KEISHA L. BENTLEY-EDWARDS, PHD

THE LATEST

PUBLISHED WORK

Scholarly Papers, Book Chapters, Research Briefs & Op-Eds

OVERVIEW

My work crosses into the realms of psychology, health, education and Black studies. Overall, I study how race, racial socialization and racism affect the health and well-being of children and adults. Most of my research is on African Americans, however, I also examine  how White families socialize their children on race. My emerging research examines the influence of religion and spirituality on cardiovascular disease in Black adults.

RACIAL SOCIALIZATION

Bartoli, E., Michael, A., Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Stevenson, H. C., Shor, R. E., & McClain, S. E. (2016). Training for colour-blindness: white racial socialisation. Whiteness and Education, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/23793406.2016.1260634

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Bentley-Edwards, K. L., & Stevenson, H. C. (2016). The multidimensionality of racial/ethnic socialization: Scale construction for the Cultural and Racial Experiences of Socialization (CARES). Journal of Child & Family Studies, 25(1), 96-98. doi: 10.1007/s10826-015-0214-7

Bentley, K. L., Adams, V. N., & Stevenson, H. C. (2009). Racial Socialization: Roots, Processes & Outcomes. In H. Neville, B. Tynes & S. Utsey (Eds.), Handbook of African American Psychology (pp. 258-267). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Bartoli, E., Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Michael, A., Garcia, A. M., & Ervin, A. (2015). What do White counselors need to know about race?: White racial socialization in counselor education programs. Journal of Women & Therapy: Special Issue on Whiteness & White Privilege in Therapy. 38(3-4), 246-262. doi: 10.1080/02703149.2015.1059206

RACIAL COHESION

Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Smith, L. V., Robbins, P. A., & Adams-Bass, V. N. (2019). Out of the Hood, But Not Out of the Woods: The School Engagement and Cohesion of Black Students Based on Exposure to Violence and Victimization. The Urban Review. doi: 10.1007/s11256-019-00517-2

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Bentley-Edwards, K. L. (2016). Hope, Agency, or Disconnect: Scale Construction for Measures of Black Racial Cohesion and Dissonance. Journal of Black Psychology. 42(1), 73-79. doi: 10.1177/0095798414557670

Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Agonafer, E., Edmondson, R., & Flannigan, A. (2016). If I Can Do For My People, I Can Do For Myself: Examining Racial Factors for Their Influence on Goal Efficacy For Black College Students, Journal of College Student Development. 57(2), 151-167. doi: 10.1353/csd.2016.0018

Bentley-Edwards, K. L. & Chapman-Hilliard, C. (2015). Doing Race in different places: Black Racial Cohesion on Black and White college campuses. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 8(1), 43-60. doi: 10.1037/a0038293.

BLACK WOMEN & GIRLS

Smith, I. Z., Bentley-Edwards, K. L., El-Amin, S., & Darity Jr, W. (2018). Fighting at Birth: Eradicating the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap (pp. 14). Durham, NC: Duke University's Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity; Insight Center on Community Economic Development.

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Adams-Bass, V. N., Bentley-Edwards, K. L., & Stevenson, H. C. (2014). That’s Not Me I See On TV: African American youth interpret media images Of Black females. Women, Gender and Families of Color, 2(1).    

Bentley-Edwards, K. L., & Adams-Bass, V. N. (2013). The Whole Picture: Examining Black women through the life span. In H. O. Jackson Lowman (Ed.), Afrikan American Women: Living at the Crossroads of Race, Gender, Class, and Culture: Cognella Press/University Readers.    ​

BLACK BOYS

Robbins, P. A., Smith, L. V., & Bentley-Edwards, K. L. (2017). Black Boys & Their Racial Identity: Learning how they fit into society and in your classroom. In E. Moore, M. Penick-Parks & A. Michael (Eds.), Guide for White Women Teaching Black Boys. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

Thomas, D. E., Coard, S. I., Stevenson, H. C., Bentley, K. L., & Zamel, P. C. (2009). Racial and emotional factors predicting teachers' perceptions of classroom behavioral maladjustment for urban African American male youth. Psychology in the Schools, 46(2), 184-196. DOI: 10.1002/pits.20362

Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Thomas, D. E., & Stevenson, H. (2013). Raising Consciousness: Promoting healthy coping among African American boys at school. In C. Clauss-Ehlers, Z. Serpell & M. Weist (Eds.), Handbook of Culturally Responsive School Mental Health: Advancing Research, Training, Practice, and Policy Springer.    

PRE-SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE & EDUCATION ISSUES

Scardamalia, K., Bentley-Edwards, K. L., & Grasty, K. Consistently inconsistent: An examination of the variability in the identification of emotional disturbance. Psychology in the Schools, 0(0). doi: doi:10.1002/pits.22213

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Michael, A., Coleman-King, C., Lee, S., Ramirez, C., & Bentley-Edwards, K. L. (2017). Naming the Unnamed: White Culture in Relief. In S. D. Hancock & C. A. Warren (Eds.), White Woman’s Work: Examining the Intersectionality of Cultural Norms, Teaching, and Identity Formation in Urban Schools (pp. 19-43). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

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Bentley-Edwards, K. L. & Robbins, Paul A. (2014). What Black Parents Need to Know About School Readiness Contradictions. Psych Discourse, 48(1). 

