Melinda Contreras-Byrd

Dr Melinda Contreras-Byrd is a licensed psychologist whose general areas of expertise involve issues of class, gender, ethnicity and faith. She has appeared on local radio and television stations, and has served as lecturer, preacher, workshop facilitator or keynote speaker for numerous corporations, community, religious and educational organizations throughout the United States and Latin America. She is a graduate of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology of Rutgers...See more

Dr Melinda Contreras-Byrd is a licensed psychologist whose general areas of expertise involve issues of class, gender, ethnicity and faith. She has appeared on local radio and television stations, and has served as lecturer, preacher, workshop facilitator or keynote speaker for numerous corporations, community, religious and educational organizations throughout the United States and Latin America. She is a graduate of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology of Rutgers University and the Princeton Theological Seminary, and presently serves as Adjunct Professor in the Doctor of Ministry Program of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, USA. She was also awarded a grant from the Louisville Institute enabling her to conduct research into the factors that inform the self-care decisions of Black and Latino pastors in the United States. See less