Research Areas:
- Adolescent Development, Black Youth Emotional Development, Family Socialization of Race, Peer Influence on Adolescent Decision-Making.
I am an adolescent researcher with a focuses on understanding the emotional development of Black youth, examining how Black youth’s social context (family, friends, school) influence emotion expression and emotion regulation, as well as the role emotion expression and emotion regulation play in Black youth’s decisions to engage in both risk-related and prosocial behaviors.