Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Provisional Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2025 - Present
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Scholarly Works
An Exploratory Examination of the Ubiquity of the “Strong Black Woman” Schema
Journal article Journal of Black Psychology · February 1, 2026 Research has shown that internalization of the Strong Black Woman (SBW) Schema is associated with negative psychological outcomes, such as depression and anxiety. The current study aimed to determine the ubiquity of the SBW Schema by exploring the extent t ... Full text CiteGendered Racism and Mental Health: A Test of the Mediating and Moderating Role of the Superwoman/Strong Black Woman Schema and John Henryism
Journal article Sex Roles · February 1, 2026 According to Lewis’ (2023) biopsychosocial model of gendered racism, cultural coping is the mediating mechanism linking Black women’s experiences of gendered racism to poor health outcomes. Two cultural coping constructs that are relevant to Black women ar ... Full text Cite"I can do bad all by myself": Indirect effect of social support beliefs on the Strong Black Woman schema and depressive symptoms.
Journal article Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol · July 2025 OBJECTIVES: The Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema, a multidimensional construct that promotes self-reliance, self-silencing, self-sacrificial caregiving, and resilience, has been linked to depressive symptoms in Black women. Yet, additional research is neede ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation
University of Georgia ·
2025
Ph.D.