2021

• 2021. Q&A with Psychologists. Agnes Scott College Psychology and Racial Justice Leadership Program. Q&A session.

• 2021. Resilience through Racial Socialization: A Program of Research to Promote Healing for Black Youth. Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Rosecrans II Address.

• 2021. Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Cultural Considerations for Evidence-Based Cognitive Behavioral Treatments. Child Mind Institute. Two-part Workshop Series.

• 2021. Interpersonal and Racial Stress and Trauma. Auburn University Departments of Psychological Sciences and Human Development and Family Sciences. Department Colloquium.

• 2021. Treating Racial Stress and Trauma. Chadwick Center for Children and Families. 36th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child & Family Maltreatment.

• 2021. Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Cultural Considerations for Evidence-Based Cognitive Behavioral Treatment. STRONGSTAR Multidisciplinary PTSD Research and Training Consortium. Virtual workshop.

2020

• 2020. Towards Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Cultural Considerations in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth. University of South Carolina Clinical-Community Psychology and School Psychology Programs. Invited Virtual Workshop.

• 2020. Identity Based Work & Being a Non-Optical Ally: Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma. Lyra Health. Burlingame, C. Invited Virtual Facilitated Discussion Series.

• 2020 Processing as a Provider, Coping and Self- Care: Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma. Lyra Health. Burlingame, C. Invited Virtual Facilitated Discussion Series.

• 2020. Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth. Medical University of South Carolina Mental Health Disparities and Diversity Program. Charleston, SC. Invited Virtual Workshop.

• 2020. "Level Up"” Building Systems' Strategies to Protect Black Youth from Racial Stress and Trauma. Georgia Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Invited Workshop. Athens, GA.

• 2020. Application of the ADAPT-ITT Model: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Using PRACTICE and Integrating Racial Socialization for African American youth. Qualitative Research Design Group. Yale University School of Public Health. New Haven, CT.

2019

• 2019. The Impact of Severity of Disaster Exposure: Cascading Effects across Parental Distress, Adolescent PTSD Symptoms, and Parent-Child Conflict and Communication. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.

• 2019. Does coping and racial identity promote school engagement? Using an equity-elaborated social-emotional learning lens. Paper Presentation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

• 2019. Understanding and Improving the Mental and Behavioral Health Outcomes of Interpersonal and Racial Stress for African American Youth. Spring Colloquium. Winston-Salem State University, Department of Psychological Sciences. Winston-Salem, NC.

2018

• 2018. An Integrative Basic and Applied Science Approach to Understanding & Improving Behavioral & Mental Health Outcomes for Trauma Exposed African American Youth. Research Seminar in Health Promotion and Behavior. University of Georgia, Department of Public Health. Athens, GA.

• 2018. From Understanding to Improving: African American College Students’ Mental Health Outcomes. Georgia African American Male Experience (GAAME) Weekend Academic Lecture, Office of Institutional Diversity, University of Georgia. Athens, GA.

• 2018. Reducing Disparities in Mental Health Outcomes among African American Youth: An Integrative Risk and Resilience Perspective. Clinical Colloquium Spring Series. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN.

2017

• 2017. Risk and Resilience: Mental Health Disparities in Underserved Student Populations. Dialogues in Diversity Lunchtime Series, Office of Institutional Diversity, University of Georgia. Athens, GA.

• 2017. Health Disparities Associated with Trauma Exposure and Treatment. Medical University of South Carolina Fall Research Meeting. Charleston, SC.

2016

• 2016. Why Use Community Based Participatory Research? Examples from Culturally Specific Program Evaluation and Treatment Modification. Medical University of South Carolina Fall Research Meeting. Charleston, SC.

2021

• 2021. Clinical Psychology Students and their Clients: Interpersonal and Racial Stress and Trauma. Auburn University Department of Psychological Sciences, Human Development and Family Sciences, Diversity & Inclusion Speaker Series. Auburn, AL
• 2021. Rosecrans Address Honoring Incoming President Rihana Mason. Resilience through Racial Socialization: A Program of Research to Promote Healing for Black Youth. Opening Speaker. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association.
• 2021. Treating Racial Stress and Trauma. San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. Chadwick Center for Children & Families at Rady Children’s Hospital. Children’s Advocacy Center Track Invited Talk. San Diego, California.
• 2021. Research on Racial Trauma and Racial Socialization. MUSC Intern Teleconference Didactic Seminar Series Coordinated by Tatiana Davidson. Medical University of South Carolina. Charleston Consortium Internship Program. Charleston, SC.

2020

• 2020. Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Invited Talk. Special Interest Group Meeting Child Maltreatment and Interpersonal Violence.

• 2020. Identity Based Work & Being a Non-Optical Ally: Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma. Lyra Health. Burlingame, C. Invited Virtual Facilitated Discussion Series.

