Eyitayo Onifade

Founding Member

Consortium of Community Practice and Science

Dr. Eyitayo Onifade is the founding member of the Consortium for Community Practice and Science. He is a community psychologist and social worker with over a decade in program/policy evaluation and design, related to programs servicing marginalized individuals and communities. With a B.S. in Psychology from Morehouse College, Dr. Onifade worked in various capacities as a probation officer, mental health clinician, and victim-witness advocate for the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. He completed his graduate studies in Social Work at the University of Georgia, focusing on non-profit management and program evaluation. There he worked with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government as a Fellow in their Child Welfare Policy Division, primarily serving as a reform-oriented policy analyst for legislation related to juvenile justice. His applied research and policy advocacy included an analysis of Georgia’s selection and retention policy for juvenile court judges, disparities in the application of mandatory sentencing laws for juveniles, and differences in sex offender treatment programs between Adult Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Dr. Onifade completed his Ph.D. in ecological-community psychology at Michigan State University. His primary areas of subject matter expertise are restorative justice, economic empowerment and community development.