Gabrielle P.A. Smith, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Core Undergraduate Psychology Faculty

Gabrielle P.A. Smith, Ph.D.

Contact

gsmith13@twu.edu
940-898-2309
CFO 712

Education

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
M.A., Gender and Race Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
M.A., Experimental Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
B.A., Psychology, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia

Research Interests

Racial Identity; Stereotype Threat; Intersecting Social Identities

Latest Articles

Fostering Jegnaship: Establishing a Black Women's Writing Collective Through ABPsi's Principles
Callaloo (2024)
Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Strands of Acceptance: The Impact of Societal Norms and Hair Biases on Black LGBTQ Women
Siyabonana: The Journal of Africana Studies (2024)
Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Embracing Diversity and International Perspectives: The Journey of Psi Chi's Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC)
Eye on Psi Chi (Online) (2023)
Gabrielle P.A. Smith, Vinita Puri, M del Pilar Grazioso

Comparison of Healthcare Experiences in Black American Women and African Immigrant Women
Sociological Imagination (2023)
Somatta Pokharel, Jennifer Wilson, Fuqin Liu, Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Social, Behavioral, and Academic Ramifications of Video Game Playing in College
Graduate Student Journal of Psychology (2023)
Alexa Camaganacan, Edward Asbury, Gabrielle Smith, John Terrizzi, Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Racial Attitudes in the Deep South: Persistence and Change at the University of Alabama, 1963-2013
Sociological Inquiry (2023)
Michael Hughes, Steven Tuch, Debra McCallum, Gabrielle P.A. Smith, Ceila C Lo

Cultivating Brave Spaces
Eye on Psi Chi (Online) (2023)
Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Guidance for Researchers When Using Inclusive Demographic Questions for Surveys: Improved and Updated Questions
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research (2022)
J L Hughes, Abigail A Camden, T Yangchen, Gabrielle P.A. Smith, Domenech Rodríguez M M

What's Going On?! Establishing a Baseline for Future Efforts of the DAC
Eye on Psi Chi (Online) (2022)
Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Patterns and Correlates of Cervical Cancer Prevention Among Black Immigrant and African American Women in the USA: the Role of Ethnicity and Culture
Journal of Cancer Education (2020)
Ann Amuta-Jimenez, Gabrielle P.A. Smith, Kyrah K Brown

Health Disparities and the Heterogeneity of Blacks/African Americans in the United States: Why Should We Care?
Health Promotion Practice (2019)
Ann O Amuta-Jimnez, Wura Jacobs, Gabrielle P.A. Smith

What the Health (WTH)?: Theorizing Southern Black Feminisms in the U.S. South
Agenda (2019)
Jameta N. Barlow, Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Two Peas in a Pod? An Exploratory Examination Into Cancer-Related Psychosocial Characteristics and Health Behaviors Among Black Immigrants and African Americans.
Health Education & Behavior (2019)
Ann O Amuta-Jimenez, Nafissatou Cisse-Egbounye, Wura Jacobs, Gabrielle P.A. Smith

Racial Differences in College Students' Assessments of Campus Race Relations
Journal of College Student Development (2017)
C C Lo, D M McCallum, M Hughes, Gabrielle P.A. Smith, U McKnight

Racial Attitudes Characterizing Social Work Students at a Southern University
Smith College Studies in Social Work (2016)
C C Lo, T C Cheng, Gabrielle P.-A. Smith

Externally Funded Projects

Development of Tailored, Multilevel Cervical Cancer Interventions for Ethnically Diverse Black Women Year 1 of 3
GOV-National Institutes of Health(NIH) | 2024
Role: Co-Investigator

A phenomenological Study into how African American and Black Immigrant Women in the U.S. Experience and Understand Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control
GOV-National Institutes of Health(NIH) | 2020
Role: Co-Investigator

Career Pathways Fellowship
United Negro College Fund | $0.00 | 2017
Role: Grantee

Tougaloo/Mellon Digital Humanities fellowship
Mellon Foundation | $2,000.00 | 2016
Role: Grantee

Intramural Andrew W. Mellon Modern Day Slavery Grant
$4,000.00 | 2016
Role: Principal Investigator

The Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (MCCTR) Investigator Development Program Fellow
$80,000.00 | 2016
Role: Principal Investigator

Internally Funded Projects

Revisiting Tokenism
Jane Nelson Institute | $22,117.00 | 2023
Research Grant

TWU Travel Grant
Texas Woman's University | $0.00 | 2023
Research Grant

Revisiting Tokenism: Identity, Dispositions, Perceptions, and Culture
Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership | $211,456.00 | 2021
Research Grant

Global Perspectives Fellowship
GOV-National Endowment for the Humanities | $0.00 | 2019
Research Grant

Small Grants
ORSP | $750.00 | 2019
Research Grant

The moderating effect of individual factors on the relationship between token awareness and reactions to diversity in recruitment advertising
TWU Center for Women in Entrepreneurship | 2019
Research Grant

"The moderating effect of individual factors on the relationship between token awareness and reactions to diversity in recruitment advertising
College of Business | 2019
Research Grant

Faculty-led Abroad Course Apprentice Grant
GOV-Texas Woman's University | $4,648.00 | 2019
Research Grant

Creative Actitivies

Teaching While Black: Navigating Identity in Academia (2021)
Creative Publication | Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Professional Affiliations

  • American Psychological Association
  • Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi)
  • Association of Psychological Science
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Urban League Young Professionals (DFWULYP)
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychologists (SPSP)
  • Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  • STP's Black Educators Affinity Group

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