Anneliese Singh, PhD, LPC

Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Chief Officer for Academic Excellence & Opportunity, Professor

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6823 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118
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Biography

Anneliese Singh, PhD, LPC (she/they) is a Professor in the School of Social Work with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and serves as Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Chief Officer for Academic Excellence & Opportunity at Tulane University. 

Dr. Singh's scholarship explores the resilience, trauma, and identity development experiences of queer and trans people, with a focus on young people and people of color. Dr. Singh has written extensively on multicultural counseling competency in the helping professions. Dr. Singh is the author of The Racial Healing Handbook and The Queer and Trans Resilience Workbook. 

Dr. Singh co-founded the Trans Resilience Project and Georgia Safe Schools Coalition to help LGBTQ+ research findings improve school and community-based environments including NIH-funded work with trans and nonbinary people in Project AFFIRM. Dr. Singh is a co-author of Successful Academic Writing: A Complete Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists and Qualitative Research in Education and Social Sciences.

Areas of Expertise

  • Collective Trauma
  • Interpersonal Trauma
  • Racial Healing and Racial Justice
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • Trauma and Trauma-informed Care

Education

  • PhD in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University
  • MS in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University
  • BA in Political Science/Environmental Sciences majors, Women’s Studies minor from Tulane University

Highlights, Honors & Awards

  • 2018 - Anneliese Singh Queer and Trans People of Color Award (inaugural award), Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients in Counseling, American Counseling Association 
  • 2019 – American Counseling Association Fellow (also in Specialists in Group Work) 
  • 2014 – American Psychological Association Fellow (also in Counseling Psychology Division 17 and LGBTQ+ Division 44)

Selected Publications

  • Valente, P. K., Schrimshaw, E. W., Dolezal, C., LeBlanc, A. J., Singh, A. A., & Bockting, W. O. (2020). Stigmatization, resilience, and mental health among a diverse community sample of transgender and gender nonbinary individuals in the U.S. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49(7), 2649-2660. 
  • Singh, A. A. (2019). The Racial healing handbook: Practical activities to help you challenge privilege, confront systemic racism, and engage in collective healing. San Francisco, CA: New Harbinger. 
  • Chang, S. C., Singh, A. A., Dickey, L. M. (2019). Affirming mental health practice and treatment with gender diverse clients. San Francisco, CA: New Harbinger. 
  • Singh, A. A. (2018). Queer and trans resilience workbook: Skills for navigating sexual orientation and gender identity. San Francisco, CA: New Harbinger. 
  • Bower, K. L., Lewis, D. C., Bermudez, J. M., & Singh, A. A. (2019) Narratives of generativity and resilience among LGBT older adults: Leaving positive legacies despite social stigma and collective trauma. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-22. 
  • Guth, L., Puig, A., Nitza, A., Chan, C. D., Pollard, B., Singh, A. A., & Bailey, H. M. (2019). Ten strategies to intentionally use group work to transform hate, facilitate courageous conversations, and enhance community building. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 44(1), 3-24.  
  • Delgado-Romero, E. A., Singh, A. A., & De Los Santos, J. (2018). Cuentame: The promise of qualitative research with Latinx populations. Journal of Latina/o Psychology. 
  • Singh A. A., & Dickey, L. M. (2018). Psychotherapy with trans and gender diverse clients. [video] Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.

Selected Funding

  • Singh, A. A. (Co-PI with Walter Bockting and Allen LeBlanc; 2020). Impact of minority stress on cardiovascular disease risk and resilience. R01/ National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 
  • Stewart, K., Poteat, T., & Singh, A. A. (2019). Development of a regional transgender health research and education collaborative in the southern US. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). 
  • Singh, A. A. (Co-PI with Walter Bockting and Allen LeBlanc; 2014). Identity development, risk, and resilience among gender diverse populations. R01/ National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Community Involvement

  • 2023-present – Board Member, Plessy & Ferguson Initiative 
  • 2023-present – Board Member, GOAT in the Road Productions 
  • 2010-present - Founder and Member, Trans Resilience Project 
  • 2009-present - Co-Founder and Volunteer, Georgia Safe Schools Coalition 
  • 2018-2021 - President, APA, Division 17/Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2017-2020 - Member, Association of Specialists in Group Work, Special Initiatives Committee on Addressing Hate, American Counseling Association 
  • 2017-2019 - Faculty, APA Division 17 Leadership Collaborative, American Psychological Association  
  • 2010-2015 - Co-Chair, APA Task Force on Psychological Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Clients, American Psychological Association 
  • 2011-2014 - Member, Task Force on Transgender Healthcare, Georgia LGBT Health Initiative 
  • 2008-2009 – President, Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision 
  • 2006-2007 – President, ALGBTIC, American Counseling Association