{"id":1164,"date":"2018-12-04T10:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T10:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=1164"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:09:12","slug":"theresa-kearns-cooper-psyd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/theresa-kearns-cooper-psyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa Kearns Cooper, PsyD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Theresa Kearns Cooper, PsyD<\/strong>
\nVisiting Assistant Professor
\nEmail: theresa.kearns@jsums.edu<\/a>
\nPhone: 601-979-3386<\/p>\n

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Degree:\u00a0 <\/b>Forest Institute of Professional Psychology<\/p>\n

Research Interests: <\/b>Suicidality, Microaggressions, Multiculturalism<\/p>\n

Courses Taught:<\/b> General Psychology, Intro to Psychology, Child Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Psychology of African-Americans, Ethics in Psychology, Psychology in the Urban Environment, Research Seminar:\u00a0 APA Writing, Psychometrics<\/p>\n

Professional Memberships:\u00a0<\/b> APA, Psi Chi, SEPA<\/p>\n

Recent Publications and\/or Creative Works:<\/b><\/p>\n

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Kearns-Cooper, T.S.<\/strong> (2025, April). Whispers of Understanding: How to Maneuver through Cultural Humility. A presentation presented at the 71st. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n

Kearns-Cooper, T.S.<\/strong> & Bell, B.R. (2024, March). Understanding Grief and Its Complexities for the Mental Health Professional After the Pandemic. A presentation presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Orlando, FL.<\/p>\n

Kearns-Cooper, T.S.<\/strong> (2020). No Boundaries: When Life Doesn’t Go Your Way. KDP Publishing. Seattle, WA.<\/p>\n

Kearns-Cooper, T.,<\/strong> Banks, P., Bologna, E., Arnold, T. (2016, March). Beyond being Clinically Competent: Cultural Competencies and Cultural Humility. A presentation to be presented at the\u00a062nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association in New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n

Fisher, J, Davis, A., Sims, M., Reese-Smith, J., Williams, B., Kearns-Cooper, T.,<\/strong> Moreland, C. (2016,\u00a0February). Racial Discrimination, Mental Health Lifestyles, and Racial Identity Among African\u00a0American Adults: Directions for Research and Clinical Applications. To be presented at the\u00a0National Association of African American Studies, 24th Joint National Conference.<\/p>\n

Dawkins, M. R., Laikin, A., & Kearns-Cooper, T.<\/strong> (2015, August). Myths Regarding Suicide: Literature Review, What we know and how it relates to suicide prevention. Paper Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Kearns-Cooper, T.S.,<\/strong> Davis, A., Dawkins, M., Farah, N., Williams, S. (2015, February). The Cultural\u00a0Considerations to Suicide Attempts of African Americans: The Postulation of Creating A Culture\u00a0Specific Risk Assessment. MS Academy of Science. Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Kearns, T.S.<\/strong> & Jones, C.J.\u00a0 (2005).A Family Affair: Thoughts Flowing From The Soul, A Mother & Son\u2019s\u00a0Poetic Vessel. Medea Publishing. Jackson Mississippi. *Poetic inferences of a mother and son\u00a0dealing with the various aspects of Asperger\u2019s Disorder\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Theresa Kearns Cooper, PsyD Visiting Assistant Professor Email: theresa.kearns@jsums.edu Phone: 601-979-3386       Degree:\u00a0 Forest Institute of Professional Psychology Research Interests: Suicidality, Microaggressions, Multiculturalism Courses Taught: General Psychology, Intro to Psychology, Child Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Psychology of African-Americans, Ethics in Psychology, Psychology in the Urban Environment, Research Seminar:\u00a0 APA Writing, Psychometrics Professional Memberships:\u00a0 APA, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1164\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}