Chelsea A. Allen

Chelsea Allen's research interests: Emerging Technologies, Black Communities, Radical Healing, Social Media, Collective Trauma 

Chelsea A. Allen is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. Her present research employs interdisciplinary perspectives and multiple-methods to examine how Black women leverage emerging technologies (ie. social media and virtual reality) to center self-care, wellness, and collective healing. Chelsea’s scholarship also seeks to conceptualize collective trauma, as it result from social oppression, and situates its role in reproducing health and social disparities amongst historically-marginalized communities. Chelsea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and received her MSW and BSW from the University of South Carolina.