Ph.D. in Human Development & Social Policy. Researcher focusing on development of Black Adolescents and Families.
Joined February 2012
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Enjoying hearing youth voices at the empowering change session in the Lake Michigan room with @ALongWalkHome #SRACHICAGO2024
Great session on Interactive effects of traumatic stressors on Mental Health of Black & Latinx Adolescents! Also, loved the start of the birthday celebration of @drgaylordharden, president-elect @CheahCharissa, & Dr. Tiffany Yip courtesy of @SeatonEleanor !#SRAChicago2024
The symposium featured talks from Lauren Alvis and the Youth Rising Lab at TAMU including Robyn Douglas, Jasmine Alli,
& Elizabeth Otto. youthrisinglab.com #SRACHICAGO2024
I’m very thankful to my excellent students who nominated me for this award! @Lorraine_Scott1 @GloriaStout97 & Sophia Lamb
We’re proud to announce the winners of our inaugural CNS Mentoring Excellence Award, which honors outstanding mentorship of graduate students & postdoctoral researchers:
• Caroline Farrior
• Justin Havird
• Fatima Varner
@CarolineFarrior @HavirdLab @ProfFV
ALT Caroline Farrior (left), Justin Havird (middle), Fatima Varner (right)
Fatima Varner retweeted
The first paper to explore the perspectives of researchers engaging in psychological research with Majority World communities re: the barriers they experience and recommendations #AcademicTwitter @SRAdolescence @philbaiden @luciamawe @inpurier psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-… 🧵1/3
Fatima Varner retweeted
@Lorraine_Scott1 and @profFV found that among Black parents who worked with fewer Black people, discrimination experiences were related to racial bias messaging @APA_Journals
psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-…
Opal Lee has been described as the grandmother of Juneteenth. She campaigned to make Juneteenth a federal holiday by leading annual 2.5 mile walks & she walked from Fort Worth to Washington DC from September 2016 to Jan 2017 as part of her campaign. womanistgate.org/general-cle…
Victoria Montou “Tante Toya” (c. 1739 - 1805) was a freedom fighter during the Haitian Revolution, during which she fought and commanded other soldiers. She was given the title of Duchess after the revolution, as she helped raise Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the 1st Emperor of Haiti.
Rose Ziba Chibambo (1928 - 2016) was a freedom fighter who organized women in the fight for independence in the British protectorate of Nyasaland (now Malawi). She created the Nyasaland African Women's League to increase women’s awareness & participation in anti-colonial activism
In 1959, Chibambo was imprisoned, along with her infant daughter, two days after giving birth because of her activism against the colonial government and was not released until 1961. After Malawi became independent in 1964, she was the first woman to serve in a cabinet position.
Chibambo entered a 30-year exile during the autocratic rule of Hastings Kamuzu Banda, only returning to Malawi after democracy was restored in 1994. Her image is on the 200-kwacha banknote in Malawi. (3/3)
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Unity Dow (born 1959) is a lawyer, politician, and human rights activist in Botswana. She is the first woman to serve as a judge on the High Court of Botswana. Previously, she opened the first all woman law firm in Botswana. (1/3)
Unity Dow challenged gender discrimination in a case that overturned Botswana’s law that only allowed fathers to pass on their nationality to their children. After this case, Botswana changed other gender discriminatory laws and other countries changed their nationality laws. 2/3
In Dow’s legal career, she has also protected the rights of sexual minorities and indigenous people. She is currently a specially elected Member of Parliament. (3/3)
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Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 - 1883) was an abolitionist and activist for Black civil rights and women’s rights. She was born into slavery in NY but escaped with her infant daughter. She successfully sued for her son’s freedom after he was illegally sold to the South.
Sojourner Truth became involved in the women’s rights movement and lectured nationally. Truth became well known for her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman” in which she challenged both gender and racial inequality by drawing on her experience and strength.
Sojourner Truth also recruited and organized supplies for Black soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the Civil War, she became involved with the Freedmen’s Bureau to help freed Black people establish themselves.
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Solange “Sonia” Pierre (1963-2011) was a human rights advocate who fought against discrimination against people of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic. Pierre was the founder and director of the organization, Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitiana (MUDHA).
As director, Pierre legally defended the rights of Haitian-origin people in the Dominican Republic & created programs to serve their needs. She received many honors including the RFK Human Rights Award & US International Woman of Courage Award.
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