A5103791529- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Community Health and Development
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Social Representations and Identity
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Education Systems and Policy
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Sleep and related disorders
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2017-2025
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2012-2016
Yale University
2014
Duke Institute for Health Innovation
2014
Duke University
2014
Research and theory on the intervening variables that enable individuals who experience marginalization oppression to achieve well-being have historically relied an individual level of analysis. Yet, there is a growing body literature highlights roles contexts play in facilitating processes result wellness among marginalized individuals. This paper proposes conceptual framework specific type setting, referred as "counterspaces," which promotes psychological oppression. Counterspaces are...
Community psychology recognizes the need for research methods that illuminate context, culture, diversity, and process. One such method, ethnography, has crossed into multiple disciplines from anthropology, indeed, community psychologists are becoming ethnographers. Ethnographic work stands at intersection of bridging universal questions with particularities people groups bounded in time, geographic location, social location. Ethnography is thus historical deeply contextual, enabling a rich,...
Abstract Historically, consumers of mental health services have not been given meaningful roles in research and change efforts related to the they use. This is quickly changing as scholars a growing number funding bodies now call for greater consumer involvement improvement. Amidst these calls, community‐based participatory (CBPR) has emerged an approach which holds unique promise capitalizing on change. Yet, there few discussions value added by this above beyond that traditional means...
Minority youths who experience adversity in the forms of concentrated poverty, neighborhood violence, and social marginalization are at increased risk for delinquency. Yet, traditional approaches to reducing delinquency do not typically account these social-structural factors. This article proposes a model intervening that was developed address this limitation. The current informed by findings 9-month ethnography leadership development program African American as well positive youth critical...
Black racial identity model and theory refinement has occurred in the absence of considerations how college students experience articulate their sense belonging to group. To fill this gap, present study utilised storytelling as a framework investigated with in-group members was expressed students' identities. Qualitative phenomenological consensual analytic approaches were employed examine 13 (7 women, 6 men) freshman sophomore undergraduate narratives related The findings highlighted at...
Sleep problems and disorders are associated with various health problems, such as heart disease cancer. Black Americans report higher rates of poor sleep quality than other racial ethnic groups. Research suggests perceived racism can influence difficulties; however, the mechanisms connecting to difficulties not fully understood. Rumination, a form perseverative cognition in which individuals repeatedly focus on negative emotions their causes consequences, affect quality. This cross-sectional...
Objectives: The first goal was to examine whether race-related stress associated with depression in Black immigrants, as has been found African Americans. second determine intergroup relations identity factors—Black immigrants’ shared racial fate or sense of belonging Americans—were related depression, above and beyond stress. Third, we examined if a Americans moderated the relationship between depression. Method: Data were collected from 110 individuals who identified first-...
The cultural context in the United States is racialized and influences Black Caribbean immigrants' acculturation processes, but what role it plays into specific facets of American society (e.g., African culture) has been understudied field psychology. present study extends research on acculturative process by assessing how this group's experience racial (racial public regard, ethnic race-related stress) its engagement culture (i.e., adoption values behavioral involvement). Data were...
Through narrative identity work, offender‐labeled African American youth craft positive self‐concepts in the face of denigrating societal messages about their personhood. While past research suggests work is largely intrapersonal, recent theory posits that it may also arise through individuals’ participation counterspaces. This 9‐month ethnography explored how a group engaged an intervention program functioned as counterspace. Findings from observations and interviews suggest by interfacing...
Abstract Reflexivity is an important tool for navigating ethically moments in fieldwork. It may be particularly useful situations where the researcher has potential to undermine conduct of study and/or well‐being‐enhancing role counterspaces. In this article, I explore my use reflexivity traverse encountered while investigating a counterspace African‐American youth who had been incarcerated. The ethical challenge concerned whether and how continue light realizing that held implicit biases...
Clergy provide significant support to their congregants, sometimes at a cost mental health. Identifying the factors that enable clergy flourish in face of such occupational stressors can inform prevention and intervention efforts well-being. In particular, more research is needed on positive health not only problems. We conducted interviews with 52 understand behaviors attitudes associated this population. Our consensual grounded theory analytic approach yielded five appear distinguish...
Scholars maintain that with greater length of residence, the U.S. context adversely affects Black immigrants (e.g., via racism-related stress). Yet, psychological mechanisms account for increases in stress over time are unclear. Racial identity scholarship provides reason to suspect immigrants’ racial identities may partially explain these increases. In this study, Americans and Caribbean ( N = 171) responded measures cultural racism–related “identity” (importance group membership...
Patient-centered care (PCC) is a health delivery model that considered means to reduce inequities in the healthcare system, specifically through its prioritization of patient voice and preference treatment planning. Yet, there are documented challenges implementation. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) seemingly well-positioned address such challenges, but has been limited discussion utilizing CBPR this way. This article begins gap. In it, we present three diverse stakeholders'...
Women of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic experience oppression due to their gender, ethnicity, and economic status. They also exhibit high rates participation evangelical Christian communities, a paradoxical finding given restricted roles women have traditionally played these settings. The goals this study were explore perceived benefits communities setting characteristics that lead benefits. research team interviewed 19 current former church participants aged 18-59....

 Place-Based Initiatives (PBIs) involve efforts to mobilise and coordinate local resources, services expertise across multiple organisations sectors in order strengthen the social, structural, physical economic conditions of historically disinvested neighbourhoods. While promising, these initiatives have had some documented challenges, are leveraging partnerships with academic institutions address those challenges. In this article, we explore perspectives leaders staff from three PBI...