The PRIDE lab is actively engaged in research on racial identity, parenting, and educational success. We are currently conducting a study on the race-related experiences of African American middle school students and their parents. We are especially interested in learning how the racial messages and behaviors African American parents engage in shape their youths’ racial identity, well-being, and academic achievement. PRIDE lab is a part of the Center for the Study of Black Youth in Context. A primary mission of the CSBYC is to better understand the many assets and resources of Black youth – the strengths they possess, as well as those they draw on from family, school, and communities to support their positive development and protect them against risks and challenges they may experience. A related CSBYC mission is cultivating authentic relationships and partnerships with local communities. This is critical to get a true sense of how communities themselves define issues, strengths, problems, and challenges. Our goal is that these relationships lead to collaborations that help inform, improve, and create practice and intervention approaches for promoting youths’ positive social and educational outcomes.
