Our Team
Dr. Hanan Hashem is a licensed psychologist and educator whose work centers on trauma, identity development, and belonging in Muslim and immigrant communities. She is the founder of Hey Hashem, a private practice and educational space that integrates clinical care with culturally grounded healing. She currently serves as an adjunct professor at the Boston Islamic Seminary, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and William James College, where she previously held a full-time faculty position. Dr. Hashem’s scholarship focuses on Arab and Muslim mental health, with peer-reviewed publications on discrimination, hijab, religious identity, and substance use among Muslim youth. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Muslim Mental Health Conference and leads national efforts to expand research and access to culturally responsive care. She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and M.Ed. in Quantitative Methods from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work is rooted in a commitment to liberation, belonging, and community healing.
Involvement
Articles
Disbelief, Trauma, & Betrayal: 3 Tips To Healing
Workshops & Lectures
Professional Training
Mental Health Workshop
Mentoring Muslim Youth Workshop
- Unpacking Intergenerational Trauma
- Unveiling Abuse in Family Relationships
- Mental Health 101
- Islam, Mental Health, and Misconceptions
- Impact of Racism on Muslim Youth Development
- Mentoring Muslim Youth
- Parenting from Within
- Tackling Imposter Syndrome
- Supportive Friends
Published Book
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- Griffin, J & Hashem, H. (2017). Respondent uncertainty about the timing of residential changes and employment-related events. Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Retrieved from https://psidonline.isr.umich.
edu/publications/Papers/tsp/ 2017-03_Resp_Uncertainty_EHC. pdf - Ahmed, S., Patel, S. Y., & Hashem, H. (2015). State of American Muslim youth: Research and recommendations. Institute of Social Policy and Understanding. Retrieved from https://www.ispu.org/wp-
content/uploads/2016/08/ISPU_ FYI_Report_American_Muslim_ Youth_Final-1.pdf
Published Book
- Ahmed, S., Hashem, H., Khalid, M. (2019). Uplifting Black Muslim Youth: A positive youth development approach. Canton, MI: The Family & Youth Institute. Retrieved from https://www.thefyi.org/
publications/uplifting-black- muslim-youth/
Published Chapters
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- Awad, G., Nguyen, H., Castellanos, F., Payne, T., Hashem, H. (2020). Mental health considerations for immigrants of Arab/Middle Eastern descent. In G. C. Nagayama Hall & E. R. Huang (Eds.), Immigration and Mental Health. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-
0-12-816117-3.00010-5 - Hashem, H., Bennett, A., Awad, G. (2020). Arab American Youth: Considerations for mental health and community engagement. In. A. M. Breland-Noble (Ed), Community Mental Health Engagement with Racially Diverse Populations. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-
0-12-818012-9.00006-X
Published Peer-Reviewed Articles
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- Hashem, H. &Â Awad, G. (In Press: The Counseling Psychologist). Hijab, Solo Status, Discrimination, and Distress among Muslim Women in the U.S.
- Hashem, H., Dossani, H., Ghani, M., Ahsen, A. S., & Morshed, C. (In Press: Journal of Muslim Mental Health). Belonging as a predictor of substance use for American Muslim emerging adults.
- Demanarig, D. L., Cokley, K., Beasley, S. T., Hita, L., Hashem, H., Mujica, C., Mamidanna, P., & Mercado, A. (In Press: American Psychologist). Mending fragile alliances to fight racism: Developing a framework for cross-racial/ethnic solidarity.
- Sadek, K., & Hashem, H. (2024). Teasing apart the role of identity and help-seeking intentions among Arab/MENA and South Asian Muslim Americans. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 9, 100789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
ssaho.2023.100789 - Hashem, H., Ghani, M., Hirani, S., Bennet, A, & Awad, G.(2022). Solo status, religious identity centrality, and age as predictors for discrimination among American Muslim Women. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 88, 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
ijintrel.2022.03.005 - Hashem, H., & Awad, G. H. (2021). Religious Identity, Discrimination, and Psychological Distress Among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans. Journal of religion and health, 60(2), 961-973. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10943-020-01145-x - Awad, G. H., Hashem, H., & Nguyen, H. (2021). Identity and Ethnic/Racial Self-Labeling among Americans of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African Descent. Identity, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/
15283488.2021.1883277 - Ahmed, S., & Hashem, H. (2016). A Decade of Muslim Youth: Global trends in research. Journal of Muslim Mental Health. 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.
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