Charity Brown Griffin
Position: Assistant Professor Department: Psychological Sciences
Contact Info
Office: 305 Coltrane Hall Phone: 336-750-8832 Fax: 336-750-8650 Email: griffincb@wssu.edu
Biography
Dr. Griffin’s research program examines cultural and contextual factors that contribute to positive youth development, with a specific focus on African American adolescents. More specifically, her research seeks to integrate principles from multiple disciplines (school psychology; developmental psychology; education) to elucidate African Americans youths’ experiences with race-related processes and the consequences of these experiences for educational, psychological and health outcomes. Her work spans multiple areas and include racial identity, racial socialization, racial discrimination, school racial climate, school engagement and gender-related processes. Dr. Griffin is also committed to the translation of her research into practice, including the development of culturally specific intervention and prevention programming. She maintains credentials as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) and is Licensed as a Psychologist by the North Carolina Psychology Board.
Educational Background
- PhD, School Psychology, University of South Carolina
- MA, School Psychology, University of South Carolina
- BA (with honors), Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Research and Project Interests
- Race-related experiences among African American youth (e.g, racial identity, racial socialization, racial discrimination, school racial climate)
- School engagement and academic achievement outcomes among African American youth
- Psychological well-being among African American youth
Metzger, I. W., Cooper, S. M., Ritchwood, T. D., Onyeuku, C., & Griffin, C. B. (2016). Profiles of African American college students’ alcohol use and sexual behaviors: Associations with stress, racial discrimination, and social support. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-12. doi:10.1080/00224499.2016.1179709
Cooper, S.M., Smalls-Glover, C., Metzger, I., & Brown, C. (2015). African American fathers’ racial socialization patterns: Associations with and racial identity beliefs and discrimination experiences. Family Relations, 64(2), 278-290. doi:10.1111/fare.12115
Cooper, S.M., White-Johnson, R., Brown Griffin, C., Metzger, I., Avery, M., Eaddy, H., Shephard, C., & Guthrie, B. (2014). Community involvement and reduced risk behavior engagement among African American adolescents: The mediating role of empowerment beliefs. Journal of Black Psychology. Published in advance online on June 21, 2014, doi:10.1177/0095798414536225.
Cooper, S. M., Brown, C., Metzger, I., Clinton, Y., & Guthrie, B. (2013). Racial discrimination and African American adolescents’ adjustment: Gender variation in family and community social support, promotive and protective factors. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22(1), 15-29. doi:10.1007/s10826-012-9608-y
Guthrie, B.J., Cooper, S. M., Brown, C., & Metzger, I. (2012). Degrees of difference among minority female juvenile offenders’ psychological functioning, risk behavior engagement, and health status: A Latent profile investigation. Journal of Health Care for the Poor And Undeserved, 23(1), 204-225. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0016
Cooper, S.M., Guthrie, B.J, Metzger, I., & Brown, C. (2011). Daily hassles and African American adolescent females’ psychological functioning: Direct and interactive associations with gender role orientation. Sex Roles, 65(5-6), 397-409. doi:10.1007/s11199-011-0019-0
PSY 2301: Introduction to Psychological Sciences
PSY 3312: Introduction to Black Psychology
Minority Academic Achievement and Development (M.A.A.D.) Research Lab
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