David Fakunle

David Olawuyi Fakunle II, PhD is a “mercenary for change,” employing the necessary skills and occupying the necessary spaces to help strengthen everyone divested from their truest self, particularly those who identify as Black, Indigenous and/or a Person of Color. David serves as Assistant Professor in the Public Health Program of the Department of Public and Allied Health at the Morgan State University School of Community Health & Policy, Associate Faculty in Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and formerly as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine. David’s interests include stressors within the built environment, manifestations of systemic oppression, and the utilization of arts and culture to cultivate holistic health through humanity, justice, equity, and, ultimately, liberation. Additionally, David has applied artistic and cultural expressions including Black storytelling, African drumming, singing and theater in the proclamation of truth for over 25 years, collaborating primarily with organizations in the Baltimore/Washington, DC, region.