ANGELA M. NEAL-BARNETT, Ph.D.

Business Address:
Department of Psychology
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001

Business Phone: 330-672-2266

E-mail: aneal@kent.edu
Website: www.personal.kent.edu/~aneal/amnbhp.html

Current Position:
Associate Professor of Psychology
Kent State University

License: Psychology, State of Ohio

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

February 1996-Present	Scientific Medical Staff	Summa Health Systems	Akron, Ohio
August 1995-Present	Associate Professor	Kent State University	Kent, Ohio
August 1991-Present	Research Fellow Institute for African American Affairs	Kent State University	Kent, Ohio
August 1989-June 1995	Assistant Professor	Kent State University	Kent, Ohio
September 1988-July 1989	Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Research	Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 1987-August 1988	Clinical Psychology Intern	Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 1985-May 1987	Clinical Therapist	Englewood Community Health Organization (All African American Agency) Child and Adolescent Unit	Chicago, Illinois

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

American Psychological Association of Graduate Students Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award

2000 Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Ethnic Minority Graduate Students

Books

Neal-Barnett, A. M., Contreras, J., & Kerns, K. A. (Eds.) (2001). Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.  [Click here for press release]
 
 

Articles and Chapters

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2001). Introduction. In A. M. Neal-Barnett, J. M. Contreras, & K. A. Kerns (Eds.),  Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives.Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Stadulis, R, Neal-Barnett, A.M., & Waters, G. (2000). Sports and African-American Male Children: What Values and Motives Do They Have? In A. M. Neal-Barnett, J. Contreras, & K. Kerns (Eds.), Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2001). Being Black: A new conceptualization of acting white. In A. M. Neal-Barnett, J. Contreras, & K. Kerns (Eds.), Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Neal-Barnett, A. M., Ward-Brown, B. J., Mitchell, M., & Krownapple, M. (2000). Hair Pulling in African Americans -- Only your hairdresser knows for sure: An exploratory study. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 6(4), 352-362.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (in press). OCD and African American Children. Kidscope.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2000). A view from the community. In K. Kerns, J. Contreras, & A. M. Neal-Barnett (Eds.), Family and peers: Linking two worlds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Neal-Barnett, A.M., & Crowther, J.H. (2000). To be female, middle-class, anxious, and Black. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 24 (2) 132-140.

Neal-Barnett, A.M. (1999). Multicultural Issues in OC. Online. Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Website. http://www.ocfoundation.org
 
 

INVITED

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2001, March).  To Be Female, Anxious, and Black. Presented to Black Graduate Students in Psychology, University of South Carolina.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2001, March).  Hairpulling in African Americans: Only Your Hairdresser Knows for Sure. Workshop at the Trichotillomania Learning Center.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2000, May). The Author's Perspective. In S. Knapp (moderator) How to publish your article. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2000, March). Technology: One researcher's journey. Spring 2000 Multimedia Open House. Moulton Hall Learning Technology Center, Kent State University, Kent, OH.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1999, October). There's so much to do and so little time. Presented as part of "Applying and getting into graduate school: A workshop for students of color." Kent State University, Kent, OH.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1999, September). Counseling the culturally different: Breaking Barriers. Presented at the University of Notre Dame Counseling Center, Notre Dame, IN.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1999, April). Black women and mental health. Plenary Session. International Black Women's Congress Regional Conference, Cleveland, OH.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1999, March). Does race matter in teaching?

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1999, February). Hair pulling in African Americans: Only your hairdresser knows for sure. Presented as part of the Kent State University Women's Studies Curriculum Committee Third Thursday Forum. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1997, August). Developing a viable Research Program. In L. Whitten and A. M. Neal-Barnett (Chairs.) Pathways to tenure for African American faculty. Presented at the 105^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1997, August). To be Young, Anxious, and Black. In F. Serafica (Chair). Ethnic minority children and psychopathology: A developmental-cultural approach. Presented at 105^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association Chicago, IL.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1997, February) Black women in Academia, have we exhaled? Presented as part of the Kent State University Women's Studies Curriculum Committee Third Thursday Forum. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1996, September). What is beautiful is good and what is Black is beautiful: Black women, body image, and color. Presented at Kent State University Wellness Center Lunch and Learn Series.

Neal-Barnett, A. M., Lopez, I., Owens, D. R., and Ransom, S. (1996, April). Women of Color on Color: Healing Wounds, Building Legacies. Presented at the Kent State University Women's Conference, Salem, Ohio.

