Yasmine

Awais

School of Arts, Sciences & Business

Education

• PhD in Social Welfare, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
• MA in Psychology, The City College of New York, City University of New York
• MAAT (Masters of Arts in Art Therapy), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• BFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University

Bio

Yasmine joined the NDMU art therapy faculty in 2022. Yasmine is a scholar, educator, and art therapist, licensed to practice in Maryland (LCPAT) and New York (LCAT). She holds ATR-BC (board certification) and ATCS (certified supervisor) credentials from the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB). Yasmine’s clinical and supervisory experience includes working with and for a wide range of individuals, families, and communities. Yasmine's scholarship is grounded in critical race feminism and clinical practice is informed by multicultural feminist counseling, with a focus on collaboration and communication via art making. She is a former Associate Clinical Professor at Drexel University.

Select Publications

• Awais, Y. J. (2022). Naming who performs care: Occupational segregation in the creative arts therapies. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 80(2022).
• Boyce, P.S., Riekert, S. & Awais, Y. J. (2021). CUNY Health & Human Services Programs simulated interprofessional education pilot. International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Science, 01(14), 78.
• Buckley, T. R. & Awais, Y. J. (2019). Understanding HIV prevention with college going Black women: An NIMH-funded pilot study. Journal of Multicultural Counseling Development, 47(2), 74-89.
• Keselman, M. & Awais, Y. J. (2018). Exploration of cultural humility in medical art therapy. Art Therapy, 35(2), 77-87.
• Ottemiller, D. D. & Awais, Y. J. (2016). A model for art therapists in community-based practice. Art Therapy, 33(3), 144-150.
• Awais, Y. J. & Yali, A. M. (2015). Efforts in increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the field of art therapy. Art Therapy, 33(3), 112-119.
• Awais, Y. J. & Yali, A. M. (2013). A call for diversity: The need to recruit and retain ethnic minority art therapy students in art therapy. Art Therapy, 30(3), 130-134.
• Awais, Y. J. & Blausey, D. (2021). Foundations of art therapy supervision: Creating common ground for supervisees and supervisors. Routledge.
• Awais, Y. J. & Adelman, L. (2019). Making Artistic Noise: Amplifying the voices of court involved youth. In M. Beberian & B. Davis (Eds.), Art therapy practices for resilient youth. Routledge.
• Awais, Y. J. & Keselman, M. (2019). Culturally responsive care for art therapists in medical settings. In D. Elkis-Abuhoff & M. Gaydos (Eds.), Art and expressive therapies within the medical model: Clinical applications (pp. 224-234). Routledge.
• Awais, Y. J. (2013). Art therapy in Saudi Arabia. In P. Howie, S. Prasad, & J. Kristel (Eds.), Using Art Therapy with Diverse Populations: Crossing Cultures and Abilities (pp. 267-276). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Blausey, D. & Awais, Y. J. (2013). HIV/AIDS: Reflecting on 15 Years in New York City. In P. Howie, S. Prasad, & J. Kristel (Eds.), Using Art Therapy with Diverse Populations: Crossing Cultures and Abilities (pp. 214-224). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Select Presentations

• Awais, Y. J. & Blausey, D. (2022, September). When memories diverge: Art therapies supervision across differences. Workshop accepted at the meeting of the European Consortium of Arts Therapy Educators, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Reynolds, A. & Awais, Y. J. (2019, November). More than talk: Dismantling white supremacy utilizing art & drama therapy. Workshop presented at the meeting of the North American Drama Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• Sajnani, N., Talwar, S., Gipson, L., Awais, Y. J., Williams, B., Hadley, S., & Norris, M. (2019, September). Imagining utopias: Critical pedagogy in the arts therapies. Panel presented at the meeting of the European Consortium of Arts Therapy Educators, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
• Buckley, T. R., Awais, Y. J., & Balaram, A. (2018, August). Speaking of HIV…Who are the Black women in prevention research? Roundtable presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
• Buckley, T. R., Awais, Y. J., Baum-Tuccillo, M., Balaram, A., & Liu, W. (2018, August). Beyond cultural competence: A framework for critical practice to address racial power. Roundtable presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
• Awais, Y. J. & Reynolds, A. (2018, June). More than talk: Dismantling white supremacy using creative methods. Arts engagement workshop presented at the meeting of the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, Vancouver, Canada.
• Bane, T., Awais, Y. J., Brown, T., Cabrera, J., & Freeman, A. (2018, January). Unequal and underfunded: Incorporating social welfare doctoral education into the 40 hour work week. Roundtable presented at the meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
• Awais, Y. J. & Blausey, D. (2017, November). Learn to supervise better: Add theory to your experience. Advance practice course presentation at meeting of the American Art Therapy Association, Albuquerque, NM.
• Awais, Y. J. (2017, November). Master supervision for therapists of color. Master supervision facilitated at the meeting of the American Art Therapy Association, Albuquerque, NM
• Awais, Y. J. & Yali, A. M. (2015, August). Efforts in increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the field of art therapy. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.