Joseph Gone

Joseph Patrick Gone is an American psychologist. He is a professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University. In 2021, Gone was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine "for being a leading figure among Native American mental health researchers whose work on cultural psychology, historical trauma, Indigenous healing, and contextual factors affecting mental health assessment and treatment has been highly influential and widely recognized."

Joseph Gone
Born
Kalispell, Montana, USA
SpouseTiya Miles
Academic background
EducationBA, 1992, Harvard College
PhD, 2001, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ThesisAffect and its disorders in a Northern Plains Indian community: issues in cross-cultural discourse and diagnosis (2001)
Academic work
InstitutionsHarvard University
University of Michigan
Websitegonetowar.com

Early life and education

Gone was raised in Kalispell, Montana with his adoptive mother[1] as a member of the Gros Ventre tribe.[2] Following high school, he enrolled at Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma[2] before joining the United States Army. While serving in the military, Gone met several officers who recommended he attend the United States Military Academy, West Point.[3] He attended West Point before transferring to Harvard University for his undergraduate degree in psychology. Upon completing his degree, Gone spent a year working on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation with his biological family while applying to graduate school.[1]

During his time on the reservation, Gone wrote health compliance procedures and administrative policies, worked in the vocational education program, and provided academic and career counseling for tribal college students.[3] He eventually earned his PhD in clinical-community psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001. During his graduate training, he served as the Charles A. Eastman Dissertation Fellow at Dartmouth College.[4] His thesis was titled "Affect and its disorders in a Northern Plains Indian community: issues in cross-cultural discourse and diagnosis."[5]

Career

Upon completing his PhD, Gone joined the faculty at the University of Michigan. In 2014, Gone was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to continue his advocacy on integrating indigenous healing practices into clinical mental health practices. He also used the fellowship to write his book "Rethinking American Indian Mental Health."[6] The following year, he was named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.[7]

In 2019, Gone left the University of Michigan to become a professor of global health and social medicine in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and faculty director of the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP).[8] In 2021, Gone was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine "for being a leading figure among Native American mental health researchers whose work on cultural psychology, historical trauma, Indigenous healing, and contextual factors affecting mental health assessment and treatment has been highly influential and widely recognized."[9]

Personal life

Gone is married to Tiya Miles, a fellow academic.[10]

References
  1. Wipf, Briana (May 5, 2014). "'A terrific honor': Montana native receives Guggenheim fellowship for psychology work". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. Schmidt, Carol (November 17, 2014). "They've Gone Miles: Two prominent scholars using awards to research at MSU". Montana State University. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. Collins, Bobbie (November 1, 2019). "A Different Kind of Healing". Harvard University. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  4. "Joseph P. Gone, PhD". American Psychological Association. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  5. Affect and its disorders in a Northern Plains Indian community: issues in cross-cultural discourse and diagnosis. WorldCat. OCLC 1030033388. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  6. Wadley, Jared (April 10, 2014). "U-M psychologist receives Guggenheim Fellowship". The University Record. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  7. "Joseph Gone, Stephanie Preston, Monique Ward, and Daniel Weissman Named APS Fellows by the Board of Directors". University of Michigan. December 1, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  8. Herpich, Nate (October 18, 2019). "Looking ahead, informed by where he's been". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  9. Collins, Bobbie (October 21, 2021). "11 Elected to National Academy of Medicine". Harvard University. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  10. Spratling, Cassandra (March 21, 2015). "Scholar's debut novel ties black, Native-American history". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 2, 2021.

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