CLALSES Series with Dr. Denise Ziya Berte: "Mental Health and Immigrants"

 

The CLALS External Speaker Series presents Dr. Denise Berte Ziya, a Clinical Psychologist specialized in trauma and refugee care and Director of the Peaceful Families Project. Hosted by Fernando Chang Muy, Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, in the course Global Human Rights and US Immigration: Implications for Policy and Practice (SWRK 76300).

The event will be held in person in McNeil Building Room 473 for the students in the course. Open to Penn community by Zoom.

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Bio:

Dr. Denise Ziya Berte is Director of Peaceful Family Project, a national NGO focusing on domestic violence in Muslim communities. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience working with multilingual multicultural communities providing training, forensic evaluation and treatment to new immigrant survivors of trauma, torture and civilian war experiences. She is the author of several articles and chapters relating to cultural competency and newcomer mental health. Dr. Ziya Berte has extensive experience as an expert wittiness and has completed over 400 forensic evaluations for use in local, state and federal court systems including the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Citizenship Services. Dr. Ziya Berte has worked internationally across Latin America, West Africa and the Middle East addressing human rights and refugee issues. Dr. Ziya Berte has served as the director of the Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture.

Event co-sponsored by Asian American Studies