Deena M. Murphy

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About Deena M. Murphy

Deena M. Murphy, Ph.D, is the Founder of Deem Research, Inc. and directs, manages, and facilitates leadership training, health equity and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, research, evaluation, and other types of capacity-building support to national and local academic, healthcare, community, and organizational change initiatives. As a community psychologist, Deena has collaborated on community and organizational capacity building related to equity, leadership and workforce development, substance use prevention, treatment and recovery, the HIV care continuum, team dynamics, strategic planning, and conducted numerous community and organizational assessments and trainings. Deena works with a variety of community-based, healthcare, and academic organizations to transform research into practical knowledge to inform their systems change and capacity-building strategies. Deena was the first in her family to go to university and received her Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, where she specialized in Community Psychology and implementation science with a focus on nonprofits and organizational change and learning.Deena served on the faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at North Carolina State University from 2005-2019 as a Teaching Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Psychology, and an instructor at SKEMA Business School. As a faculty member in Women’s and Gender Studies, Deena’s 2017 textbook “Gender and Diversity in STEM: An Introduction to the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math” focuses on curriculum, faculty, and organizational initiatives to increase diversity in STEM with a focus on making STEM and public health fields more inclusive. This requires awareness of the structural interventions needed to support a more inclusive and welcoming climate, as well as exploring individual biases that may create barriers to the recruitment and retention of diverse students, faculty, and STEM workforce.