Mignonette N. Keller, PhD

Mignonette Keller has been affiliated with the Georgetown Family Center/Bowen Center since 1971. She completed three years in the Postgraduate Program, 1976-1979. She was appointed to the faculty in 2001. She coordinates the Bowen Center’s Clinical Conference Series and teaches in the Postgraduate Program. Dr. Keller organizes and presents at conferences and serves on several faculty committees. Her research aims to develop a systems model for family research that expands the theoretical approaches to include family-oriented theories in the study of the family. In particular, she is interested in developing the family diagram as a reliable assessment instrument for empirical research. She has expanded her research to include the investigation of mechanisms influencing the development and course of Alzheimer’s disease from a systems perspective. In 2014, Dr. Keller received the Caskie Research Award for her work on Alzheimer’s disease and family emotional process.

She holds a doctorate in sociology from Howard University with specializations in gerontology, social psychology, and family. She was on the faculty of the School of Social Work at Howard University until 2001. Dr. Keller is the founder and former director of Family Transitions Inc, an assisted living facility for the frail elderly, based on a family-centered, preventive health care model.

Contact information: mkeller@thebowencenter.org