• 2020 Processing as a Provider, Coping and Self- Care: Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma. Lyra Health. Burlingame, C. Invited Virtual Facilitated Discussion Series.

• 2020. Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth. Medical University of South Carolina Mental Health Disparities and Diversity Program. Charleston, SC. Invited Virtual Workshop.

• 2020. "Level Up"” Building Systems' Strategies to Protect Black Youth from Racial Stress and Trauma. Georgia Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Invited Workshop. Athens, GA.

• 2020. Application of the ADAPT-ITT Model: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Using PRACTICE and Integrating Racial Socialization for African American youth. Qualitative Research Design Group. Yale University School of Public Health. New Haven, CT.

2019

• 2019. The Impact of Severity of Disaster Exposure: Cascading Effects across Parental Distress, Adolescent PTSD Symptoms, and Parent-Child Conflict and Communication. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.

• 2019. Does coping and racial identity promote school engagement? Using an equity-elaborated social-emotional learning lens. Paper Presentation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

• 2019. Understanding and Improving the Mental and Behavioral Health Outcomes of Interpersonal and Racial Stress for African American Youth. Spring Colloquium. Winston-Salem State University, Department of Psychological Sciences. Winston-Salem, NC.

2018

• 2018. An Integrative Basic and Applied Science Approach to Understanding & Improving Behavioral & Mental Health Outcomes for Trauma Exposed African American Youth. Research Seminar in Health Promotion and Behavior. University of Georgia, Department of Public Health. Athens, GA.

• 2018. From Understanding to Improving: African American College Students’ Mental Health Outcomes. Georgia African American Male Experience (GAAME) Weekend Academic Lecture, Office of Institutional Diversity, University of Georgia. Athens, GA.

• 2018. Reducing Disparities in Mental Health Outcomes among African American Youth: An Integrative Risk and Resilience Perspective. Clinical Colloquium Spring Series. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN.

2017

• 2017. Risk and Resilience: Mental Health Disparities in Underserved Student Populations. Dialogues in Diversity Lunchtime Series, Office of Institutional Diversity, University of Georgia. Athens, GA.

• 2017. Health Disparities Associated with Trauma Exposure and Treatment. Medical University of South Carolina Fall Research Meeting. Charleston, SC.

2016

• 2016. Why Use Community Based Participatory Research? Examples from Culturally Specific Program Evaluation and Treatment Modification. Medical University of South Carolina Fall Research Meeting. Charleston, SC.

2021

• 2021. Young, Black, and Queer: Addressing Intersectional Identities in Trauma and Resilience Interventions. Clinical Perspectives Symposium Presentation. Healing at the Intersection of Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Cultural Considerations for Trauma Focused CBT with Black Youth. Co-sponsored by the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identities Issues Committee (SOGIIC) and Child Maltreatment & Violence (CMV) Committees. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.  

2020

• 2020. Towards Improving Racial Trauma Treatment: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center. Identifying Barriers and Mechanisms for the Treatment of Racial Trauma among Black Communities: Implications for Bridging Science and Practice. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting. Virtual Symposium.
• 2020. What does race have to do with it? Toward a comprehensive understanding of racial discrimination and stress-related health outcomes for African Americans. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting. Virtual Symposium.  
• 2020. Identifying Barriers and Mechanisms for the Treatment of Racial Trauma Among Black Communities: Implications for Bridging Science and Practice. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting. Virtual Symposium. 

2019

• 2019. Application of the ADAPT-ITT Model: TF-CBT Using PRACTICE and Integrating Racial Socialization. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
• 2019. A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Ethnic Differences in Service Utilization at a Children's Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse. Mixed Methods Research Regional Conference. Port of Spain, Trinidad.

2018

• 2018. Developing and Implementing Innovative Interventions and Approaches for Addressing HIV Disparities. 15th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine. Santiago, Chile.

2017

• 2017. Ethnic Differences in Service Attrition Following Trauma Exposure: Utilizing Retrospective Chart Review and Key Informant Interviews. Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Annual Meeting. San Diego, California
• 2017. School Racial Climate, School Suspensions, and Office Discipline Referrals: The Mediating Role of Classroom Engagement. American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Washington, DC.
• 2017. Alpha and beta testing of a trauma-informed HIV and substance abuse prevention mobile health application for teens who have experienced interpersonal violence: the eHEARTT toolkit. International Aids Society Conference on HIV Science. Paris, France.

2016

• 2016. Validating a Cultural Sensitivity Effectiveness Evaluation Model for Risk Behavior Prevention Programs Designed for African American Adolescents with Trauma Exposure: Leveraging the “SiHLE” Program. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dallas, Texas.
• 2016. Racial Differences in the Effect of Perception of Neighborhood Condition on Post-Trauma Symptoms: The Preceding Role of Hyperarousal. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dallas, Texas.

