CHRI Lab and Affiliate Publications

MacNear, K. A., & Hunter, C. D. (2025). Racial identity and sense of belonging: Moderators of Black college students’ institutional race-related stress and anxious arousal. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 31(1), 76–87. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000609

Mekawi, Y., Heller, W., & Hunter, C. D. (2022). The costs of anticipating and perseverating about racism: Mechanisms of the associations between racial discrimination, anxious arousal, and low positive affect. Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology28(4), 544–556. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000495

Rodrigues, M. A., Sandford, S. R., Rogers, M. P., Lee, K. M. N., Wilson,. M. A., Amos, J., Hunter, C. D., & Clancy, K. H. B. (2020). From maternal tending to adolescent befriending: The adolescent transition of social support. American Journal of Primatology. Advance online publication. 82(11). doi:10.1002/ajp.23050

Mekawi, Y., Bresin, K., & Hunter, C. D. (2019). Dehumanization of Black Americans influences racial shooter biases. Race and Social Problems.11, 299–307. doi: 10.1007/s12552-019-09267-y

Hunter, C. D., Case, A. D., & Harvey, I. S. (2019). Black college students’ sense of belonging and racial identity [Special issue]. International Journal of Inclusive Education. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/13603116.1602363

Hunter, C. D., Case, A. D., Joseph, N., Mekawi, Y., & Bokhari, E. (2017).  The roles of shared racial fate and a sense of belonging with African Americans in Black immigrants’ race-related stress and depression.  Journal of Black Psychology, 43, 135-158. doi:10.1177/0095798415627114

Mekawi, Y., Bresin, K., & Hunter, C. D. (2017).  Who is more likely to “Not See Race”?  Individual differences in racial colorblindness.  Race and Social Problems, 9, 207-217. doi: 10.1007/s12552-017-9211-3

Pittman, D. M., Kim, S. C., Hunter, C. D., & Obasi, E. M. (2017). The role of minority in second generation Black college students’ high-risk drinking behaviors.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/cdp0000135

Watson-Singleton, N. N., Okuneron, O., LoParo, D., & Hunter, C. D. (2017). Emotional benefits and barriers of psychological services scale: Initial construction and validation among African American women.  Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64, 684-695. doi:10.1037/cou0000240

Hughes, C., Hunter, C. D., Vargas, P., Schlosser, M. D., & Malhi, R. (2016).  Police endorse color-blind racial attitudes more than lay persons.  Race and Social Problems, 8, 160-170. doi: 10.1007/s12552-016-9170-0

Mekawi, Y., Bresin, K., & Hunter, C. D. (2016). White fear, dehumanization, and low empathy: Lethal combinations for shooting biases.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 22, 322-332. doi:10.1037/cdp0000067

Watson, N. N., Black, A. R., & Hunter, C. D. (2016).  I’m not saying I’m meditating:” African American women’s perceptions of mindfulness meditation training and gendered race-related stress.  Mindfulness, 7, 1034-1043. doi: 10.1007/s12671-016-0539-3

Watson, N., & Hunter, C. D. (2016). “I had to be strong”: The strong Black woman and African American women’s lives.  Journal of Black Psychology, 42, 424-452. doi: 10.1177/0095798415597093

Watson, N., & Hunter, C. D. (2015).  Predicting psychological distress among African American women: The costs of strength and negative attitudes towards psychological help-seeking.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 21, 604-612. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000015

Case, A. D. & Hunter, C. D. (2014). Counterspaces and the narrative identity work of offender-labeled African American youth: A critical ethnography. Journal of Community Psychology, 42, 907-923. doi:10.1002/jcop.21661

Case, A. D. & Hunter, C. D. (2014). Cultural racism-related stress in Black Caribbean immigrants: Examining the predictive roles of length of residence and racial identity. Journal of Black Psychology, 40, 410-423. doi:10.1177/0095798413493926

Joseph, N., Watson, N. N., Wang, Z. Case, A. D., & Hunter, C. D. (2013). Rules of engagement: Public regard and cultural race-related stress as predictors of Black Caribbean immigrants’ engagement with African American culture. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 19, 414-423. doi:10.1037/a0032659

Case, A. D. & Hunter, C. D. (2012). Counterspaces: A unit of analysis for understanding the role of settings in marginalized individuals’ adaptive responses to oppression. American Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 257-270. doi:10.1007/s10464-012-9497-7

Joseph, N., & Hunter, C. D. (2011). Ethnic-racial socialization messages and their role in the identity development of 2nd generation Haitians. Journal of Adolescent Research, 26, 344-380. 

Hunter, C. D., & Lewis, M. E. L. (2010). Coping with racism: A spirit-based psychological perspective. In J. L. Chin (Ed.), The psychology of prejudice and discrimination: A revised and condensed edition. Praeger Perspectives: Race and Ethnicity in Psychology (pp. 209-222). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers. (Invited updated and condensed version of chapter originally published in 2004).

Hunter, C. D., & Joseph, N. (2010). Racial group identification and its relations to individualism/ interdependence and race-related stress in African Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 36(4), 483-511. doi:10.1177/0095798409355794

Hunter, C. D. (2008). Individualistic and collectivistic values: Implications for understanding perceptions of racial discrimination for African Americans and Black British Caribbean Americans.Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55, 321-332.

Tynes, B., Hunter, C.D., Neville, H.A., & Coleman, M.N. (2007). ‘Bush doesn’t care about Black people’: Race, class and attributions of responsibility in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Black Scholar, 36, 32-42.

Publications by Current and Past Members

Watson-Singleton, N. N., Hill, L. K., & Case, A. D. (2019). Past discrimination, race-related vigilance, and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of mindfulness. Mindfulness. doi:10.1007/s12671-019-01143-5

Case, A. D., Todd, N. R.,& Kral, M. J. (2014, April 15). Ethnography in community psychology: Promises and tensions. American Journal of Community Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s10464-014-9648-0

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