health outcomes and ultimately promote well-being.

In one study, Professor Goodwill measured whether perceived public stigma of receiving mental health treatment was linked to help-seeking, depression, and suicide ideation in Black college men. Other new projects focus on issues related to psychometrics and measurement when capturing gender differences in depressive symptoms among Black women and men. To date, her work has been supported by Active Minds and the Ford Foundation.

Janelle earned her MSW, MS, and PhD in social work and psychology from the University of Michigan. She completed her undergraduate studies at Michigan State University.

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Goodwill, J.R. (in press). Black youth's experiences with feelings of worthlessness, parent relationships, and suicide: Findings from a national probability survey. Journal of Adolescent Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.12.141

Goodwill, J.R. (in press). Testing for measurement invariance across gender in the 12-item CES-D: An investigation among a nationally representative sample of African Americans. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000409

Goodwill, J.R., Johnson, N.C., & Watkins, D.C. (2020). Adherence to masculine norms and depressive symptoms in young Black men. Social Work. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa029

Goodwill, J.R., & Zhou, S. (2020). Association between perceived public stigma and suicidal behaviors among college students of color in the U.S. Journal of Affective Disorders. 262, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.10.019

Goodwill, J.R., Taylor, R.J., & Watkins, D.C. (2019). Everyday discrimination, depressive symptoms, and suicide ideation among African American men. Archives of Suicide Research. 0, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2019.1660287

Goodwill, J.R., Anyiwo, N., Williams, E.D.G., Johnson, N.C., Mattis, J.S., & Watkins, D.C. (2019). Media representations of popular culture figures and the construction of Black masculinities. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 20(3), 288-298. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000164

Goodwill, J.R., Watkins, D.C., Johnson, N.C., & Allen, J.O. (2018). An exploratory study of stress and coping among Black college men. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(5), 538-549. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000313

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