2015

• 2015. Comfort and Distraction during Web-Based Interventions for Alcohol Use and Sexual Assault Risk. Paper Symposium, Novel Interventions for Sexual Assault Risk Reduction, Resistance Education, and Survivor Recovery. American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Denver, Colorado.
• 2015. Cultural Sensitivity Effectiveness Evaluation of the “Sistas Informing Healing Living and Empowering” (SiHLE) Pregnancy and HIV Prevention Program. Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
• 2015. Does Race Matter in Treatment Engagement? Examining Service Access in a Children’s Advocacy Center. Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
• 2015. A decision tree approach to the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, LA.

2014

• 2014. School Racial Climate and Academic Achievement Among African American Adolescents: Testing A Moderated Mediation Model. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Austin, Texas.

2013

• 2013. Culturally Sensitive Prevention Programs Targeting High-Risk Behaviors among African American Adolescents. Symposium: Racial-Ethnic Socialization on the Development of Diverse Youth: Implications for Research and Practice. Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, Washington.
• 2013. Intergenerational Experiences and African American Fathers’ Involvement: The Mediating Role of Fathering Ideologies. Symposium: African American Fathers’ Parenting Experiences: Exploring Processes and Contributions to Youth Outcomes. Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, Washington.

2012

• 2012. Parenting Profiles of Academic and Racial Socialization: Associations with Academic Engagement and Perception of Academic Ability of African American Adolescents. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• 2012. African American Parenting Profiles of Academic and Racial Socialization Practices: Associations with Adolescents’ Academic Outcomes. National Black Graduate Student Association Conference. Philadelphia, PA.

2011

• 2011. Getting to Outcomes for the individual: Applying a systematic framework to treatment interventions for pregnant substance-abusing women. Symposium- Necessary and sufficient: Supporting effective prevention and intervention across systems levels with Getting To Outcomes. Society for Community Research and Action. Chicago, Illinois.
• 2011. African American Fathers' Racial Identity and Experiences with Discrimination: Implications for Racial Socialization Practices. Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• 2011. An Exploration of African American Fathers' Racial Socialization of their Adolescent Daughters. Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2010

• 2010. Planning and Monitoring Implementation: The Maternal Outreach Management Services (MOMS) Project. American Evaluation Association, San Antonio, TX.
• 2010. Maternal Outreach Management Services (MOMS): A Model for Pregnant Substance Abusers. National Association of Black Social Workers, Oral Workshop, Philadelphia, PA.

2009

• 2009. Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge Among Elementary School Children K- 2. Southeastern Psychological Association Research Convention. New Orleans, Louisiana.

2008

• 2008. Category Production in Response to Varying Prompts by Low-Income School-Aged Children. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Orlando, Florida.

2019

• 2019. Conversations with Professionals, Invited Presenter, TRIO Student Support Services Program program at Georgia State University.
• 2019. RISE Scholars Leadership & Academic Program for College Success: A Talk with UGA Professors. Invited Faculty Panelist, Office of Institutional Diversity, University of Georgia.

2018

• 2018. McNair Scholars Research Conference, Transitioning to Graduate School & Faculty Panel. Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP).

2017

• 2017. University of Georgia Doctoral Scholars Reception, 24th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring- Compact for Faculty Diversity Conference, Southern Regional Education Board.
• 2017. Discussions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. AACC Fall 2017 Advisor Workshop, Academic Advising Coordinating Council, University of Georgia. Athens, GA.

2013

• 2013. Culturally Sensitive Prevention Programs Targeting High-Risk Behaviors among African American Adolescents. University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day. Columbia, SC.

2012

• 2012. Academic and Racial Socialization Profiles: Associations with African American Adolescents’ Academic Outcomes. University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day. Columbia, SC.

2011

• 2011. Cultural Competence: Assessing the Teen Positive Parenting Program for African American Families in South Carolina. National Black Graduate Student Conference. Columbia, South Carolina.

2010

• 2010. MOMS: An Enhanced Treatment Model for Pregnant Substance Abusing Women. LRADAC, The Behavioral Health Center of the Midlands, Columbia, SC.
• 2010. Maternal Outreach Management Services (MOMS): A Brief Overview. LRADAC, The Behavioral Health Center of the Midlands, Women’s Advisory Committee, Columbia, SC.
• 2010. MOMS Project: Getting to Outcomes with Substance-Abusing Pregnant Women. Poster. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

2008

• 2008. Category Production in Response to Varying Prompts by Low-Income School-Aged Children. Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Summer Internship Research Conference, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
• 2008. Category Production in Response to Varying Prompts by Low-Income School-Aged Children. Kiddie Café Developmental Seminar, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
• 2008. Category Production in Response to Varying Prompts by Low-Income School-Aged Children. Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Fall Research Symposium, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
• 2008. Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge Among Elementary School Children K- 2. Honors Thesis Symposium, Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA.