Camille R. Quinn

Camille R. Quinn, PhD, AM, LCSW, LISW-S, LMSW, is an associate professor at the U-M School of Social Work and a leading health criminologist whose research investigates health and mental health equity among Black/African American adolescents and young adults. Her scholarly work specifically examines the intersections of race, gender, health,and crime for those impacted by the youth punishment system. By utilizing community-based participatory and mixed-methods research approaches, Quinn identifies and addresses the specific needs of Black girls and young women to advance proactive prevention, healing-focused interventions, and systemic policy reform.

Quinn currently serves as the principal investigator (PI) for an NIMHD R21 project titled Exploring PTSD Symptoms, Barriers and Facilitators to Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Justice-Involved Black/African American Female Adolescents and Parents/Caregivers. Her research portfolio also includes a NIMHD Loan Repayment Program renewal award and a role as lead PI for the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge grant, which focuses on driving criminal justice reform at the local level. These projects reflect her ongoing commitment to developing evidence-based strategies that address the root causes of racial stress and trauma.

Quinn’s future program of research focus involves the investigation of health and mental health equity among Black/African American adolescents and young adults at the intersections of race, gender, and system involvement. Quinn’s future research will continue the design, implementation, and testing of healing-centered interventions—supported by her NIMHD R21 and MacArthur Foundation funding—to address the needs of court-involved Black girls and their caregivers while advancing proactive prevention and systemic policy reform.

Quinn earned her PhD from the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she was a National Institute of Mental Health Virtual Mentoring to Enhance Diversity pre-doctoral scholar. She completed her AM and a certificate in health administration and policy at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Her postdoctoral training was completed at the University of Rochester Medical Center in the Department of Psychiatry’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide. As a licensed clinical social worker, Quinn integrates her clinical expertise with her research by partnering with legal, correctional and health systems to develop and test interventions that promote equity and systemic healing.