Dr. Miyah Grant is a licensed staff forensic psychologist at the RI Family Court Mental Health Clinic and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. She is an active member of the Brown Training Consortium’s Child Track social justice subcommittee and the DEIB Diversity Mentoring Program. Dr. Grant is committed to fostering the growth and development of future psychologists and emphasizes the importance of cultural competence, empathy, and advocacy in her mentorship.
Dr. Grant’s work centers on exploring, understanding, and addressing the unique challenges faced by system-involved youth and families. She has particular experience in conducting forensic evaluations with juvenile-legal involved youth and treating adolescents with complex clinical concerns. Dr. Grant's clinical research interests include 1) exploring the mental health consequences of intersecting inequalities and disadvantages marginalized youth face within the juvenile legal system and 2) addressing ethnoracial disparities in youth diversion and minority contact.
Dr. Grant earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ohio University and her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Indianapolis. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University with specialty focus on Adolescent Forensic and Addiction Psychology.
