Jacque-Corey Cormier

Dr. Jacque-Corey Cormier is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences at Georgia State University. His specific interests include community-based participatory action research (CBPAR), high-impact educational practices, and program development and evaluation. Dr. Cormier has utilized his skillset and connections with community organizations and public servicing agencies to provide applied research training and program management consulting services. He is a member of the GSU Southern Urban Research for Growth & Equity (SURGE) initiative where he aids in research data management and serves as the co-lead for student researcher engagement. Dr. Cormier has partnered with the Jesse Parker Williams grant foundation to facilitate grantee trainings on how these organizations can incorporate photovoice, a qualitative, CBPAR approach, into their program evaluations, organization marketing, and future funding initiatives. With the Friends of the Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill, he has crafted an ongoing community impact study survey and data management system, facilitated photovoice training series for members, and participated in media coverage of the food forest.

He cultivates undergraduate and graduate students’ competencies related to career management, quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, leadership, cultural intelligence, and public health applications.¬ Furthermore, Dr. Cormier manages community-academic partnerships with multi-level organizations (including government agencies and nonprofit organizations from various states) to provide students with substantial, experiential learning opportunities. He has regularly taught the following courses, Public Health Careers & Professions, Signature Experience Prospectus and Capstone, Introduction to Public Health, Introduction to Research Methods in Public Health, and It Takes a Village to Raise Research: Applying the CBPAR Approach (graduate-level elective).

Dr. Cormier frequently participates in volunteering and public speaking opportunities outside of the academic setting. For over a dozen years, he has volunteered in multiple capacities with 21st Century Leaders, a youth-serving statewide leadership development organization. He has been their Summer Institute Director for several institutes including their 2020 inaugural Healthcare & IT Summer Institute, which he aided in starting as a steering committee member. 21st Century Leaders awarded Dr. Cormier with their 30 for 30 Alumni Award due to his service and leadership related to education. Dr. Cormier regularly invites SPH faculty, staff, and students with him to facilitate introduction to public health sessions, college/graduate school preparation discussions, K-12 career day presentations, and other service projects. The 2022 book, Black Lives, Balance, and the Psychology of Self Stories, features his chapter addressing social cognitive theory and self-efficacy building entitled, “I Stank I Can, I Know I Can, I Will: Examining Expressions of Self-Efficacy as a Reflection of Identity Orchestration”. He has appeared across multiple mediums including but not limited to: National Public Radio’s Closer Look, Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Georgia Outdoors, VoyageATL Magazine’s Rising Stars, local Atlanta news, Public Health Joy Podcast, and Dragon Con panels.