Dr Charlynn Small is the Assistant Director of Health Promotion, Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Richmond in Virginia. She also serves as Chairperson of the University’s Eating and Body Image Concerns (EBIC) team. 

A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, she is advocating for the awareness and treatment of eating disorders affecting black women and underrepresented groups. 

Dr. Small is the Co-Founder and Principal of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity in Mental Health, and is the Co-Editor of Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide, Routledge, Taylor & Francis (2021). She is also Co-Editor of AntiBlackness and the Stories of Authentic Allies: Lived Experiences in the Fight Against Institutional Racism, Oxford University Press (In press, May 2024).