Napoleon Wells
Quick Facts
Biography
Napoleon Wells (born January 14, 1978) is an American author, psychologist, speaker and activist noted for writing A Field Negroes Handbook. Though in limited release, the book was met with generally positive reviews when released in 2005. He has not yet published a follow up work.
He is noted for research on religiosity and psychological factors. Wells is a trained clinical psychologist and is listed as a specialist in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, working with military veterans. He has stated that he intends to work his entire career as "A Healer of those who have sacrificed in our nation's wars."
In addition to working with veterans, he has worked as a Professor at Bronx Community College and Hunter College. No record of him having taught any classes after 2007.
Personal life
Born in The Bronx, NY to Napoleon and Sharon Wells. He is one of three siblings raised in a poor, inner city family. He was thought of as a talented student growing up in New York City. Though he is listed as a graduate of Binghamton University (2002) with a degree in Psychology, he also attended Morehouse College (Atlanta), though there is no record of how long he attended this school or why he left for Binghamton.
He has been married to Deidra Morrison since 2006 and he has one child, also named Napoleon Wells, born in 2007.
Napoleon graduated from Fordham University in 2007, with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and he began working with the Department of Veterans Affairs soon after.