Dr. Goodrum will be accepting a student for the Fall 2027 admissions cycle in the Clinical-Community Psychology Ph.D. Concentration.

 

Background

Dr. Nada Goodrum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina, in the Clinical-Community program. She is also affiliated with the USC Research Center for Child Well-Being and a mentor for the Behavioral-Biomedical Interface Program (BBIP). She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Georgia State University. She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. Prior to her graduate training, she earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in psychology and international studies with a minor in Arabic.

Research

Dr. Goodrum is a clinical psychologist who conducts community-based research with children and families experiencing adversity. The overarching goal of her research is to improve quality of life and reduce health inequities for children and families facing major life stressors. Her research seeks to a) understand the impact of family stressors, such as trauma, mental health difficulties, HIV and other chronic illness, racism, financial strain, and parental substance use, on parent-child relationships and child well-being, and b) improve child well-being through parent- and family-based preventive intervention. Her work emphasizes parents’ roles in promoting child health and preventing the intergenerational transmission of risk. Her research engages racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse communities, consistent with her commitment to adopting a culturally responsive and social justice lens.

Themes of her research include:

• Parenting, family processes, and the community context among families affected by major stressors
• Family-based child health promotion and prevention of social-emotional and physical health problems
• The intersection of trauma, HIV, and substance use, and the intergenerational transmission of risk
• The application of advanced quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods
• A commitment to cultural humility, antiracism, and equity

Representative Publications

Goodrum, N. M., Huynh, T., & Butler, L. (2026). Family-based interventions for parents affected by trauma. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2026.06.002

Goodrum, N. M., Nguyen, J., McCollum, D., Siceloff, E. R., Tennie, B., delMas, S., & Prinz, R. J. (2025). Perceptions of stress, well-being, and intervention preferences among parents affected by major stressors. Healthcare, 13(18), 2366. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13182366

Goodrum, N. M.,⁺ Carroll, J.,⁺ Huynh, T., & Nguyen, J. K. (2025). “I Should Learn from Her”: Multisystem resilience among mothers living with HIV and their children. Journal of Family Psychology, 39(8), 1213-1228. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001353 ⁺co-first authors

Goodrum, N. M., Cooper, D. K., Edmunds, S. R., Wippold, G. M., Bradshaw, J., Nguyen, J. K., Milburn, N., & Are, F. (2023). Achieving equity in child and adolescent mental health by addressing racism through prevention science. Adversity and Resilience Science.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-023-00104-1

Goodrum, N. M., & Prinz, R. (2022). Family-based prevention of child traumatic stress. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 69(4). 633-644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2022.04.011

Goodrum, N. M., Carroll, J., Dubrow, I., Armistead, L. P., Masyn, K., Schulte, M., & Murphy, D. A. (2022). Parenting stress predicts longitudinal change in parental involvement among mothers living with HIV. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(5), 725-735. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000909

Goodrum, N. M., Armistead, L. P., Masyn, K., Schulte, M., & Murphy, D. A. (2021). Longitudinal bidirectional relations among parenting quality, parenting stress, and child functioning among HIV-affected families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(8), 1663-1678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01444-w

Goodrum, N. M., Masyn, K., Armistead, L. P., Avina, I., Schulte, M., Marelich, W., & Murphy, D. A. (2021). A mixed methods longitudinal investigation of mothers’ disclosure of HIV to their children. Child Development, 92(4), 1403-1420.  https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13493

Goodrum, N. M., Smith, D. W., Hanson, R. F., Moreland, A. D., Saunders, B. E., & Kilpatrick, D. G. (2020). Longitudinal relations among adolescent risk behavior, family cohesion, violence exposure, and mental health in a national sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(11), 1455-1469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00691-y