Research
PhD, Criminology and Justice Policy
Northeastern University, 2012. Graduate certificate in Women’s Studies; dissertation research on gender and the federal justice process.
Meet Dr. Danielle Rousseau
Researcher.
Educator.
Justice advocate.
Connecting scholarship, clinical experience, and embodied practice in the service of justice and wellbeing.
Danielle’s work begins with people—and with the conditions that shape their lives.
Dr. Danielle Rousseau is an assistant professor at Boston University’s Metropolitan College, a licensed mental health counselor, and Director of Education and Research at Yoga 4 Change. She brings research, clinical experience, and embodied practice to questions about trauma, resilience, and justice.
Her professional experience includes correctional mental health, crisis response, and victim/survivor advocacy. That includes serving as a mental health clinician at MCI Framingham, Massachusetts’ women’s prison, from 2008 to 2012. Her teaching and research connect these experiences with broader questions about education, community, and care.
Through her work with Yoga 4 Change and other collaborators, Danielle contributes to curriculum development, training, and research on trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness.
She is the editor of Yoga and Resilience: Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma, and has written and collaborated on scholarship across justice, embodied practice, and education.
Academic biography at Boston University ↗Education & perspective
Across disciplines.
Grounded in practice.
Clinical foundations
MA, Clinical Forensic Psychology
University of Denver, 2002. BA in Psychology, University of Vermont, 1999, magna cum laude.
Teaching & collaboration
Justice, education, and the work of care
At BU, Danielle coordinates the psychology program and is affiliated with Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Center for Innovation in Social Science. Her teaching includes trauma and crisis intervention, sexual violence, and justice and community engagement.