Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka

Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka

University of the District of Columbia

H-index: 10

North America-United States

About Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka

Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, With an exceptional h-index of 10 and a recent h-index of 10 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of the District of Columbia, specializes in the field of Black mental health, hair.

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

Transitioning: Examining Black Women's Hair Stories in Entering Higher Education

Hair Messages: A Context for Exploring Racial Socialization Among African American Males

Dialogues in Leadership Herstory: Exploring the experiences of Black women faculty in a leadership-development program.

Using the Guided Hair Autobiography for Black Women and Girls as a Health Assessment

“I Remember My First Relaxer”: Black Women Voicing Psychologically Engrained Practices of Chemical Hair Straightening

Racial identity and historical narratives in the civic engagement of Black emerging adults.

PsychoHairapy through beauticians and barbershops: The healing relational triad of Black hair care professionals, mothers, and daughters

Faded fresh tapers and line-ups: Centering barbershop hair stories in understanding gendered racial socialization for black men.

Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka Information

University

Position

Psychology Assistant Professor

Citations(all)

335

Citations(since 2020)

330

Cited By

73

hIndex(all)

10

hIndex(since 2020)

10

i10Index(all)

12

i10Index(since 2020)

12

Email

University Profile Page

University of the District of Columbia

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Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka Skills & Research Interests

Black mental health

hair

Top articles of Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Transitioning: Examining Black Women's Hair Stories in Entering Higher Education

Kernysha L Rowe

Afiya Mbilishaka

Destiny Bell

Whitney Harris

Camaron Loritts

2024

Hair Messages: A Context for Exploring Racial Socialization Among African American Males

Journal of Black Psychology

Aremu M Smith

Marisha L Humphries

Afiya M Mbilishaka

Evan E Auguste

2023/9

Dialogues in Leadership Herstory: Exploring the experiences of Black women faculty in a leadership-development program.

Consulting Psychology Journal

Afiya Mbilishaka

Dhymsy Z Vixamar-Owens

Afiya Fredericks

April Massey

2023/3

Using the Guided Hair Autobiography for Black Women and Girls as a Health Assessment

Writing Blackgirls' and Women's Health Science: Implications for Research and Praxis

Afiya Mbilishaka

2023/12/15

“I Remember My First Relaxer”: Black Women Voicing Psychologically Engrained Practices of Chemical Hair Straightening

Journal of Black Psychology

Afiya M Mbilishaka

McKalah Hudlin

2023/9

Racial identity and historical narratives in the civic engagement of Black emerging adults.

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Collette Chapman-Hilliard

Evelyn Hunter

Valerie Adams-Bass

Afiya Mbilishaka

Bianca Jones

...

2022/4

PsychoHairapy through beauticians and barbershops: The healing relational triad of Black hair care professionals, mothers, and daughters

Therapeutic Cultural Routines to Build Family Relationships: Talk, Touch & Listen While Combing Hair©

Afiya M Mbilishaka

2021

Faded fresh tapers and line-ups: Centering barbershop hair stories in understanding gendered racial socialization for black men.

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

Afiya M Mbilishaka

Aremu Mbande

Christopher Gulley

Tayo Mbande

2021/1

The trouble with Black girl magic for Black girls

Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming schools in their own image

Valerie N Adams-Bass

Keisha L Bentley-Edwards

2020/12/11

Brushed aside: African American women’s narratives of hair bias in school

Race Ethnicity and Education

Afiya M Mbilishaka

Danielle Apugo

2020/9/2

Grandma’s hands: Memories of hair styling interaction with African American grandmothers

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Afiya M Mbilishaka

David SB Mitchell

Christian Conyers

2020/4/2

‘No toques mi pelo’(don’t touch my hair): decoding Afro-Cuban identity politics through hair

African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal

Afiya Mbilishaka

Moriah Ray

Jasmine Hall

Ingrid-Penelope Wilson

2020/1/2

Strong Black girls: Reclaiming schools in their own image

Danielle Apugo

Lynnette Mawhinney

Afiya Mbilishaka

2020

Don’t get it twisted: Untangling the psychology of hair discrimination within Black communities.

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Afiya M Mbilishaka

Kai Clemons

McKalah Hudlin

Camille Warner

Darrick Jones

2020

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