Brian D. Christens

Brian D. Christens

Vanderbilt University

H-index: 35

North America-United States

About Brian D. Christens

Brian D. Christens, With an exceptional h-index of 35 and a recent h-index of 28 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Vanderbilt University, specializes in the field of collective action, community organizing, youth development, civic engagement, community psychology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Pathways to community leadership: Transitions, turning points, and generational continuity

" Real change takes time": building multi-dimensional youth community power in a participatory design collective

Participatory Mapping of Holistic Youth Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Study

Alliance-building for equity and justice: An inter-organizational perspective

Empowering community settings

Narrative change for health equity in grassroots community organizing: A study of initiatives in Michigan and Ohio

Stories of self, us, and now: narrative and power for health equity in grassroots community organizing

Locating longitudinal study participants 10 years after last contact: Contemporary approaches to sample retention

Brian D. Christens Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

5271

Citations(since 2020)

2858

Cited By

3566

hIndex(all)

35

hIndex(since 2020)

28

i10Index(all)

58

i10Index(since 2020)

49

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University Profile Page

Vanderbilt University

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Brian D. Christens Skills & Research Interests

collective action

community organizing

youth development

civic engagement

community psychology

Top articles of Brian D. Christens

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Pathways to community leadership: Transitions, turning points, and generational continuity

Applied Developmental Science

Kathryn Y Morgan

Kayla M Anderson

Brian D Christens

2024/4/2

" Real change takes time": building multi-dimensional youth community power in a participatory design collective

Kathryn Y Morgan

Kayla M Anderson

Joseph KaiKai

Lema Shaltaf

Brian D Christens

2024/2/20

Participatory Mapping of Holistic Youth Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Study

Sustainability

Kayla M Anderson

Kathryn Y Morgan

Megan L McCormick

Natalie N Robbins

Stacy E Curry-Johnson

...

2024/2/12

Alliance-building for equity and justice: An inter-organizational perspective

Evaluation and Program Planning

Krista A Haapanen

Brian D Christens

Daniel G Cooper

Jordan Jurinsky

2024/2/1

Empowering community settings

Kathryn Y Morgan

Brian D Christens

Megan L McCormick

2024/1/1

Narrative change for health equity in grassroots community organizing: A study of initiatives in Michigan and Ohio

American Journal of Community Psychology

Krista A Haapanen

Brian D Christens

Paul W Speer

Hannah E Freeman

2023/10/9

Stories of self, us, and now: narrative and power for health equity in grassroots community organizing

Frontiers in Public Health

Krista A Haapanen

Brian D Christens

Hannah E Freeman

Paul W Speer

Gavin A Crowell-Williamson

2023/6/5

Locating longitudinal study participants 10 years after last contact: Contemporary approaches to sample retention

Journal of Community Psychology

Christina Dimakos

Colleen Loomis

Alexis Gilmer

Carrie Wright

Brian D Christens

...

2023/5

Critical reflection and cognitive empowerment among youth involved in community organizing

Journal of Adolescent Research

Brian D Christens

Kathryn Y Morgan

Erika Ruiz

Alicia Aguayo

Tom Dolan

2023/1

It Takes Less than a Village to Influence Educational Aspirations and Attainment

The European Educational Researcher

Gurmakh Singh

Colleen Loomis

Christina Dimakos

Blaise Y O’Malley

Sylvie Lamont

...

2022/6/15

Design Your Neighborhood: The evolution of a city-wide urban design learning initiative in Nashville, Tennessee

Kathryn Y Morgan

Brian D Christens

Melody Melody Gibson

2022/4/8

Aspirations are not enough: Barriers to educational attainment for youth involved with child welfare

The European Educational Researcher

Christina Dimakosa

Colleen Loomis

Blaise O’Malley

Sylvie Lamont

Gurmakh Singh

...

2022/2/15

Persistence of a youth organizing initiative: Cultivating and sustaining a leadership development ecosystem

Journal of Community Psychology

Brian D Christens

Kathryn Y Morgan

Melissa Cosio

Tom Dolan

Rocio Aguayo

2022/7

Community organizing.

Brian D Christens

Jyoti Gupta

Paul W Speer

2021

Participation in community organizing: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses of impacts on sociopolitical development

Journal of Community Psychology

Paul W Speer

Brian D Christens

N Andrew Peterson

2021/11

Transformation to leadership: Learning about self, the community, the organization, and the system

Journal of Community Psychology

Paul J Medellin

Paul W Speer

Brian D Christens

Jyoti Gupta

2021/11

" I Feel Quite Hopeful That My Future Is Still Going to Be Okay":" Educational Aspirations during COVID-19".

Journal of Education and Learning

Blaise Y O'Malley

Colleen Loomis

Christina Dimakos

Sylvie L Lamont

Gurmakh Singh

...

2021

Community organizing and interorganizational network changes in a justice system reform coalition in Chicago

Brian D Christens

Daniel G Cooper

2021/7/20

Community‐engaged research approaches: Multiple pathways to health equity

American Journal of Community Psychology

Krista A Haapanen

Brian D Christens

2021/6

Building power through reindigenization: Sharing the story of Menīkānaehkem

Journal of Community Psychology

Victoria Faust

Ethen Pollard

Kristin Welch

Amy Hilgendorf

Guy Reiter

...

2021/11

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Co-Authors

H-index: 60
Constance Flanagan

Constance Flanagan

University of Wisconsin-Madison

H-index: 47
Douglas D. Perkins

Douglas D. Perkins

Vanderbilt University

H-index: 44
N. Andrew Peterson

N. Andrew Peterson

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

H-index: 39
Paul Speer

Paul Speer

Vanderbilt University

H-index: 36
Laura Wray-Lake

Laura Wray-Lake

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 33
Darcy Freedman

Darcy Freedman

Case Western Reserve University

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