Selected Publications
Collins, J. A., & Stevenson, H. C. (2023). Racial climate reform in independent schools: How coping self-efficacy buffers systemic and proximal racial stress for students of color. Psychology in the Schools. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22993
Jemmott, L. S., Jemmott, J. B., Stevenson, H. C., & Chittamuru, D. (2023). Barber-led HIV/sexually transmitted infection risk reduction for young African-American men: Efficacy and mediation in a cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 72(4), 575–582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.10.030
Kiang, L., Chan, M., Lassiter, R. A., Christophe, N. K., Stein, G. L., Jones, S. C. T., Stevenson, H. C., & Anderson, R. E. (2023). Ethnic-racial identity and socialization competency: How minoritized parents “Walk the Talk”. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000605
Kiang, L., Chan, M., Lassiter, R. A., Christophe, N. K., Stein, G. L., Jones, S. C. T., Stevenson, H. C., & Anderson, R. E. (2022). The silver linings of COVID-19 and racism pandemics? Asian American Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000289
Christophe, N. Keita, Stein, G. L., Kiang, L., Johnson, N. C., Jones, S. C. T., Stevenson, H. C., Anyiwo, N., & Anderson, R. E. (2022). A 21st century take on racial-ethnic socialization: Patterns of competency and content among diverse parents of color. Social Sciences, 11(88). https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11020088
Jones, S. C. T., Anderson, R. E., & Stevenson, H.C. (2021). Not the same old song and dance: Viewing racial socialization through a family systems lens to resist racial trauma. Adversity and Resilience Science, 2, 225-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-021-00044-8 .
Stevenson, H. C., Jemmott, L. S., Jemmott, J. B., Icard, L., White, S. L., Talley, L. M., Chittamuru, D., Kim, S., & O'Leary, A. (2021). Shape-up: Efficacy of a culturally responsive barbershop-based violence reduction intervention RCT for young black men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(4), 579–591. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000359
Jones, S. C. T., Anderson, R. E., & Stevenson, H. C. (2021). Differentiating competency from content: Parental racial socialization profiles and their associated factors. Family Process, 61(2), 705–721. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.1111/famp.12699
Anderson, R. E., Jones, S. C. T., Saleem, F., Anyiwo, N., Bless, K., Nisbeth, K., Resnicow, K., & Stevenson, H. C. (2021). Interrupting the pathway from discrimination to black adolescents’ psychosocial outcomes: The contribution of parental racial worries and racial socialization competency, Child Development, 92(6), 2275–2394. http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13607
Coleman-King, C. C., Adams-Bass, V. N., Bentley-Edwards, K., Thomas, D., Thompson, C., Michael, A., Miller, G., Charity-Parker, B., & Stevenson, H. C. (2021). Got skillz? Recasting and negotiating racial tension in teacher–student relationships amidst shifting demographics. Social Sciences, 10(3), 99–109. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10030099
Morris, T., & Stevenson, H. C. (Fall 2020). Sponsorship: Diversifying the pipeline of emerging leaders. Independent School Magazine, 86–93.
Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Stevenson, H. C., Thomas, D. E., Adams-Bass, V. N., & Coleman-King, C. C. (2020). Teaching scared: Pre-service TFA teacher appraisals of racial stress, socialization and classroom management self-efficacy. Social Psychology of Education, 23, 1223–1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-020-09578-8
Anderson, R. E., Jones, S. C. T., & Stevenson, H. C. (2020). The initial development and validation of the Racial Socialization Competency Scale: Quality and quantity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(4), 426–436. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000316
Anderson, R. E., & Stevenson, H. C. (2019). RECASTing racial stress and trauma: Theorizing the healing potential of racial socialization in African American families. American Psychologist, 74(1), 63–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000392
Anderson, R. E., McKenny, M. C., Stevenson, H. C. (2019). EMBRace: Developing a racial socialization intervention to reduce racial stress and enhance racial coping among Black parents and adolescents. Family Process, 58, 53–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12412
Slaughter-Acey, J. C., Talley, L. M., Stevenson, H. C., & Misra, D. P. (2019). Personal versus group experiences of racism and risk of delivering a small-for-gestational age infant in African American women: A life course perspective. Journal of Urban Health, 96(2), 1–12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30027428
Anderson, R. E, Jones, S. C. T., Navarro, C. C., McKenny, M. C., Mehta, T., Stevenson, H. C. (2018). Addressing the mental health needs of Black American youth and families: A case study from the EMBRace intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(5), 898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050898
Baker, J. L., Stevenson, H. C., Talley, L. M., Jemmott, L. S., & Jemmott, J. B. (2018). Development of a barbershop-based racial socialization violence intervention for young Black emerging adult men. Journal of Community Psychology, 46(4), 1–13. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcop.21971
Anderson, R. W., McKenny, M., Mitchell, A., Koku, L., & Stevenson, H. (2018). EMBRacing racial stress and trauma: Preliminary feasibility and coping outcomes of a racial socialization intervention. Journal of Black Psychology, 44(1), 25–46. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1177/0095798417732930
Stevenson, H. C. (2017). Raisins in the sun: White teacher as a force of nature buffering the radiation of racial retaliation. In E. Moore, A. Michael, & M. Penick-Parks (Eds.), The guide for white women who teach black boys. Corwin Press.
Stevenson, H. C. (2016). Dueling narratives: Racial socialization and literacy as triggers for re-humanizing African American boys, young men, and their families. In L. M. Burton, D. Burton, S. M. McHale, V. King, & J. Van Hook (Eds.), Boys and men in African American families (pp. 55–84). Springer International Publishing/Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43847-4_5
Bartoli, E., Michael, A., Bentley-Edwards, K. L., Stevenson, H. C., Shor, R., & McClain, S. (2016). Training for colorblindness: White racial socialization. Whiteness and Education, 1, 125–136.
Bentley-Edwards, K., & Stevenson, H. C. (2016). The multidimensionality of racial/ethnic socialization: Scale construction for the cultural and racial experiences of socialization (CARES). Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0214-7
Burton, L. M., Winn, D-M., Stevenson, H., & McKinney, M. (2015). Childhood adultification and the paradox of parenting: Perspectives on African American boys in economically disadvantaged families. In J. Arditti (Ed.), Family problems: Stress, risk, and resilience (pp. 167–182). Wiley.
Stevenson, H. C., & Jones, K. M. (2015). What if my Trayvon came home? Teaching a wretched truth about breathing while Black. In K. Fasching-Varner & Nicholas Hartlep (Eds.), The assault on communities of color. Rowman & Littlefield.
Shahmoon-Shanok, R., & Stevenson, H. C. (2015). Calmness fosters compassionate connections: Integrating mindfulness to support diverse parents, their young children, and the providers who serve them. ZERO TO THREE Journal, 35(3), 18–30.
Stevenson, H. C. (2014). Promoting racial literacy in schools: Differences that make a difference. Teachers College Press.
Stevenson, Jr., H. C. (Ed.). (2003). Playing with anger: Teaching coping skills to African American boys through athletics and culture. Greenwood Publishing, Praeger.
Stevenson, H. C., Davis, G. Y., & Abdul-Kabir, S. (2001). Stickin’ to, watchin’ over, and gettin’ with: An African American parent’s guide to discipline. Jossey-Bass.
