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Hanan Hashem

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.

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Articles

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Disbelief, Trauma, & Betrayal: 3 Tips To Healing

The Day they will appear before Allah, nothing about them will be hidden from Him. He will ask, “Who does...
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Workshops & Lectures

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Professional Training

The Family and Youth Institute offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities.
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Mental Health Workshop

It’s time to break the stigma surrounding mental health and talk about what we can do better as individuals and...
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Mentoring Muslim Youth Workshop

Are you a youth director who is responsible for youth programming? A teacher trying to educate Muslim students better? Or...
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Published Book

 

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. 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

 

  1. 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
  2. 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

 

  1. Hashem, H. & Awad, G. (In Press: The Counseling Psychologist). Hijab, Solo Status, Discrimination, and Distress among Muslim Women in the U.S.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.10381607.0010.104