Faculty: Madison W. Natarajan, PhD

Bio Photo of Madison Natarajan, woman in gold shirt wearing black-framed glasses

Madison W. Natarajan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department

Email
madison_natarajan@williamjames.edu
Pronouns
she/her
Degree Major/Emphasis Institution Year
PhD Counseling Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston 2024
MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling Lipscomb University 2018
BS Psychology Middle Tennessee State University 2014

Courses

  • History and Systems
  • Consultation
  • Leadership and Management of Systems

Research and Practice Interests

  • Racial Identity Development
  • Adoption and transracial adoption
  • Religious trauma among minoritized populations
  • Social determinants of psychosis
  • Qualitative inquiry
  • Critical Race Feminist Theory

Awards

  • APA Division 35, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Georgia Babladelis Best Paper Award, 2023

Publications and Presentations

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:

  • Natarajan, M., Wilkins-Yel, K. G., Sista, A., Anantharaman, A., and Seils, N. (2022). Decolonizing purity culture: Gendered racism and white idealization in Evangelical Christianity. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 46(3), 316–336. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-021-01262-1
    Bonilla, S., Natarajan, M. Koven, J., White, L., Lamb, S. (2022). The discourse of being triggered: Uses and meanings among counseling students. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/capr.12535
  • Wilkins-Yel, K. G., Arnold, A., Bekki, J., Natarajan, M., Bernstein, B., and Randall, A. K. (2022). “I can't push off my own mental health”: Chilly STEM climates, mental health, and STEM persistence among black, Latina, and White Graduate Women. Sex Roles, 86(3-4), 208–232. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-021-01262-1
  • Wilkins-Yel, K. G., Bekki, J.M., Arnold, A.C., Bernstein, B. L., Coley, C.E., Natarajan, M.W., and Randall, A.K. (2021). Understanding the Impact of Personal Challenges and Advisor Support on STEM Persistence among Graduate Women of Color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fdhe0000236
  • Muir, H., Lizano, P., Keshavan, M., Friedman-Yakoobian, M., Natarajan, M., Harris, C., Mesholam-Gately, R., Herold, S., Kiely, C., Raymond, N., Seif, S.P., and Kushwaha, O. (Forthcoming). Advancing Services for Psychosis Integration and Recovery: A clinic model for Coordinated Specialty Care.

Concurrent Leadership, Service and Professional Activities

  • Executive Committee Member, Communications, Division on Multiracial and Adopted Asian Americans (DMAA) of the Asian American Psychological Association, 2021 - present

Prior Experience

  • Clinical Fellow, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Academic Division of Public Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Practicum Trainee, Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center
  • Practicum Trainee, Brandeis University College Counseling Center

Professional Affiliations

  • American Psychological Association
  • Asian American Psychological Association
  • Association for Women in Psychology