Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2023 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Racialized body dissatisfaction in Black women: development of the Black feminist model of body image.
Journal Article J Eat Disord · February 24, 2025 BACKGROUND: Body image has predominantly been examined among young White women. As a result, the guiding theories in this area of study are based on implicit assumptions that this population's experience is normative. These assumptions include thinness as ... Full text Link to item CiteUnderneath the Mask of the Strong Black Woman Schema: Disentangling Influences of Strength and Self-Silencing on Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Black Women
Journal Article Sex Roles · May 2019 Full text CiteSaying more than goodbye: emotion messages in Adinkra symbols
Journal Article Journal of Visual Literacy · October 2, 2018 Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Virginia Commonwealth University ·
2020
Ph.D.