Dr. Christine Thorpe is the dean of the Nathan Weiss Graduate College at Kean University.  She is a certified wellness coach and health education specialist with over 22 years of experience in higher education and the health and human services field. Her interests and research publications focus on women’s health, health disparities, historical traumas, holistic nutrition, patient navigation, motivational interviewing, and health literacy.

Dr. Thorpe is the managing partner of Stronger Tomorrow, LLC, a workplace wellness company that serves to influence and reshape wellness in organizations through the lens of diversity, equity and inclusion. The company focuses on leadership and organizational development to strengthen infrastructure, while supporting executive management and individual employees in the process.

She is also the co-director of Navigating Health Services (NHS), an organization that represents a movement to transform the health sector and to positively impact the lives of the medically underserved in Jamaica and across the Caribbean region through education, advocacy and support.

Dr. Thorpe is the author of Living Beyond the Façade: Inside the Health and Wealth Practices of Americans of African Descent and is sought after to speak on the topics of health and wealth in diverse families. Dr. Thorpe holds a BS in psychology from Syracuse University, an EdM in international educational development and an EdD in health education from Teachers College Columbia University.

She is also a Rutgers Minority Serving Institution Aspiring Leader, board member of the YWCA of Northern New Jersey, a member of the Junior League of Montclair-Newark, Mocha Moms, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Follow Dr. Christine Thorpe on LinkedIn, and learn more about her work at www.stronger-tomorrow.com and www.navigatinghealthservices.com and on Instagram @LivingBeyondtheFacade