Mindy Thompson Fullilove is a writer and social psychiatrist dedicated to examining the relationship between environment and mental health. She is the Founder and President of the University of Orange, a free school of restoration urbanism in Orange, New Jersey, where Dr. Fullilove was raised.

Fullilove is Professor of Urban Policy and Health at the New School, and was previously an Associate Professor at Columbia University and lecturer at Parsons School of Design. A prolific writer, she has published over a hundred scientific papers and eight books, including Main Street: How A City’s Heart Connects Us All (New Village Press, 2020); Homeboy Came To Orange: A Story of People’s Power (New Village Press, 2018); Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It (New Village Press, 2016); and Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted-Out Cities (New Village Press, 2013). 

She combines her family background of activism in Orange, NJ, her psychiatric practice, and her urbanism mentorship with renowned French Urbanist Michel Cantal-Dupart to identify the intersections of community development and public health. Dr. Fullilove holds a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and an M.S./M.D. from Columbia University. 

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