{"id":1535,"date":"2024-12-27T10:32:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T00:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:06:25","slug":"samantha-francois","status":"publish","type":"cu_faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Francois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Samantha Francois is a developmental scientist with expertise in adolescent development, structural violence, and anti-racist research. As an interdisciplinary, community-engaged scholar, Francois uses systems perspectives and critical race theory to understand the intersections of individual, community, and structural factors that impact development in Black and African American adolescents and emerging adults. She also conducts intervention research on youth-led organizing and activism as violence prevention strategies. Francois uses community-based, participatory, and action research frameworks to conduct mixed-methods research studies with marginalized and oppressed communities with the goals of health equity, social transformation, and community liberation. Dr. Francois was recently co-executive director of Tulane University\u2019s Violence Prevention Institute and co-director of the Center for Youth Equity, a CDC Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention. Francois has a doctorate in psychological sciences from Tulane University.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":38296,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"cu_faculty_f180_userid":"C70306290","cu_faculty_first_name":"Samantha","cu_faculty_last_name":"Francois","cu_faculty_employment_status":"Full Time","cu_faculty_rank":"Associate Professor","cu_faculty_position":"Associate Professor","cu_faculty_phone":"","cu_faculty_email":"SFrancois@clarku.edu","cu_faculty_location":"","cu_faculty_about":"<span>Samantha Francois is a developmental scientist with expertise in adolescent development, structural violence, and anti-racist research. As an interdisciplinary, community-engaged scholar, Francois uses systems perspectives and critical race theory to understand the intersections of individual, community, and structural factors that impact development in Black and African American adolescents and emerging adults. She also conducts intervention research on youth-led organizing and activism as violence prevention strategies. Francois uses community-based, participatory, and action research frameworks to conduct mixed-methods research studies with marginalized and oppressed communities with the goals of health equity, social transformation, and community liberation. Dr. Francois was recently co-executive director of Tulane University\u2019s Violence Prevention Institute and co-director of the Center for Youth Equity, a CDC Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention. Francois has a doctorate in psychological sciences from Tulane University.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>","cu_faculty_degrees":"<span>Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences,<\/span> Tulane University, 2009\n<span>M.S. in Psychological Sciences,<\/span> Tulane University, 2007\n<span>M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction,<\/span> Xavier University, 2001\n<span>B.S. in Psychology,<\/span> Smith College, 1998","cu_faculty_cv":"https:\/\/faculty180.interfolio.com\/public\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1qN1RxWmlkSFdxenFLTldSblpZY1dudFRHWThqS1Fsd3ZqbzVqUTc0OW9FRTlYYk1UblAzeEhiVXNpN0Z1ZG9aVDd5aVJyUHhONEdPRXRsRkk0SmpzQT0%3D","cu_faculty_links":"[]","cu_faculty_scholarly_interests":"","cu_faculty_scholarly_works":"[{\"activityid\":13575,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Chapters in Books\",\"Chapter Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;Place-based approaches to firearm violence prevention&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Book Title\":\"Handbook of Gun Violence\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Year\":2025,\"Date Published\":\"\",\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Country of Publisher\":\"\",\"Edition\":\"\",\"Page Numbers\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13575,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[{\"attachmentid\":12193,\"mimetype\":\"application\\\/pdf\",\"filename\":\"nrs_2025_theall_001.pdf\",\"filesize\":934603,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1qN1RxWmlkSFdxenFLTldSblpZY1dtMnRjVzJDQk9KdzlKUjllRGF6Q1MrdkZQU0Z5c3VXdmRMY0R3OW5DZ0twYUlFdUpMWXM5VlU%3D\"}],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2025-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":13576,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Teachers: The Impact of Race and Years of Teaching Experiences&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"School Mental Health\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2025,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13576,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[{\"attachmentid\":12194,\"mimetype\":\"application\\\/pdf\",\"filename\":\"s12310-025-09744-3.pdf\",\"filesize\":573971,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1qN1RxWmlkSFdxenFLTldSblpZY1drQnZFbGJsN1FFbmNoeE9xcEFKQU51Z01CUEJDeHRicXQ4V2FZVmlrQjVoZz09\"}],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Chavez