My research focuses on mental health promotion and suicide prevention among Black Americans and other historically understudied groups.
Experience
2020–present
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Education
2020
University of Michigan , PhD in Social Work & Psychology
Publications
2021
Black youth’s experiences with feelings of worthlessness, parent relationships, and suicide: Findings from a national probability survey, Journal of Adolescent Health
2020
Association between perceived public stigma and suicidal behaviors among college students of color in the US, Journal of Affective Disorders
2020
Testing for measurement invariance across gender in the 12-item CES-D: An investigation among a nationally representative sample of African Americans, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
2019
Media representations of popular culture figures and the construction of Black masculinities, Psychology of Men and Masculinities
2019
Everyday discrimination, depressive symptoms, and suicide ideation among African American men., Archives of Suicide Research
2018
An exploratory study of stress and coping among Black college men., American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Professional Memberships
Society for Social Work and Research
American Public Health Association
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues