Research
2020 Awardees
The BEST Way to Support Black Men/Youth in Medical and Healthcare Fields
Principal Investigator: Vonzell Agosto, Ph.D. Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, College of Education.
Co-Principal Investigators: Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Ph.D. Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, College of Education; Andrea Jackson-Williams, Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, College of Education.
Community Partner: Dexter Frederick, MD Brain Expansions Scholastic Training, Inc.
Depicting Race: How Football Recruiting Websites Construct Quarterbacks Through Coded Language as a Sporting Racial Project
Principal Investigator: Travis R. Bell, Ph.D. , Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigators: Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Ph.D., Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, College of Education; Jaime Robb, Ph.D., Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University.
Ending Racism to End HIV: A Qualitative Pilot Study to Examine the Impact of Racism and Intersectional Stigmatizing Identities on Black Adolescents Living with HIV in Tampa Bay
Principal Investigator: Tiffany Chenneville, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigator: Kemesha Gabbidon, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Investigators: Alexandra Cario, LCSW Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine; Hunter Drake, College of Public Health; Carina Rodriguez, MD Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine; Bernard Washington Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine.
Community Partner: EPIC/Empath Health.
Storytelling Saves Lives: Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness through Stories from the Black Community
Principal Investigators: Kyaien Conner, Ph.D., Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, College of Behavioral and Community Services. Kristin Kosyluk, Ph.D., Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, College of Behavioral and Community Services. Co-Investigators: Denise Davis-Cotton, Ed.D., Florida Center for PAInT; Angela Hill, Phard.D., CRPh, Taneja College of Pharmacy.
Community Partners: This is My Brave (TIMB), WE-CARE and the Central Florida Behavioral Health Network.
Mad Men: Using Cultural Competency to Reduce Racist Portrayals of Blacks in Advertising
Principal Investigator: Kelly Cowart, Ph.D., School of Marketing and Innovation, Muma College of Business.
Co-Principal Investigators: Monica Allen, Ed.D., Department of Leadership Studies and Adult Education, North Carolina A&T State University; Leila Borders, Ph.D., .Department of Marketing and Professional Sales, Kennesaw State University; Giti Javidi, Ph.D.School of Information Systems and Management, Muma College of Business.
Community Partner: WILLMOORES, LLC and Fully Promoted.
Dismantling Drivers of Racial Disparities (DDoRD)
Principal Investigator: Denise Davis-Cotton, Ed.D., Florida Center for PAInT.
Co-Principal Investigators: Kyaien Conner , Ph.D., Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences; Kelly Cowart, Ph.D., School of Marketing and Innovation, Muma College of Business; Omotayo Jolaosho, Ph.D., School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partner: Booker Middle School and The Circus Arts Conservatory
The Impact of Mentoring on Persistence, Resilience, and Success Outcomes of Black Women Academics
Principal Investigator: Tanetha Fisher, Leadership, Policy and Lifelong Learning, College of Education.
Co-Principal Investigators: Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Ph.D., Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, College of Education. Kyaien Conner, Ph.D., Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, College of Behavioral and Community Services.
Community Partners: The Florida Education Fund and The McKnight Foundation.
Engineering Identity Development of Black Teachers and Students Through the PHASES of Success Design Process and AREN Technology
Principal Investigator: Jonathan Gaines, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering. Co-Principal Investigator: Eugenia Vomvoridi, Ph.D., Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning, College of Education.
Community Partners: Hillsborough County Public Schools, the NASA AEROKATS and ROVER Educational Network (AREN).
Challenges to Engagement with Parent Education and Early Childhood Programming in a Historically Black Neighborhood
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigator: Anna Abella, Ph.D., Department of Child and Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences.
Co-Investigators: Kyaien Conner, Ph.D., Mental Health Law and Policy, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences; Monica Landers, M.A., M.S.W., Department of Child and Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences; Ronee Wilson, Ph.D, College of Public Health.
Community Partner: Champions for Children.
Exploring Unique Experiences and Needs of African American/ Black Pregnant Women
Principal Investigator: Vanessa Hux, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine.
Co-Principal Investigator: Kristen Salomon, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Investigators: Allyson Duffy, MSN, Ph.D., College of Nursing; Kimberly Fryer, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine; Abraham Salinas-Miranda, MD, MPH, Ph.D., College of Public Health.
Community Partner: Tampa General Hospital.
African American Burial Grounds & Remembering Project— Living Communities Challenging Silenced Histories in Florida
Principal Investigator: Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigators: Julie Armstrong, Ph.D., Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences. Khalia Jenkins, School of Marketing and Innovation, Muma College of Business; Cheryl Rodriguez, Ph.D., School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences; Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partners: Robles Park Village and Robles Park Tenant Council Association; Hillsborough County Branch of the NAACP; Carter G. Woodson African American Museum; Florida Public Archaeology Network; Cardno; and Diamond View Studios.
