Faculty Bio

Professor of Family Science, University of Maryland, College Park
Director of the Black Families Research Group
Author, Theory of Racial Socialization in Action (TRSA)
Co-Author, Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI)
Co-Author of the Multidimensional Model of Racial Identity (MMRI)
Editor, Families in daily life: Macro and micro perspectives (Cognella Academic Press)
Past Chair, Black Caucus of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD; 2017-2021)

Research Expertise

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Awards & Recognitions

Recipient, Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award, Division 43, Couple and Family Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2021
Recipient, Doris W. Sands Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 2017
Recipient, Jerry P. Wrenn Outstanding Service Award, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 2016
Recipient, Faculty Minority Achievement Award, President’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues, University of Maryland, 2016
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 43: Society of Family Psychology, 2015
Rosa Parks Labor of Love Award, Nyumburu Cultural Center, University of Maryland, 2015
Outstanding Mentor, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, 2011, University of Maryland-College Park
National Institute of Mental Health Travel Award for Early Career Investigators, Child Depression Consortium, 2007
Postdoctoral Minority Supplement Fellowship, NICHD, 1999-2001
National Research Service Award, NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship, 1994 to 1999

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