Health, Education, and Economics: Integrating Approaches for Resources and Solutions

HEALTH-EDUCATION-ECONOMICS

Integrating approaches for health conditions, community-patient advocacy, and health services, education in families, communities, and schools, along with economic development in job skills, workforce development, employment, and building individual and collective wealth.


kimya@kimyandennis.com


(443) 529-9935

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Examples of Dr. Dennis's Work

Sociology of Health Resume (pdf)

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Criminology and Criminal Justice Resume (pdf)

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The Making of Black Urban Entrepreneurs, NIVA Journal, 2026, 1(2) (pdf)

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The Poetic in Du Bois's Sociological Imagination, ABS, The Griot, Summer 2025 (pdf)

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Harold Cruse Black Intellectuals and Reconstructing Black America, The Sociologist, February 2024 (pdf)

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Harold Cruse Cooperative Economic Association, Assoc of Black Sociologists, The Griot, Winter 2023 (pdf)

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Alma Barlow: Grassroots Leadership and the Rise of the Richmond Tenants Organization (pdf)

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Black Women Academics: Artistic Expression through Teaching, Research, Activism (pdf)

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Black Women Graduate Students in PWIs (pdf)

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Meet Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis

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Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis, Ph.D., is a sociologist, criminologist, professor, theorist, researcher, and community advocate. Dr. Dennis's Health-Education-Economics services are collaborative at local, national, and global levels, making significant contributions in various areas, including:


- Community health equity initiatives

- Community-patient advocacy

- Mental health support

- Disabilities awareness

- Epilepsy education

- Suicide prevention

- Substance use treatment

- Reproductive freedom and health

- Permanent childfree-by-choice

- Pedagogy and polices in medical-and-health academic programs, organizations, and services.

- Crisis de-escalation trainings, policies, and practices for first responders and law enforcement.

- Reading and learning in families and communities beyond school requirements.

- Families and communities creating and evaluating school curriculum, course materials, pedagogy, tests, and library resources.

- Job skills, workforce development, economic development, and wealth building initiatives.


Here are examples of Dr. Dennis's work.

Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Dennis spent 17 years in North Carolina pursuing the doctorate and serving as faculty. Since 2019, Dr. Dennis has lived in Baltimore, Maryland. 


Here are examples of Dr. Dennis's work.

Presentations, Programs, and Services

Consultation, Guest Lecture, Presenter, Interview

"We Need H.E.L.P." for Medical and Health Academic Programs, Organizations, and Facilities

"We Need H.E.L.P." for Medical and Health Academic Programs, Organizations, and Facilities

Please contact Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis for pricing and scheduling.

"We Need H.E.L.P." for Medical and Health Academic Programs, Organizations, and Facilities

"We Need H.E.L.P." for Medical and Health Academic Programs, Organizations, and Facilities

"We Need H.E.L.P." for Medical and Health Academic Programs, Organizations, and Facilities

Please contact Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis for details, pricing, and scheduling. The price is per 5 pre-registered attendees, and a minimum of 5 pre-registrants is required. The program, We Need H.E.L.P., is designed for medical and health advocates, students, and professionals. This 2-hour session emphasizes community-patient advocacy, health conditions, and health resources and services.

Changes to Curriculum, Library Materials, Course Materials, and Academic Assessments

Changes to Curriculum, Library Materials, Course Materials, and Academic Assessments

Changes to Curriculum, Library Materials, Course Materials, and Academic Assessments

Please contact Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis for details, pricing, and scheduling. This is a collaboration with families and communities to develop pedagogy, curriculum, class materials, library materials, and comprehensive 6-month or annual evaluations and assessments.

"Get Work Done" Workshops

Changes to Curriculum, Library Materials, Course Materials, and Academic Assessments

Changes to Curriculum, Library Materials, Course Materials, and Academic Assessments

Please contact Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis for details, pricing, and scheduling. 


