School Racial Stress and Trauma Experiences Among Black Youth

• In Event: Reclaiming Narratives of Healing and Love for Black Youth Amid Racial Trauma in K–12 Schools: An Intersectional Lens

Abstract

Dr. Griffin’s research program examines cultural and contextual factors that contribute to Black youths’ development. She has dozens of publications on Black youths’ experiences, including racial identity, racial socialization, school racial climate, school engagement, social-emotional learning, and youth participatory action research. As a scientist-practitioner, Dr. Griffin leverages her positioning as faculty at a historically Black university to translate science that intentionally amplifies Black youth voice to support their self-determination and thriving within school and community settings. As a nationally certified school psychologist, Dr. Griffin will facilitate a small group dialogue on narrative school racial stress and trauma experiences among Black youth, this group’s use of their unique cultural assets as protective mechanisms, and the critical need and recommendations for K-12 public educators to embrace Black youths’ brilliance as axiomatic.

Author

• Charity Brown Griffin, Winston-Salem State University