RACE,

BLACK STUDIES & RACISM STRESS

Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Edwards, M. C., Spence, C. N., Darity Jr, W. A., Hamilton, D., & Perez, J. (2018). How Does it Feel to be a Problem? The Missing Kerner Commission Report. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 4(6), 20-40. 

Sanchez, D., Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Matthews, J. S., & Granillo, T. (2016). Exploring Divergent Patterns in Racial Identity Profiles Between Caribbean Black American and African American Adolescents: The Links to Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Concerns. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 44(4), 285-304. doi: 10.1002/jmcd.12054

SHARING MY INSIGHTS & EXPERTISE

I often provide insight to local and national media outlets on a wide range of issues that deal with youth, race & racism, health and education. I often do lectures, panels and workshops in university, community, school, and church settings. Links to some of these appearances are below. You can click here for the video gallery.

IN THE MEDIA

• NPR Source of the Week

• Kolodner, M. (2019, October 21). Progress in the Deep South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding The Hechinger Report. New York, NY.

• Quillin, M. (2019, August 21). Duke study finds differences in diabetes and obesity rates within black churches, The News & Observer. 

• Guzman, M. (2019, January 31). Welcome to Detroit, where black babies are at higher risk of death, The Guardian.

• Dawson, A. & Joyner, I. (2018). Juneteenth & Reparations. Durham, NC: WNCU; Legal Eagle Review Radio Show.

• Education Matters. (2018), Racial Disparity in School Discipline. Raleigh, NC: WRAL; Public School Forum of North Carolina. 

• Ball, J. (Writer). (2018). iMixWhatiLike.com, Blackness Largely Absent from Kerner Commission Report on Black Uprisings. 

• Johnson, T. (2017, August 27). Amid Confederate Monument Controversy, Some Older Black People Question, Why Now?, Dallas Morning News.

• Eddings, E., & Luse, B. (2017). A is for Afrocentric. In E. Eddings & B. Luse (Eds.), The Nod. Apple, Spotify: Gimlet Media.

• Why Schools Should Refine Black History Education. The Joy Cardin Show (Wisconsin Public Radio).

• Bentley-Edwards, K. L. (2016, Feb 6). We Need to Change How We Teach Black History. TIME.

• Bentley-Edwards, K. L. (2015, November 5). Our Hand-Held Engine Of Justice, Corpus Christi Caller Times. 

• Teaching Black History. (2016, February 19). In R. Gilbert (Producer), Good Day Austin (Fox 7).

• Meckley, F., & Tulp, S. (2016, January 28). Collective momentum: College activists drive institutional change, The Ithacan. 

• Rahmen, F. (2016, January 27). Equally 'gifted' children not recognized equally, study finds The Houston Chronicle. 

• Rahmen, F. (2016, January 17). Coming soon to nonprofit boarding school: a girls' dorm, The Houston Chronicle.

• Alcindor, Y. (2015, November 11). University of Missouri unrest a signal for other schools, experts say, USA Today. 

• Dearman, E. (2015, October 15). The Q&A: Keisha Bentley-Edwards, The Texas Tribune. 

• Alcindor, Y. (2015, August 9). Unrelenting Ferguson protests pushed year of national change, USA Today. 

• Alcindor, Y. (2014, June 19). Slavery records will soon be easily searchable online, USA Today.  

• Fanning, R. (2015). A Dry Summer for Boy Scouts as Group Bans Water Guns Texas Standard: Texas Public Radio.

• Latson, J. (2014, December 22). Two Shootings, 30 Years Apart, Linked by Fear. TIME.

• Madhani, A & Alcindor, Y. (2014, November 29). Ferguson Could Spark a New Civil Rights Movement. USA Today.

• Guerra, A. (2014, September 8). Assistant Professor Receives Grant for Bullying Study, The Daily Texan.

• Alcindor, Y. (2014, August 28). Ferguson violence could be a catalyst for change, USA Today. 

• Alcindor, Y. (2014, February 26). Jordan Davis' Parents Talk About The Future And Gun Laws, USA Today. 

• Alcindor, Y. (2014, February 13). Again, A Black Teen Is Shot, But Cases Are Not The Same, USA Today. 

• Alcindor, Y. (2013, February 27). A year after Trayvon Martin death, families reflect, USA Today. 

• Wallace, M. J. (2012, November 12; 7pm CST). The People's Show with Mark J. Wallace. WVON 1690 AM.

• Alcindor, Y. (2012, November 12). Racial slurs at college protests prompt a deeper look, USA Today. 

• McGuinness, C. (2012, April 18). Billboard showcases rising cost of prom, Killean Daily Herald. 

• Lary, B. (Writer). (2010). Educational Psychology in the Classroom [DVD]. In Promedion Productions (Producer), Educational Psychology in the Classroom.