Phelps\",\"Samantha Francois\",\"Kenneth G Rice\",\"Courtney N Baker\",\"Stacy Overstreet\"],\"sort_date\":\"2025-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":13577,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;Establishing the Validity of a Cultural Assessment of Suicide Risks in Black Adolescents&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Mental Health Science\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2025,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13577,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[{\"attachmentid\":12195,\"mimetype\":\"custom\\\/url\",\"filename\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\\\/doi\\\/pdf\\\/10.1002\\\/mhs2.104\",\"filesize\":380764,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1qN1RxWmlkSFdxekdpNEZVKytjdTNNZG9UM3czRjM1T0crNS9XV2tLdDlTa1dnS2QzSVN5SEkyN1BqYnN0bWR0U21NLzNLN3RFMm9pSHdkTVJkOUc3SW11eURUZmNOS04yQ0txQnUyWW1PZzRGMmNDU2pCS1pSeWJoVmpYS3hQcVE9PQ%3D%3D\"}],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\",\"Leslie Adams\",\"Chavez Phelps\"],\"sort_date\":\"2025-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":13578,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;Expanding the framework of childhood adversity: Structural violence and aggression in childhood&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Child Protection and Practice\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2025,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13578,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[{\"attachmentid\":12196,\"mimetype\":\"custom\\\/url\",\"filename\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sciencedirect.com\\\/science\\\/article\\\/pii\\\/S2950193824000925\",\"filesize\":380764,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1qN1RxWmlkSFdxekdpNEZVKytjdTNNZG9UM3czRjM1T0crNS9XV2tLdDlTNGc1dno0aVlWMW9FZVlzenNEV3dnTzdSbzNVSy8wcDRpSzJSQ1lFREJaZ2VNTFNuM0J2M2VoNHNCMGFZSlhEZzZUMitPYTRzZ0xmbXBhekM3dWI0Uy9vUU4wOTNiTld4VVlyVS9HSjVpV2c9\"}],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Lea Petrovic\",\"Courtney N Baker\",\"Samantha Francois\",\"Maeve Wallace\",\"Stacy Overstreet\"],\"sort_date\":\"2025-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":10699,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Presentations\",\"Title of Presentation\":\"How to Empower Youth Voices in Violence and Injury Prevention Research\",\"Conference \\\/ Meeting Name\":\"Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research\",\"Location of Conference \\\/ Meeting\":\"Chapel Hill, NC\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"April\",\"Year\":2024,\"Sponsoring Organization\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10699,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2024,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\",\"Micaiah Lugo\",\"Rae Stevenson\",\"Alex Jaouiche\"],\"sort_date\":\"2024-4-01\"},{\"activityid\":10698,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Presentations\",\"Title of Presentation\":\"Community Violence-Causes and Impacts\",\"Conference \\\/ Meeting Name\":\"Conference to End Violence\",\"Location of Conference \\\/ Meeting\":\"Lancaster County, PA\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"March\",\"Year\":2024,\"Sponsoring Organization\":\"CHI St. Joseph Children\\u2019s Hospital \",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10698,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2024,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2024-3-01\"},{\"activityid\":10697,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Presentations\",\"Title of Presentation\":\"Advancing Anti-Racist Research and Scholarship\",\"Conference \\\/ Meeting Name\":\"\",\"Location of Conference \\\/ Meeting\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"February\",\"Year\":2024,\"Sponsoring Organization\":\"Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10697,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2024,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2024-2-01\"},{\"activityid\":9836,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"Social capital and changes of psychologic distress during early stage of COVID-19 in New orleans\",\"Journal Title\":\"Scientific reports\",\"Series Title\":null,\"Month \\\/ Season\":null,\"Year\":2024,\"Publisher\":null,\"Publisher City and State\":null,\"Publisher Country\":null,\"Volume\":\"14\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"1\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"5773\",\"ISSN\":null,\"DOI\":null,\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":null,\"Description\":\"Here we report on the relationship between measures of social capital, and their association with changes in self-reported measures of psychological distress during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic.