Educator. Practitioner. Mother.
Dr. Marion Malcome is a mother, scholar, social worker, and a born and-raised Chicagoan - south side! She is currently an Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, where she teaches research methods, clinical assessment/diagnosis, and power and oppression. She is also a Faculty Affiliate with Loyola's Institute for Racial Justice.
Dr. Malcome earned her PhD from the University of Chicago's School of Social Work and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Innovator. Disruptor. Researcher.
Dr. Malcome's research is situated at the intersection of race(ism), place, and mental health, centering the lived experiences of Black women and mothers to understand how where one lives and multicontextual experiences of racism shape mental health and wellbeing across the life course. In collaboration with community partners, she developed Heal togetHER, a novel community-based peer support model of mental wellness care for Black women, and currently serves as lead researcher evaluating its implementation, efficacy, and impact.
Planted in Community.
Watered with Spirituality.
Growing through Impact.
Her community work focuses on "helping people help people" through the lens of Black mental health, grounded in 20 years of clinical social work practice in Chicagoland hospitals, including Northwestern Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2013, she co-created the Becoming an Anti-racist Mental Health Clinician training, through which she has consulted with local organizations and trained over +1000 clinicians nationwide.
From Social Work to Education
5 Funded Grant Programs
10+ Awards, Honors & Fellowships
15 Peer-Reviewed Publications
20 Years of Clinical Experience
Dr. Marion Malcome has an extensive amount of experience and expertise across social work, private practice, program facilitation and education.