This program spans 6 hours, either as a single day session or three two-hour sessions. 


We start with a strategic plan and conclude with actionable outcomes, including scheduling follow-up evaluations and assessments. 


This is beneficial for communities, organizations, and K-12 and college decision makers who are eager to transform policies and practices, as well as implement 6-month or annual evaluations and assessments.

July 2026. Cultures in women’s holistic wellness and health. Vitality Digest Magazine. She Rises Studios. Pp. 31-32. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTzkfIRtuFCBVPKSKdsFUIHIYAT7TclK/view?usp=sharing

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    Examples of Public Writings and Recordings

    July 2026. Women In Wellness: Kimya Nuru Dennis on the Five Lifestyle Tweaks That Will Help Support People’s Journey Towards Better Wellbeing. Authority Magazine

    https://medium.com/authority-magazine/women-in-wellness-kimya-nuru-dennis-on-the-five-lifestyle-tweaks-that-will-help-support-peoples-5ebc72e278d1


    July 2026. Cultures in women’s holistic wellness and health. Vitality Digest Magazine. She Rises Studios. Pp. 31-32. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTzkfIRtuFCBVPKSKdsFUIHIYAT7TclK/view?usp=sharing


    January 2026. “Never abandon women’s empowerment and women’s economic development.” Pp.63-64. Sheconomy Magazine. She Rises Studios. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12dlmgZNA_m4QWiNJlXwKo-vZ3L2m42Qd/view?usp=drive_link


    October 2025, “Women explain how they decided whether to have kids,” NPR Series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing the World, Here & Now, Robin Young, NPR

    https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/10/29/small-families 


    March 2025, "Childfree Education with Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis," Choose the Bear by Kat Calvin

    https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/choosethebear/episodes/Childfree-Education-with-Dr--Kimya-Nuru-Dennis-e2ucjbt/a-abotfmq


    2022, “The Unique Challenges of Being Black and Childfree,” The Overpopulation Podcast, Population Balance

    https://www.populationbalance.org/episode-75-the-unique-challenges-of-being-black-and-childfree


     January 2019, Guest Column, “Connecting our communities with medical-health professionals” 

    https://wschronicle.com/connection-our-communities-with-medical-health-professionals/ 


    May 2018, “Suicides across Cultures,” The Matt Townsend Show, BYU Radio  

    https://www.byuradio.org/5962ce82-4a59-4595-948d-c7af00bc13bc/overconfidence-minority-suicides-childhood-emotional-neglect


    March 2018, “Mental Health and Minority Communities,” All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU-NPR

    http://radio.wosu.org/post/mental-health-and-minority-communities


    February 2018, “Demographic and Cultural Variance in Suicide and Mental Health,” All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU-NPR

    http://radio.wosu.org/post/wellness-wednesday-exercise-science-and-suicide-demographics


    2017-2019, Guest Columns, Mental Health America of Virginia

      Search results for "Kimya N. Dennis" | Mental Health Virginia 

      

    September 2016, Guest Column, “How communities decide ‘enough is enough,’” Winston-Salem Chronicle

    https://wschronicle.com/34953/

      

    June 2016, Guest Column, “Commentary: Devon Davis and mental health in our community,” Winston-Salem Chronicle

    https://wschronicle.com/33671/

       

    April 2016, Guest Column, “Mental-health outreach, spiritual communities can work together,” Winston-Salem Journal

    http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/kimya-n-dennis-mental-health-outreach-spiritual-communities-can-work/article_cf46ceb8-3b7b-501d-9d88-7fb947dd5cfa.html


    March 2016, Guest Column, “The larger implications of the death of Darryl Hunt,” Winston-Salem Journal

    http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/kimya-n-dennis-the-larger-implications-of-the-death-of/article_cc1188c3-1937-50cd-bc02-b52fe5adf156.html?mode=story

    Please contact Dr. Dennis with questions.

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