\\u00a0We analyze data from an existing cluster randomized control trial (the Healthy Neighborhoods Project) with 244 participants from New Orleans, Louisiana. Changes in self-reported scores between baseline (January 2019-March 2020) and participant's second survey (March 20, 2020, and onwards) are calculated. Logistic regression is employed to examine the association between social capital indicators and measures of psychological distress adjusting for key covariates and controlling for residential clustering effects. Participants reporting higher than average scores for social capital indicators are significantly less likely to report increases in psychosocial distress between pre and during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who report higher than average sense of community were approximately 1.2 times less likely than those who report lower than average sense of community scores to experience increases in psychological distress before and during the global pandemic (OR 0.79; 95% CI 0.70,0.88, p\\u2009\\u2264\\u20090.001), even after controlling for key covariates. Findings highlight the potentially important role that community social capital and related factors may play in the health of underrepresented populations during times of major stress. Specifically, the results suggest an important role of cognitive social capital and perceptions of community membership, belonging, and influence in buffering changes of mental health distress experienced during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic among a sample of residents.\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"PubMed\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":9836,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2024,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Kimberly Wu\",\"Erica Doe\",\"Gabriella  D Roude\",\"Jasmine Wallace\",\"Samantha Francois\",\"Lisa Richardson\",\"Katherine  P Theall\"],\"sort_date\":\"2024-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":10648,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"A Qualitative Exploration of the Built Environment as a Key Mechanism of Safety and Social Cohesion for Youth in High-Violence Communities\",\"Journal Title\":\"Journal of Urban Health\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2024,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"The characteristics of a neighborhood's built environment may influence health-promoting behaviors, interactions between neighbors, and perceptions of safety. Although some research has reported on how youth in high-violence communities navigate danger, less work has investigated how these youth perceive the built environment, their desires for these spaces, and how these desires relate to their conceptions of safety and perceptions of other residents. To fill this gap, this study used focus group data from 51 youth ages 13-24 living in New Orleans, Louisiana. Four themes were developed using reflexive thematic analysis: community violence is distressing and disruptive, youth use and want to enjoy their neighborhood, systemic failure contributes to negative outcomes, and resources and cooperation create safety. This analysis indicates that young people desire to interact with the built environment despite the threat of community violence. They further identified built environment assets that facilitate socialization and recreation, such as local parks, and social assets in the form of cooperation and neighbor-led civic engagement initiatives. In addition, the youth participants demonstrated awareness of structural inequities that influence neighborhood health and violence-related outcomes. This study contributes to efforts to understand how youth with high levels of community violence exposure understand and interact with the built and social environments.\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"PubMed\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10648,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2024,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Lolita Moss\",\"Kimberly Wu\",\"Amber Tucker\",\"Reanna Durbin-Matrone\",\"Gabriella D Roude\",\"Samantha Francois\",\"Lisa Richardson\",\"Katherine P Theall\"],\"sort_date\":\"2024-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":13574,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;The role of firearm and police violence exposure in youth firearm beliefs and access&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Youth &amp; Society\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2024,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13574,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Summer\",\"year\":2024,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/05\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[{\"attachmentid\":12192,\"mimetype\":\"custom\\\/url\",\"filename\":\"https:\\\/\\\/journals.sagepub.com\\\/doi\\\/epub\\\/10.1177\\\/0044118X241281934\",\"filesize\":380764,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1qN1RxWmlkSFdxekdpNEZVKytjdTNNZG9UM3czRjM1T0crNS9XV2tLdDlTVUpxMk9hL0p3RGlnMWR0Zi9kN0Z6bjVUaVVLb3ZIOVE3ZUJteDlhYytvWmxWV2JUZE9nZDFuZ2FOVW5WMnY3ZDNKclZ6a2lQKyt5UVRhR1kzbW4xTFVJa1Q1THBxUVIz\"}],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2024-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":9343,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"Spencer's phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory (PVEST): Charting its origin and impact\",\"Journal Title\":\"The American psychologist\",\"Series Title\":null,\"Month \\\/ Season\":null,\"Year\":2023,\"Publisher\":null,\"Publisher City and State\":null,\"Publisher Country\":null,\"Volume\":\"78\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"4\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"524-534\",\"ISSN\":null,\"DOI\":null,\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":null,\"Description\":\"This article examines the origin and scholarly impact of Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer's phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory (PVEST). We expound on her early foundational work replicating the Clark and Clark (1950) doll study and research during the period of &quot;Atlanta's missing and murdered children.