Devjani Banerjee-Stevens
Dr. Devjani (Juni) Banerjee-Stevens is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Chico State University. She completed her BA in music and English at Stanford University in 1992, then moved to sunny Minnesota for her graduate studies where she earned her master’s degree (2000) and PhD (2009) in Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. (Dissertation title: Critical Incidents in the Identity Development of Second-Generation South Asian Women). Her current research interests include the role storytelling plays in healing intergenerational trauma, especially for second and third-generation immigrants. She also is interested in the role emotional literacy plays in the healing process.