Maggi A. Price, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Licensed Psychologist

Boston College School of Social Work

Dr. Maggi Price is a licensed psychologist and an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Boston College, where she also runs the Affirm Lab, the goal of which is to reduce inequities for stigmatized youth.  She also serves as a psychology associate in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. 

In her research, Dr. Price studies stigma as a critical driver of mental health inequities.  She has two active complementary arms of research, the first of which explores how stigma, such as racism and sexism, create and sustain mental health inequities.   The second arm focuses on developing and testing multilevel interventions to reduce stigma (e.g., in mental health care, schools).
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Dr. Price's contributions to research in stigma and diversity have been highlighted in awards from the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American Psychological Association (APA).

Dr. Price is a passionate and dedicated teacher and mentor, qualities that have been recognized in her receipt of the Yale University Doctoral Internship in Clinical & Community Psychology Leadership Award and the Boston College Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award.
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Dr. Price earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston College, her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Hawaii Hilo, and her B.S. in psychology and sociology from the University of Oregon.  Dr. Price completed her clinical training at Yale University School of Medicine after finishing clinical practica as a Harvard Medical School fellow at Cambridge Health Alliance and Massachusetts General Hospital.  Across these settings, she trained in culturally-responsive practice for children, adolescents, and adults and gained extensive experience treating trauma.
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