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Enchante' Franklin, PhD

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Dr. Franklin a native of New Orleans, LA (The Big Easy), is a Professor at the University of the Virgin Islands School of Social Work. She earned her bachelor's in social work from Southern University at New Orleans and received her master’s degree in social work- Southern University at New Orleans. She completed her second master’s degree in criminal justice also at Southern University at New Orleans. She earned a Doctorate degree in Philosophy specializing in Social Policy, Planning and Administration at the Whitney M. Young Jr., School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University. She has taught ungraduated and graduate courses in professional social work development, advanced practice research methods, human behavior theory, youth violence, child abuse and neglect, psychopathology, forensic social work, sociology, diversity, social policy and social justice, capstone, and advanced field practicum. Dr. Franklin serves as Co- Director of Pan African Curriculum and Instruction on the board for HBCU Africa Education Coalition Corp (HAEC) a registered subsidiary of 3GC Incorporated a 501(C)(3) specializing in Study Abroad programs and curriculum. HAEC Corp – Board of Directors | HBCU Africa Education Coalition. She volunteers her time to the program every summer as Co-Director of Maternal Health in Africa by taking HBCU students to study abroad while conducting service-learning projects for families in Accra, Cape Coast, and Kumasi, Ghana. Her praxis, teaching philosophy, entrepreneurship, and scholarship interests are grounded in the following areas: the Afrocentric and Pan African Perspectives, Servant Leadership, Service Learning and Cultural Resilience. Wellness Advocacy and Access to Total Care. Healing Centered Praxis: historical trauma perspective, resilience theories, social ecological perspective, community mental health treatment, psychiatric recidivism, suicide prevention and awareness for LGBTQ, government policies and disaster mitigation, and her most favored woman of color and disaster recovery. As a community advocate, she travels between the United States and Internationally serving multiple individuals, communities, and organizations affected by persistent mental illness and community trauma using spiritual interventions.

Statement of Teaching Philosophy

My Philosophy of teaching is informed by evidence-based research, best practices, and lived experiences, all three effective and efficient. I believe that social and emotional learning promotes growth and opportunities for students who are committed to reaching their life goals. I am committed to advocacy. I believe in transformation through adaptive teaching and learning models. I call forward action through planned community projects and I inject my teachings into the next generation from a lens of cultural resilience and servant leadership.

Reseach Focus

Dr. Franklin’s program of research focuses on the development of culturally valid methods and measures of resilience during times of community disasters and mobility in African American families. Specifically, her applied research includes observations of phenomena in communities impacted by natural and man-made disasters as unrecognized factors during post-recovery in marginalized areas for vulnerable populations. Also, applied research using narrative and storytelling techniques to measure and strengthen the common themes among African American families who experience community disasters worldwide. She believes that prevention and reduction of disaster mobility can strengthen levels of cultural resilience during disaster preparation and in the aftermath. Dr. Franklin recently launched (#iCANDCARIBBEANSOCIALWORK) ) a registered subsidiary of Enchanted Links, Consulting Firm. I CAN DO CARIBBEAN SOCIAL WORK is a Caribbean Social Work movement designed to increase the likelihood of college students and other healthcare professionals studying social issues in a Caribbean setting and abroad. This is an (ISW) international social work training curriculum component to assist integrated teams who work and travel in the healthcare sector. This movement was designed and supported by Enchanted Links, Consulting Firm to increase Caribbean Social Work studies and participation in service-learning training by using integrated concepts and techniques for social workers and health care professionals with research interest.

Social Interventions

She is dedicated to the art of prose, storytelling, and poetry writing through the lens of ethnography, spirituality, and cultural resilience. Apart from being an academic, she is a ritual specialist-Holistic Healer using African-centered spiritual systems. She facilitates, coaches, and executes programmes and consultancies related to cultural spiritual practices such as rites of passage, renaming ceremonies, and initiation into spiritual grounding practices.

Contributions to the Afrocentric Body of Knowledge

She has written two books “The Blue Lotus Flower” and “The Bloom Effect”.

Academic publications included: RAND Partner Spotlight: Partner Spotlight: Enchanté Franklin on Conducting Interviews with Families of Suicide Victims | RAND Conducting Interviews with Families of Suicide Victims.

Opportunities to Intervene? "Warning Signs" for Suicide in the Days Before Dying. Opportunities to intervene? "Warning signs" for suicide in the days before dying - PubMed (nih.gov)

Violence, Guns, and Suicide in New Orleans: Results from a Qualitative Study of Recent Suicide Decedents. Violence, Guns, and Suicide in New Orleans: Results from a Qualitative Study of Recent Suicide Decedents | Request PDF (researchgate.net)