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Aruna Jha

Aruna Jha (Author)

Dr. Jha has a Ph.D. in Clinical Social Work and graduate degrees in Child Development, Mental Health Counseling, and Social Work. Aruna is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater in the Social Work department. Her research focuses on acculturation and life transitions as risk factors and the intersection of cultural beliefs in suicidal thinking and behavior among Asians/Asian Americans, and military veterans.

Dr. Aruna Jha has been active in suicide prevention in the US for 25 years and is the founding member of the Asian American Suicide Prevention Initiative (AASPI) in Illinois. AASPI was the first US-based registered, non-profit, coalition to address suicide in Asians and Asian Americans. Dr. Jha is an expert on culturally specific risk and protective factors for suicide among immigrants. She worked for 6 years at the Veterans Administration and, being from a military family, is passionate about addressing suicide in veterans and the military.

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