REFEREED
Mitchell, M. & Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1999, August). Trichotillomania in African Americans: A different approach. Thirty-first annual convention of the Association of Black Psychologists, Charleston, South Carolina.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1999, July). Multi-cultural issues in OCD and OC Spectrum Disorders: Thinking Outside the Lines. Workshop presented at the Annual Membership Convention of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, July 11, 1999, Arlington, VA.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. & Crowther, J. H. (1999, March). To be female, anxious, and Black: An intra-ethnic comparison of middle-class African American women with and without panic. Presented at the 19^th annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America .

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1997, August). Developing a viable research program. In L. Whitten and A. M. Neal-Barnett (Chairs.) Pathways to tenure for African American faculty. Presented at the 105^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (1997, February) Black women in Academia, have we exhaled? Presented as part of the Kent State University Women's Studies Curriculum Committee Third Thursday Forum, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Neal-Barnett, A.M., Lopez, I., Owens, D.R., and Ransom, S. (1996, April). Women of Color on Color: Healing Wounds, Building Legacies. Presented at the Kent State University Women's Conference, Salem, OH.

Robbins, L. & Neal-Barnett, A.M. (1995, November). Panic disorder and hypertension in rural and urban Zimbabwians. Abstracts of the 29^th annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.

Neal-Barnett, A.M., Crowther, J.H., Smith, J. Sr., Robbins, L. R., Peoples Dukes, J. & Wilson, E. (1995, November). To be female, anxious, and Black. Presented at the 29^th annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.

Neal, A. M., Hulshizer, M., & Baskett, D. (1995). A comparative study of African American children's fears in the North and South. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jackson, A. M., Neal, A. M., & Townsend, A. (1995). Co-victimization and African American adolescents. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Neal, A. M. (1994). Getting your research off the ground. In A. M. Neal & R. Sellers (chairpersons) Black professors in White universities: A guide for the nineties. Presented at the 26^th Annual Convention of the Association of Black Psychologists.

Special Project linked the University's Strategic Plan Objectives 1, 2, & 3 The Psychology Group: An award winning project designed to provide undergraduate psychology majors of color with the knowledge and skills to succeed in graduate school. The project has received a seed grant from the American Psychological Association Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training Grant Award program. The project also received the Kent State University 2000 Creative Contribution Award.

Special Presentation1999 Henkels Lecture Series University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN: This is a prestige lecture series endowed by two Notre Dame alumni. Lecturers are chosen via recommendations from nationally recognized experts in the field.

Applied Psychology Center Visiting Scholar 1996 Continuing Education Workshop Counseling African American Families with Dr. Thomas Parham: Planned and coordinated in cooperation with Project Agape and Upward Bound a CEU workshop for Kent State University and the outside community. The workshop was followed by a luncheon, colloquium and meeting with graduate students.

Continuing Education Six week Workshop Spring 1997: Afrocentric Approaches to Child Behavior Therapy: This workshop translated research into practical knowledge that could be used by practitioners, ministers, educators, youth workers. Participants emerged with a project that could be used in their schools or agency.

Continuing Education Workshop June 1997: To Be Young Anxious and Black: This workshop translated research into practical knowledge that could be used by practitioners, ministers, educators, and youth workers.

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation.
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
American Psychological Association
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
Philadelphia Psychiatric Society
Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center, Orangeburg, New York
Tuskegee University Early Education Department
Pathways, Canton, Ohio
Children's Council of Western Pennsylvania
United Baptist Church, Akron, Ohio
Arlington Church of God, Akron, Ohio
Marrow of Tradition Bookstore, Akron, Ohio
Department of Psychology, North Carolina A & T
Department of Psychology, Bennett College
Department of Psychology, Central State University
Kent State University College of Continuing Studies

Cincinnati Children's Medical Center
The House of the Lord, Akron, Ohio
King Kennedy Community Center, Ravenna Township, Ohio
Family Solutions, Akron, Ohio
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Public Schools
Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Akron, Ohio
Deblar and Associates, Akron, Ohio
Fairhaven and Associates

BET (Black Entertainment Television)
Heart and Soul Magazine
Urban Spotlight, WZAK 93.1 FM
Mental Health Columnist, Cleveland City News
WUAB43/Channel 19

B.A., Psychology, Mount Union College, Alliance, OH
M.A., Clinical Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

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