Rabiatu Barrie
Assistant Professor, Family Science Department
rbarrie@umd.edu 301-405-8940SPH Building, Room 1142E
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
Department Information
- Department of Family Science
African 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.
FMSC 374 Working with Diverse Families; FMSC 780 Qualitative Methods
PhD, Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
MA, Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
BS, Psychology, The Florida State University
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