Dr. Gangamma’s scholarship aims to increase access to culturally responsive, family systems, & trauma-informed mental health services for resettled refugee populations. Using academic-community collaborations, she develops clinical training and research opportunities for graduate students while simultaneously co-locating family therapy services in existing local agencies that serve resettled refugee communities.

Dr. Gangamma has also extensively studied clinical applications of Contextual Therapy Theory, a family systems approach centering experiences of justice in relationships. Her work advocates for an intentional inclusion of systemic factors of justice in family systems practice, theory development, and research. Her practice and scholarship reflect her diverse professional training in disciplines of Social Work and Family Therapy, and personal experiences as a queer-identified immigrant from South India.