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Director, Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research

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Human Resource Development, Workplace Incivility, Crisis Management, Work-life Issues

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Human Resource Development and African Americans

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16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions

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3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

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16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions

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16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions

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3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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University of Georgia - (Athens, Georgia, United States)

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University of Georgia - (Athens, Georgia, United States)

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University of Georgia - (Athens, Georgia, United States)

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Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellow

# publications[].label
Collaborating With Parents to Increase Proactive Bystander Messages

# publications[].label
School-Based Mental Health Professionals' Bullying Assessment Practices: A Call for Evidence-Based Bullying Assessment Guidelines

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Using stand/sit workstations in classrooms: lessons learned from a pilot study in Texas.

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Transition Practices into Kindergarten and the Barriers Teachers Encounter

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The evaluation of the impact of a stand-biased desk on energy expenditure and physical activity for elementary school students.

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Promoting diversity through program websites: A multicultural content analysis of school psychology program websites.

# publications[].label
The Validity of a Battery of Phonemic and Orthographic Awareness Tasks for Adults With and Without Dyslexia and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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Ethnic Differences in Parents' Attitudes toward Girls' Use of Aggression

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The Economic Effects of Exclusionary Discipline on Grade Retention and High School Dropout

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Subtypes of Girls Who Engage in Serious Delinquency and Their Young Adult Outcomes

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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The Impact of School Bullying on Physical Activity in Overweight Youth: Exploring Race and Ethnic Differences.

# publications[].label
Violence by Children in Schools and the Community

# publications[].label
Predictors of Bully Victimization in Students With Disabilities: A Longitudinal Examination Using a National Data Set

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Relation of measures of executive function to aggressive behavior in children.

# publications[].label
The impact of stand-biased desks in classrooms on calorie expenditure in children.

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Adolescents Vulnerability to Peer Victimization: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Predictors

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A comparison of majority-race children with and without a minority-race friend

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Examining the Academic Achievement of Black Adolescents Importance of Peer and Parental Influences

# publications[].label
The Effect of Stand-biased Desks on Academic Engagement: An Exploratory Study.

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Behind the Eight Ball: The Effects of Race and Number of Infractions on the Severity of Exclusionary Discipline Sanctions Issued in Secondary School

# publications[].label
Are Schools Stricter at the Border? Investigating the Relationships Between School Strictness, Juvenile Justice, and the Border

# publications[].label
School Counselors' and School Psychologists' Bullying Prevention and Intervention Strategies: A Look Into Real-World Practices

# publications[].label
Exploring Ethnic Variation in Preadolescent Aggressive Girls' Social, Psychological, and Academic Functioning

# publications[].label
Predictors of Bullying Behavior, Victimization, and Bully-Victim Risk Among High School Students With Disabilities

# publications[].label
National prevalence rates of bully victimization among students with disabilities in the United States.

# publications[].label
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in School Psychology: Be the Change

# publications[].label
Too Strict or Too Lenient?: Examining The Role of School Strictness With Educational and Juvenile Justice Outcomes

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Interventions Supporting Positive Psychosocial Functioning of Black Adolescent Girls: A Narrative Review

# publications[].label
The role of colorism in explaining African American females' suspension risk.

# publications[].label
The Dimensionality of Social Victimization: A Preliminary Investigation

# publications[].label
Examining the Academic Achievement of Latino Adolescents: The Role of Parent and Peer Beliefs and Behaviors

# publications[].label
School-Based Mental Health Professionals Bullying Assessment Practices: A Call for Evidence-Based Bullying Assessment Guidelines

# publications[].label
MENTAL HEALTH DELIVERY IN URBAN SCHOOLS It Takes a Village to Empower a Child

# publications[].label
Adolescents' Vulnerability to Peer Victimization: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Predictors

# publications[].label
Performance on the PPVT-III and the EVT: applicability of the measures with African American and European American preschool children.