&quot; As a conceptual template, we anchor the theoretical contribution as introducing phenomenology and &quot;net vulnerability&quot; as factors that inform &quot;emerging identities.&quot; Highlighted research focuses on synergistic themes associated with identity intersectionality, pubertal development, and education as a context for net vulnerability. We end with suggestions for future directions for PVEST. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"PubMed\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":9343,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Michael Cunningham\",\"Dena  P Swanson\",\"Joseph Youngblood\",\"Eleanor  K Seaton\",\"Samantha Francois\",\"Christopher Ashford\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-9-01\"},{\"activityid\":9344,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"Perceived parenting practices associated with African American adolescents' future expectations\",\"Journal Title\":\"Advances in child development and behavior\",\"Series Title\":null,\"Month \\\/ Season\":null,\"Year\":2023,\"Publisher\":null,\"Publisher City and State\":null,\"Publisher Country\":null,\"Volume\":\"64\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"217-253\",\"ISSN\":null,\"DOI\":null,\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":null,\"Description\":\"The current chapter investigated perceived parenting practices associated with future expectations in a sample of African American adolescents and how these relations varied across self-processes (i.e., hope, self-esteem, racial identity). Specifically, 358 low-income, African American high school students were surveyed to examine the role of perceived parenting practices in youth's aspirations and expectations. Structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that general parenting practices (i.e., support, monitoring, and consistent discipline) and racial socialization (i.e., preparation for bias, cultural socialization) significantly predicted positive future expectations, particularly for adolescents with low self-esteem. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed. Importantly, the results contribute to understanding of the developmental cascades of parenting practices and racial socialization in the everyday experiences of African American populations.\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"PubMed\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":9344,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Michael Cunningham\",\"Samantha Francois\",\"Kristin Scott\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-9-01\"},{\"activityid\":9346,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"The influence of racial violence in neighborhoods and schools on the psycho-behavioral outcomes in adolescence\",\"Journal Title\":\"Research in human development\",\"Series Title\":null,\"Month \\\/ Season\":null,\"Year\":2023,\"Publisher\":null,\"Publisher City and State\":null,\"Publisher Country\":null,\"Volume\":\"20\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"1-2\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"48-64\",\"ISSN\":null,\"DOI\":null,\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":null,\"Description\":\"Racism in all its manifestations is violence. This study examines the effect of discrimination-based racial violence in neighborhoods and schools on adolescent psychological and behavioral outcomes, while also testing the moderating influence of civic engagement. Researchers used a cross-sectional survey design to measure neighborhood and school-based racial discrimination, civic engagement, racial identity development, racism-based stress, and aggressive behaviors in a sample of 167, 13 to 23 year old adolescents and emerging adults. Participants were recruited through a cluster randomized trial to test the impact of blight remediation in preventing youth violence. Study researchers hypothesized a direct effect of racial discrimination on adolescents' racism-based stress and aggressive behaviors and a buffering effect of civic engagement on these relationships. Researchers also examined these relationships in participants with higher-than-average racial identity development scores. Multivariate regression models revealed a significant direct effect of both neighborhood and school discrimination on adolescents' aggressive behaviors. Civic engagement had a positive buffering effect in the relationship between neighborhood discrimination and aggressive behaviors. Similar relationships were observed among adolescents with a high racial identity with stronger effect. Study findings have implications for understanding the behavioral impact of racial violence and investing in civic engagement to mitigate its impact in adolescence and emerging adulthood.\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"PubMed\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":9346,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\",\"Kimberly Wu\",\"Erica Doe\",\"Amber Tucker\",\"Katherine Theall\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-9-01\"},{\"activityid\":9835,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"In it Together: Sense of Community and Psychologic Distress During COVID-19\",\"Journal Title\":\"Research square\",\"Series Title\":null,\"Month \\\/ Season\":null,\"Year\":2023,\"Publisher\":null,\"Publisher City and State\":null,\"Publisher Country\":null,\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":null,\"DOI\":null,\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":null,\"Description\":\"We assessed the relationship between differences in indicators of social capital before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their association with self-reported measures of psychological distress. The data was analyzed from an existing cluster randomized control trial (the  ) with 244 participants from New Orleans, Louisiana. Differences in self-reported scores between baseline (January 2019-March 2020) and participant's second survey (March 20, 2020, and onwards) were calculated. Logistic regression was employed to examine the association between social capital indicators and measures of psychological distress adjusting for key covariates and controlling for residential clustering effects. Participants who reported higher than average scores for social capital indicators were significantly less likely to report increases in psychosocial distress between pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who reported higher-than-average sense of community were approximately 1.2 times less likely than those who reported lower than average sense of community scores to experience increases in psychological distress before and during the global pandemic (OR\\u2009=\\u20090.79; 95% CI\\u2009=\\u20090.70,0.88, p\\u2009\\u2264\\u20090.001), even after controlling for key covariates. Findings highlight the potentially important role that community social capital and related factors may play in the health of underrepresented populations during times of major stress. Specifically, the results suggest an important role of cognitive social capital and perceptions of community membership, belonging, and influence in buffering changes of mental health distress experienced during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic among a population that is majority Black and female.\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"PubMed\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":9835,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"May\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2022\\\/04\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Kimberly Wu\",\"Erica Doe\",\"Gabriela Roude\",\"Jasmine Wallace\",\"Samantha Francois\",\"Lisa Richardson\",\"Katherine Theall\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-5-01\"},{\"activityid\":10696,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Presentations\",\"Title of Presentation\":\"Structural and Social Determinants of Firearm Violence\",\"Conference \\\/ Meeting Name\":\"National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms\",\"Location of Conference \\\/ Meeting\":\"Chicago, IL\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"November\",\"Year\":2023,\"Sponsoring Organization\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10696,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-11-01\"},{\"activityid\":10694,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Presentations\",\"Title of Presentation\":\"Nothing About Us Without Us: Current State and View into the Future of Violence Prevention\",\"Conference \\\/ Meeting Name\":\"Children\\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric Global Health Conference\",\"Location of Conference \\\/ Meeting\":\"Philadelphia, PA\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"October\",\"Year\":2023,\"Sponsoring Organization\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10694,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-10-01\"},{\"activityid\":10695,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Presentations\",\"Title of Presentation\":\"Universities Redefining Service Learning and Community Engagement in a \\u201cRace Neutral\\u201d Milieu\",\"Conference \\\/ Meeting Name\":\"International Association of Service Learning and Community Engagement Conference\",\"Location of Conference \\\/ Meeting\":\"New Orleans, LA\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"October\",\"Year\":2023,\"Sponsoring Organization\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10695,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-10-01\"},{\"activityid\":9837,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"Navigating COVID-19 and racial trauma as a Black student at predominantly White institutions\",\"Journal Title\":\"American journal of community psychology\",\"Series Title\":null,\"Month \\\/ Season\":null,\"Year\":2023,\"Publisher\":null,\"Publisher City and State\":null,\"Publisher Country\":null,\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":null,\"DOI\":null,\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":null,\"Description\":\"Black students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) contend with racial microaggressions that can lead to negative mental health and academic outcomes. The physical and mental health consequences of the novel coronavirus pandemic are well-known. What remains unknown is how targeted racial hate during a pandemic might have a compounded effect on Black essential workers. The current study examines how future essential workers in helping professions cope with dual crises as they navigate mostly White universities. Study participants were Black university students attending PWIs in the United States enrolled in social work, public health, or psychology programs during the 2020-2021 academic year. Participants completed an online survey that measured racial microaggressions, COVID distress, sense of belonging, engagement in activism, and well-being. Hierarchical regression models revealed COVID distress predicted poorer well-being. Also, COVID distress interacted with racial microaggressions to predict well-being. Findings have implications for developing decolonized learning communities with a liberation pedagogy in community psychology and other helping professions.\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"PubMed\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":9837,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2022\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\",\"Joan Blakey\",\"Rae Stevenson\",\"Timothy Walker\",\"Curtis Davis\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-1-01\"},{\"activityid\":10657,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;Perceived support as a buffer for Black mothers' past and current exposure to community violence&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Journal of Family Violence\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":null,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":10657,\"status\":\"In Progress\",\"term\":\"Summer\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/05\",\"listingorder\":1,\"completionorder\":1}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\",\"Chavez Phelps\",\"Sophia Eisenberg\",\"Yixin Pin\",\"Julia Fleckman\",\"Catherine Taylor\"],\"sort_date\":\"2000-01-01\"},{\"activityid\":13579,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11pt;&quot;&gt;The Salience of Social Support for Firearm Behaviors in the United States&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Injury Prevention\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":null,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13579,\"status\":\"In Progress\",\"term\":\"Summer\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/05\",\"listingorder\":1,\"completionorder\":1}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2000-01-01\"},{\"activityid\":13580,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in Action: A Protocol for Addressing Youth Violence and Social Inequities in New Orleans\\u202f&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Prevention Science\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":null,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13580,\"status\":\"In Progress\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2025\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":1,\"completionorder\":1}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2000-01-01\"},{\"activityid\":13581,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Exposures to Community &amp; Police Violence and Activism Identification through Sociopolitical Development in Adolescence&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Journal of Research on Adolescence\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":null,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13581,\"status\":\"In Progress\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2025\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":1,\"completionorder\":1}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2000-01-01\"},{\"activityid\":13582,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Relationship Between Neighborhood Over-policing and Adolescents\\u2019 Engaged Activism and the Moderating Influence of Direct Exposure to Police Violence&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"Journal of Youth and Adolescence\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":null,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"status\":[{\"id\":13582,\"status\":\"In Progress\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2025\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":1,\"completionorder\":1}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Samantha Francois\"],\"sort_date\":\"2000-01-01\"}]","cu_faculty_awards_and_grants":"[{\"activityid\":3898,\"fields\":{\"Title\":\"The Center for Youth Equity: A Community-Centered Approach to Youth Violence Prevention\",\"Sponsor\":\"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\",\"Grant ID \\\/ Contract