Blackness in a Time of Global Protest: African Diasporic Negotiations of Anti-Racism and the Global #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Principal Investigator: Omotayo Jolaosho, Ph.D., School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Investigators: McArthur Freeman, School of Art and Art History, College of The Arts; Mariela Noles Cotito, Social and Political Science, Universidad del Pacifico.
Community Partners: Instituto Cultural Steve Biko and the 1-in-9 Campaign.
A Strengths-based Approach to Addressing Racial Challenges Impacting Black Students
Principal Investigator: Ruby Joseph, MPA, Child and Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigator: Fenda Akiwumi, Ph.D., School of Geosciences, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Investigator: LaTosha Thomas, Ph.D., Student Support Services Student Success.
Community Partner: Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc.
Black Men for CHAT (Community Healing through Activist Transformation) and the Emotional Freedom Train(ing): Get on Board!
Principal Investigator: Gary Lemons, Ph.D., Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigator: Risasi Milima, Federation of Families HMH, Inc.
Co-Investigators: Marques Clark, Obeng Meditations; Christopher Glass, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences; Briget Horne, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences; Maggie Romigh, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partner: Organize Florida.
Argumentation Games to Cognitively Inoculate Against Anti-Black Bias
Principal Investigator: John Licato, Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering.
Co-Principal Investigator: David Ponton, III, Ph.D., School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partner: Oakridge High School, Orlando.
Gut Microbiota Composition and Function During Pregnancy and Lactation in Rwandan Mothers
Principal Investigator: Adetola Louis-Jacques, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine.
Co-Principal Investigators: Ronee Wilson, Ph.D., College of Public Health; Eva Uddin, Ph.D., College of Public Health.
Co-Investigator: Elizabeth Miller, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partner: Rwanda Medical Research Center.
Education and Resilience Among Congolese Refugee Families Coping with Remote Learning, COVID-19, and Sustained Anti-Black Racism
Principal Investigator: Dillon Mahoney, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Principal Investigators: Roberta Baer, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences; Asa Oxner, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine.
Co-Investigators: Lisa Armstrong, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences; Renice Obure, College of Public Health; Mathews Wakhungu, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partner: Youth Education and Development Programs (YEDP) Tampa.
Black Microbusiness Economic and Social Resiliency to Natural Disasters: The Case for Targeted Policy Interventions and Resiliency Support Network for Minority Lead Microbusinesses
Principal Investigator: Matthew Mullarkey, Ph.D., Muma College of Business.
Co-Principal Investigators: Sridhar Sundaram, DBAKate Tiedemann School of Business, Muma College of Business; Philip Trocchia, Ph.D., School of Marketing and Innovation, Muma College of Business; Brenda Walker, Ph.D., JD, Department of Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education, and Physical Education, College of Education.
Co-Investigators: Alison Barlow, St. Pete Innovation District; Jocelyn Howard, Grow Smarter St. Petersburg.
Community Partners: St. Pete Chamber of Commerce, St. Pete Innovation District and Grow Smarter St. Petersburg.
Colorism, Police Killings, and Anti-Black Discipline
Principal Investigator: David Ponton, III, Ph.D., School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences.
Co-Investigator: Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico.
Community Partner: IDEA Tampa Bay.
Still Here: The Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives in Context
Principal Investigator: Noel Smith, University Galleries, College of The Arts.
Co-Principal Investigators: Dorothy Davis, The Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives; Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partner: The Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives.
Racism in School Exclusionary Suspensions (RISES) Proposal
Principal Investigator: Brenda Walker, Ph.D., JD, Department of Language, Literacy, Ed.D., Exceptional Education and Physical Education, College of Education.
Co-Principal Investigators: Saundra Johnson-Austin, College of Education; Dana Thompson Dorsey, JD, Ph.D., University of Pittsburg; Gwendolyn Webb, Ed.D., Texas A&M University.
Community Partners: Allen Temple AME Church, Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc., and the Hillsborough County Branch of the NAACP.
Increasing Job Opportunities for Young Black Fathers to Improve Child and Community Health
Principal Investigator: Dr. Roneé Wilson, Ph.D., College of Public Health.
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Will Tyson, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Community Partner: REACHUP, Inc.
Game On: Grooming Black Youth for Leadership Excellence Using Video Gaming
Principal Investigator: Sylvia Thomas, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering College of Engineering.
Co-Principal Investigators: Denise Davis-Cotton, Ed.D., Center for PAInT; Giti Javidi, Ph.D., School of Information Systems and Management, Muma College of Business; Kelly Cowart, Ph.D., School of Marketing and Innovation, Muma College of Business; Tempestt Neal, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering.
Community Partners: Black Girls Code, Bible Based Community Church, Special Olympics North America Region, University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering and Philanthropy Partners, LLC.