Nolan T. Krueger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology and a licensed psychologist. He directs the Wellness and Empowerment Initiative for Multiracial and BIPOC Communities and is affiliate faculty with the Kindred Collective for Healing & Liberatory Traditions. His research examines how Multiracial, Black, and QTBIPOC communities navigate identity, harm, and the work of healing.
Through Project BRAVE, Dr. Krueger investigates the conditions that shape suicide risk and resilience among Multiracial Black youth–examining belonging, family dynamics, identity invalidation, and the cultural resources that sustain well-being. A second line of work draws on a national survey of QTBIPOC organizers to examine how movement spaces, cultural connection, and collective meaning-making shape mental health and sustainable engagement. Across both projects, his scholarship moves between the harm communities navigate and the healing they create–an orientation that also shapes his approach to training future clinicians.
Dr. Krueger received his B.S. from the University of California, San Diego in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2022. He completed his APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley Counseling and Psychological Services. He serves on the American Psychological Association's Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, on the editorial boards of the Journal of Black Psychology and the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, and is a founding member of Black Men in Psychology. Among recent honors, he was named a Hellman Family Faculty Fellow.
Recent media and publication highlights:
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