Dr. Rhonda Wilbon

Dr. Rhonda Wilbon, LCSW-C, LICSW, is a tenured Professor at Morgan State University with over three decades of teaching. Dr. Wilbon is a Psychotherapist whose expertise spans social justice, interpersonal violence and sexual assault prevention, Black family dynamics, and African-centered clinical interventions. She is a seasoned academic, practitioner and author. She is the lead editor of Social Work Practice with African Americans in Urban Environments and her latest book, Trauma and Mental Health Social Work with Urban Populations: African Centered Clinical Interventions was released in 2022. Wilbon is a full professor in the School of Social Work at Morgan State University where she’s worked for over 28 years. She is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years’ experience teaching generations of social work professionals. Wilbon’s teaching and scholarship focus includes social justice, diversity, Black families, African-centered practice interventions, and women’s empowerment. In her private practice, she specializes in trauma and helping adult survivors heal from sexual abuse and providing clinical supervision for junior clinicians. A native of Flint, Michigan, she is a graduate of Michigan State and Howard universities’ schools of social work. She is the proud mother of two young adult sons that help her maintain a sense of hope and balance.