# publications[].publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association

# publications[].label
School Punishment and Education: Racial/Ethnic Disparities With Grade Retention and the Role of Urbanicity

# publications[].label
Promoting Positive Youth Development of Black Youth: A Rites of Passage Framework

# publications[].label
School Strictness and Disproportionate Minority Contact: Investigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities With the "School-to-Prison Pipeline"

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Breaking the Cycle of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: The Effects of Student Gender and Caring Relationships with Teachers

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

# publications[].label
School Strictness and Education: Investigating Racial and Ethnic Educational Inequalities Associated with Being Pushed Out

# publications[].label
Early Warning Signs: Identifying Opportunities to Disrupt Racial Inequities in School Discipline Through Data- Based Decision Making

# publications[].label
Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls Childhood

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

# publications[].label
More than a Drop in the Bucket: The Social and Economic Costs of Dropouts and Grade Retentions Associated With Exclusionary Discipline

# publications[].label
Black Girls and School Discipline: The Role of Teacher's Race, Pubertal Development, and Discipline Philosophy on Discipline Decisions

# publications[].label
Unmasking the Inequitable Discipline Experiences of Urban Black Girls: Implications for Urban Educational Stakeholders

# publications[].label
Exploring the Incremental Validity of Nonverbal Social Aggression: The Utility of Peer Nominations

# publications[].label
Immigration and School Threat?: Exploring the Significance of the Border

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

# publications[].label
School psychology programs efforts to recruit culturally diverse students.

# publications[].label
Contextualizing Gender and Acculturative Influences on Sexual Initiation of Asian Indian Emerging Adults

# publications[].label
School Strictness and Education: Investigating Racial and Ethnic Educational Inequalities Associated with Being Pushed Out

# publications[].label
Tipping Point: Effect of the Number of In-school Suspensions on Academic Failure

# publications[].label
Bully Victimization Among Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Longitudinal Examination of Behavioral Phenotypes

# publications[].label
Does StudentTeacher Racial/Ethnic Match Impact Black Students Discipline Risk? A Test of the Cultural Synchrony Hypothesis

# publications[].label
Diversification of school psychology: Developing an evidence base from current research and practice.

# publications[].label
Variant and invariant predictors of perceived popularity across majority-Black and majority-White classrooms

# publications[].label
PREDICTORS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AT RISK FOR ACADEMIC FAILURE: THE ROLES OF ACHIEVEMENT VALUES AND BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT

# publications[].label
Race, Gender, and Disability and the Risk for Juvenile Justice Contact

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

# publications[].label
Differences in Parent and Teacher Ratings of Preschool Problem Behavior in a National Sample: The Significance of Gender and SES

# publications[].label
High school bystanders motivation and response during bias-based bullying

# publications[].tags
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

# publications[].label
Theoretical frameworks of ethnic minority youth achievement.

# editorOf[].label
Psychoeducational Assessment and Intervention for Ethnic Minority Children Evidence-Based Approaches

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Assessing the Role of Immigration in the Linkage between School Safety, Education, and Juvenile Justice Contact

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United States Department of Justice - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Health Behavior; 1266 TAMU

# inTheNews[].label
President's Excellence Fund Hosts Virtual Symposium

# inTheNews[].label
Black Women and the Girl Child' action to tackle a myriad of issues

# inTheNews[].label
Why Won't Society Let Black Girls Be Children?

# etdChairOf[].label
Pulido, Ryne Andrew (2016-08). The Impact of Peer Victimization on Physical Activity in Overweight Youth: Exploring Race and Ethnic Differences. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Unni, Asha (2020-06). Experiences of Perceived Discrimination Among Asian Indian Youth: A Mixed-Methods Study. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Winters, Rebecca Rose (2017-07). Bully Victimization among Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Longitudinal Influence of Behavioral Phenotypes. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Banks, Courtney Swisher (2016-08). Using Path Analysis to Understand Parental Factors Associated with Parent Teachings of Bystander Behavior. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Smith, Danielle Marie (2018-05). Girls Who Engage In Delinquency: Adolescent Subtypes and Young Adult Outcomes. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Darensbourg, Alicia Marie (2011-10). Examining the Academic Achievement of Black Youth: The Roles of Social Influence,   Achievement Values and Behavioral Engagement. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Lavadia, Courtney Nicole (2020-05). The Impact of Self-Reported Adolescent Strengths on Therapeutic Alliance and Psychotherapy Outcomes. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Mendoza, Martin (2020-07). Exclusionary Discipline Practices Effect on Hispanic Students and the Risk for Juvenile Justice Contact. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Vaughan-Jensen, Jessica (2015-08). Could Teacher Support Help Break the Cycle of Violence?. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Williams, Amanda Joslin (2016-06). Bystander Experiences with Bias-Based Bullying in High School. Doctoral Dissertation.