Congrats to Penn State Psychology graduate student Tiyobista Maereg for being accepted into the Center for Humanities and Information (CHI) predoctoral fellowship program where she will investigate how school and social media contexts inform the meaning of Black girlhood.
What an honor to be featured amongst other amazing authors and illustrators!
Check out my feature below and stay connected with me and @FreeSpiritBooks for news on my books in the future!
For Black and African writers and creators who feel trapped by the white gaze, this is for you.
Watch the iconic Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembéne brilliantly rebuff a question about how his films were received in Europe.
My current stage of grad school burnout:
Don’t ask. I’m not doing it.
With a dash of:
I’ll say I will, but we both know I won’t.
Wrapped in:
You’re not paying me for this.
Such an inspiring panel. Every single one of the panelists was a great example of the power and impact of transformative/community-centered research and a reminder of why I was drawn to research in the first place.
A timely reminder of purpose
And I mean the PUBLIC library. University libraries have a unique atmosphere of overwhelming anxiety and dread that is palpable and just send me into a spiral. But public libraries are my happy place
I finally stopped lying to myself about being able to get work done at home and I went to the library and I am amazed by how much work I've been able to get done.
Goodmorning everyone!
My name is Margaret McBride and I’m a 5th year Developmental Psychology PhD Candidate. I study community violence/gentrification and work towards building safe, healthy, and hopeful communities for Black youth and families.
#BIMHRollCall
It's PhD application season again! I will be considering apps for our Applied Social Psychology PhD program. Come work with me in the @BlackHealthLab ! App is due Dec 1 https://t.co/HeBYtZZEue ...
✨New pub AND it’s open access✨
Centering the voices of Black adolescent girls, we explored Black girls’ identity development as well as how their development is shaped by their home and school environments.