Ph.D. Candidate
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Cortney R. VanHook is a clinical interventionist who is passionate about the mental health of young black males in the adolescent and young adult cohorts. The concept of ‘risk’ has its limitations and that is why VanHook uses the framing of young black males as vulnerable in hopes of encouraging more humanistic scholarship on the population. His professional interests center on developing and evaluating interventions tailored to young black males. VanHook has received extensive training in community-oriented research and his work relies on qualitative methodology and critical theories.
VanHook is a native of the South Side of Chicago. Moreover, the experiences of residents in that community led him to his current clinical and research interests. VanHook believes that his positionality is his strongest asset.
VanHook is a proud alumnus of Georgia State University where he completed undergraduate coursework in Psychology. He is a two-time graduate of Mercer University where he obtained his Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and MPH degrees. VanHook earned his MSW from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Saturday, November 12, 2022
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