ID\":\"6U01CE003384-01-01\",\"Award Date\":\"2021-08-27\",\"Start Date\":\"2023-09-30\",\"End Date\":\"2026-09-30\",\"Period Length\":1,\"Period Unit\":\"Year\",\"Indirect Funding\":1,\"Indirect Cost Rate\":\"52\",\"Total Funding\":\"132835.75\",\"Total Direct Funding\":\"89379.77\",\"Currency Type\":\"USD\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Abstract\":\"Community- centered, strengths-based approaches that address critical barriers to prevention are needed to address the root causes of disproportionate rates of youth exposed to violence in Black communities. This project will establish the first CDC-funded Prevention Research Center in the Gulf South explicitly focused on prevention of youth exposure to violence. The Center for Youth Equity (CYE) will act as a hub for research, community-engaged outreach and translation, and training and education across the region. Two projects will be implemented as a part of the CYE including the evaluation of a multi-component program to prevent and reduce exposure to police violence among younger youth through youth-led grassroots organizing for social and structural change, and the evaluation of a hospital-initiated, community-integrated, practice-based approach to reduce gun violence among older youth.\",\"Number of Periods\":3,\"URL\":\"\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"funding\":{\"6700\":{\"id\":6700,\"grantid\":3898,\"fundedamount\":\"49666.1\",\"yearfunded\":1,\"fundedtype\":\"Total\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2023-09-30\",\"enddate\":\"2024-09-30\"},\"6701\":{\"id\":6701,\"grantid\":3898,\"fundedamount\":\"40970.27\",\"yearfunded\":2,\"fundedtype\":\"Total\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2024-09-30\",\"enddate\":\"2025-09-30\"},\"6702\":{\"id\":6702,\"grantid\":3898,\"fundedamount\":\"42199.38\",\"yearfunded\":3,\"fundedtype\":\"Total\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2025-09-30\",\"enddate\":\"2026-09-30\"},\"6703\":{\"id\":6703,\"grantid\":3898,\"fundedamount\":\"34044\",\"yearfunded\":1,\"fundedtype\":\"Direct\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2023-09-30\",\"enddate\":\"2024-09-30\"},\"6704\":{\"id\":6704,\"grantid\":3898,\"fundedamount\":\"27259\",\"yearfunded\":2,\"fundedtype\":\"Direct\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2024-09-30\",\"enddate\":\"2025-09-30\"},\"6705\":{\"id\":6705,\"grantid\":3898,\"fundedamount\":\"28076.77\",\"yearfunded\":3,\"fundedtype\":\"Direct\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2025-09-30\",\"enddate\":\"2026-09-30\"}},\"coauthors\":{\"6189\":{\"authorid\":6189,\"grantid\":3898,\"firstname\":\"Katherine\",\"middleinitial\":\"\",\"lastname\":\"Theall\",\"authortype\":\"PI\",\"percenteffort\":\"10\",\"sameschoolflag\":0,\"facultyid\":null,\"primaryunitid\":null},\"6190\":{\"authorid\":6190,\"grantid\":3898,\"firstname\":\"Samantha\",\"middleinitial\":\"\",\"lastname\":\"Francois\",\"authortype\":\"CoPI\",\"percenteffort\":\"20\",\"sameschoolflag\":1,\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"primaryunitid\":23}},\"status\":[{\"grantid\":3898,\"status\":\"Funded - In Progress\",\"statuslabel\":\"Funded - In Progress\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":3,\"completionorder\":5}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"sort_date\":\"2026-09-30\"},{\"activityid\":3900,\"fields\":{\"Title\":\"\\u201cWe are worthy of being heard and included\\u201d: Engagement of youth voice in the evaluation of trauma-informed schools\",\"Sponsor\":\"Spencer Foundation\",\"Grant ID \\\/ Contract ID\":\"10038694\",\"Award Date\":\"2022-11-14\",\"Start Date\":\"2023-01-01\",\"End Date\":\"2024-12-31\",\"Period Length\":1,\"Period Unit\":\"Year\",\"Indirect Funding\":1,\"Indirect Cost Rate\":\"15\",\"Total Funding\":\"44040\",\"Total Direct Funding\":\"38296\",\"Currency Type\":\"USD\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Abstract\":\"The purpose of the proposed project is to engage youth voice in the evaluation of trauma-&lt;br&gt;informed schools to incorporate the lived experiences and needs of students into the design and implementation of trauma-informed schools.\",\"Number of Periods\":2,\"URL\":\"\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"funding\":{\"6708\":{\"id\":6708,\"grantid\":3900,\"fundedamount\":\"18745\",\"yearfunded\":1,\"fundedtype\":\"Total\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2023-01-01\",\"enddate\":\"2024-01-01\"},\"6709\":{\"id\":6709,\"grantid\":3900,\"fundedamount\":\"25295\",\"yearfunded\":2,\"fundedtype\":\"Total\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2024-01-01\",\"enddate\":\"2025-01-01\"},\"6710\":{\"id\":6710,\"grantid\":3900,\"fundedamount\":\"16300\",\"yearfunded\":1,\"fundedtype\":\"Direct\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2023-01-01\",\"enddate\":\"2024-01-01\"},\"6711\":{\"id\":6711,\"grantid\":3900,\"fundedamount\":\"21996\",\"yearfunded\":2,\"fundedtype\":\"Direct\",\"currencytype\":\"USD\",\"startdate\":\"2024-01-01\",\"enddate\":\"2025-01-01\"}},\"coauthors\":{\"6193\":{\"authorid\":6193,\"grantid\":3900,\"firstname\":\"Samantha\",\"middleinitial\":\"\",\"lastname\":\"Francois\",\"authortype\":\"CoPI\",\"percenteffort\":\"20\",\"sameschoolflag\":1,\"facultyid\":\"C70306290\",\"primaryunitid\":23},\"6194\":{\"authorid\":6194,\"grantid\":3900,\"firstname\":\"Stacy\",\"middleinitial\":\"\",\"lastname\":\"Overstreet\",\"authortype\":\"PI\",\"percenteffort\":\"15\",\"sameschoolflag\":0,\"facultyid\":null,\"primaryunitid\":null}},\"status\":[{\"grantid\":3900,\"status\":\"Funded - In Progress\",\"statuslabel\":\"Funded - In Progress\",\"term\":\"Summer\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2022\\\/05\",\"listingorder\":3,\"completionorder\":5}],\"userid\":\"C70306290\",\"attachments\":[],\"sort_date\":\"2024-12-31\"}]","cu_faculty_title":"Associate Professor, Psychology","cu_faculty_department":"Psychology","cu_faculty_affiliated_departments":"Psychology","footnotes":""},"cu_faculty_group":[],"cu_faculty_department":[3],"cu_faculty_position":[],"class_list":["post-1535","cu_faculty","type-cu_faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_faculty_department-psychology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Samantha Francois | Faculty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Samantha Francois\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samantha Francois is a developmental scientist with expertise in adolescent development, structural violence, and anti-racist research. As an interdisciplinary, community-engaged scholar, Francois uses systems perspectives and critical race theory to understand the intersections of individual, community, and structural factors that impact development in Black and African American adolescents and emerging adults. She also conducts intervention [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faculty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-03T04:06:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-93.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/samantha-francois\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/samantha-francois\\\/\",\"name\":\"Samantha Francois | Faculty\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/samantha-francois\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/samantha-francois\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/photo-93.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-27T15:32:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-03T04:06:25+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/samantha-francois\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/samantha-francois\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/photo-93.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/photo-93.avif\",\"width\":300,\"height\":240},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/cu_faculty\\\/1535#breadcrumbs\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":0,\"name\":\"ClarkU\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Faculty\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/cu_faculty\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/cu_faculty\\\/1535\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/\",\"name\":\"Faculty\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Samantha Francois | Faculty","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Samantha Francois","og_description":"Samantha Francois is a developmental scientist with expertise in adolescent development, structural violence, and anti-racist research. As an interdisciplinary, community-engaged scholar, Francois uses systems perspectives and critical race theory to understand the intersections of individual, community, and structural factors that impact development in Black and African American adolescents and emerging adults. She also conducts intervention [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/","og_site_name":"Faculty","article_modified_time":"2026-04-03T04:06:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":240,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-93.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/","name":"Samantha Francois | Faculty","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-93.avif","datePublished":"2024-12-27T15:32:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-03T04:06:25+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/samantha-francois\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-93.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-93.avif","width":300,"height":240},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1535#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":0,"name":"ClarkU","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Faculty","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1535"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/","name":"Faculty","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_faculty"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1585,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1535\/revisions\/1585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_faculty_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty_group?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"cu_faculty_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty_department?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"cu_faculty_position","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty_position?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}