Yewande O. Addie, Ph.D.

Narrative Capacity Building Manager

Yewande (she/her) is the Narrative Capacity Building Manager at the BLIS Collective. She is a Nigerian American communications scholar and narrative strategist. Her work sits at the intersection of public health, cultural storytelling, and movement communications — grounded in the belief that the stories we tell about communities shape the conditions they live in. A two-time Fulbright Scholar with research experience in Nigeria and the United States, Yewande has worked with organizations including FrameWorks Institute, me too. International, RTI International, the de Beaumont Foundation, and the CDC to build narrative capacity, conduct audience research, and develop equity-rooted communications strategy across nonprofit and federal contexts. She is also a cultural producer and multimedia storyteller whose work spans documentary film, public scholarship, and media criticism. Yewande holds a PhD in Mass Communications, an MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences, and a MA in History. She is a proud HBCU alumna of Florida A&M University and is based in Gainesville, on the ancestral lands of the Seminole and Miccosukee peoples.