Leslie Landis, J.D.

Dr. Quenette L. Walton, LCSW is a social work educator, researcher, and mental health and violence prevention consultant. She has over 15 years of experience working within the nonprofit arena addressing the intersection of race, class, gender, mental health, and more recently gender-based violence intervention and prevention work within diverse communities. In her work, Dr. Walton uses intersectionality, qualitative research methods, and science to address mental health, inequities, and violence to create social change. Dr. Walton has served as a consultant for the nonprofit sector with her most recent projects include working with the STOP Technical Assistance to Administrators Resource (STAAR) Project and the Underserved Technical Assistance Project.   

Dr. Walton’s prior work experience has spanned across multiple systems—child welfare, schools, and community mental health facilities—where she provided mental health services to children and families. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Westside Domestic Abuse Project which is now called the Center for Advancing Domestic Peace, Inc. from 2005-2007.

Dr. Walton is a licensed clinical social worker. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with the Center for Health Services and Society where she expanded her research skills within the context of mental health disparities and the social determinants of mental health. Dr. Walton is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work, an A.M. from the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.