Rabiatu Barrie
Rabiatu Barrie is a community-based intervention and prevention scientist whose work aims to reduce negative mental health outcomes among Black boys and to develop family and community-based interventions that support their healthy development.
Dr. Barrie is accepting doctoral students for the 25’-26’ school year
Departments/Units
Areas of Interest
Core FacultyAfrican American youth identity development; gendered racial socialization of African American boys; Black masculinity; trauma; traumatic stress in Black boys; community violence; community-based gun violence; intervention science.
PhD, Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
MA, Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
BS, Psychology, The Florida State University
FMSC 374 Working with Diverse Families; FMSC 780 Qualitative Methods
Google Scholar Profile
1. Crooks, N., Sosina, W., Debra, A., Coleman, D., Barrie, R., & Singer, R. (2024). The role of Black men in protecting Black girls' sexual development. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13054
2. Barrie, R. E. (2023). Am I man enough?: A qualitative study of African American heterosexual men’s attitudes toward marriage. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 89(1-2), 65–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-023-01374-w
3. Crooks, N., Barrie, R., Singer, R., & Donenberg, G. (2023). The role of the strong black woman in black female sexual development. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02529-2
4. Henderson, D., McLaughlin, C.+, Page, D.+ & Spencer, J.+, Porter, N.+, Mays, R.+, & Barrie, R.E. (2023). Black Genius Flexin’: The Radical Potential of a Dreams Assessment in Participatory Research. Journal of Participatory Research Methods. 4. https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.90172