Allison Briscoe-Smith

Allison is a child clinical psychologist with a specialization in trauma and ethnic minority mental health. For over 20 years, she has combined her love of teaching and advocacy by serving as a professor and by directing mental health programs for children experiencing trauma, working with schools, healthcare providers, non-profits and children's media companies as a clinician, consultant, and trainer.  She has founded a consultancy that focuses on creating spaces of belonging and connection across divides. Allison is the Diversity Lead for Student Life at the University of Washington, a Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center (GGSC), and co-instructor of the GGSC’s Bridging Differences course.  She is also a Senior Fellow at Resetting the Table and works frequently with other providers that address bridging and belonging.