Justine McGovern, PhD, LMSW is the Chair of the Department of Health Promotion and Nutrition Sciences at Lehman College, City University of New York. Justine’s research contributes to increasing health equity for older adults in the urban environment, diversifying the gerontology workforce, integrating arts-based pedagogies into curricula and decolonizing gerontology. She publishes and presents internationally. Justine teaches at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral level. Licensed in social work, Justine has extensive practice experience in dementia care, senior services, and community-based mental health. She is the Chair of the Humanities, Arts and Cultural Gerontology Advisory Panel to the Gerontological Society of America and the international partner of the Irish Gerontology Society. She received her PhD and MSW from New York University's Silver School of Social Work, and her BA in American Studies from Yale University.