Della V. Mosley
Wellness & Liberation
Black Feminist
In all of my work I am trying to get myself and my communities, our global community, toward more wellness and liberation. I focus on social justice, prevention, holistic wellness, and strengths in my work. My primary approach to healing, scholarship, activism, mentoring, and all other aspects of my work is Black feminism. Black feminism is an approach to viewing and acting on the world that seriously considers the standpoint of Black women, encourages their self-definition and empowerment, and grapples with the many systems that have an influence our ability to access holistic wellness. While Black feminism was developed by and is centered on Black women, there are many characteristics that have come to represent Black feminism today. When I emphasize that I am a Black feminist healer I am underscoring that I: desire an end to all forms of oppression, recognize the value of relationships and community, strive to analyze how power is operating at all times through an intersectional lens, know that embodied knowledge and lived experience are valuable knowledge sources, prioritize both personal and collective healing, and work toward social change.
In my twitter bio, since I have had a twitter bio, it has said “I reach and fall and teach and learn and grow.” Black feminism gave me permission to be both a student and a teacher. An expert and a novice. Black and queer. A person reclaiming her Black girlhood as a grown femme. A leader, counseling psychologist, researcher, educator and also a participant in a healing circles who can cry and connect and not know the answers or the way and sit at the feet of my mentors.
Scholar
My formal and informal education has come from Bradley University (bachelor’s in English), Johns Hopkins University (master’s in School Counseling), the University of Kentucky (doctorate in counseling psychology), Duke University (doctoral internship in professional psychology), and the countless community organizers and activists, Black feminists, young people, and community members I have crossed paths with during my fight for liberation and wellness.
I intentionally use my education and training in counseling, skills and experience conducting culturally mindful and award-winning research, history counseling Black youth and queer and transgender People of Color, experience organizing and doing movement work under a Black queer feminist framework, lessons learned in community with my squad of incredible mentors and mentees, history as an educator, and life as a Black queer woman to promote wellness and survival for folx who are systematically excluded from it.
Creator
During my time as a tenure-track faculty member in the psychology department at the University of Florida (2018-2021), I developed and led the Wellness, Equity, Love, Liberation, and Sexuality Healing and Research Collective. My research, teaching, and service then and now connect to my larger goal of enhancing the wellness of folx who experience oppression simply as a result of their social identities.
I co-founded Academics for Black Survival and Wellness (#Academics4BlackLives) with Pearis Bellamy in 2020. I am the President of the non-profit The WELLS Healing Center, co-founder of the Radical Healing Collaborative Group Practice, a proud member of the Psychology of Radical Healing Collective, and an American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellow. I also recently gave a TEDx talk entitled “Moving from Woke to Working for Black Futures.
As one with significant unearned privilege as an American-born cis woman, well-educated, 60-something, white-identified person - I thank Dr. Mosley for her leadership, and I commit to continue the deep work necessary if I am to be a true ally (or better yet an accomplice) for justice and healing.
DR. MARY BOLIN
Director of University of Kentucky Counseling Center
“I reach and fall
and teach and learn and grow.”
Past Projects
Academics for Black Survival and Wellness (A4BL)
Co-founded by Dr. Della V. Mosley and Pearis Bellamy, A4BL is a personal and professional development initiative for Non-Black academics to honor the toll of racial trauma on Black people, resist anti-Blackness and white supremacy, and facilitate accountability and collective action. A4BL also is a space for healing and wellness for Black people.
Psychology of Radical Healing
The Psychology of Radical Healing is a scholar-activist collective, a set of theoretical frameworks (radical healing and radical hope), an open access syllabus, and a popular blog on Psychology Today. Our work is about promoting healing through social justice. We focus on uncovering, evaluating, and amplifying culturally relevant approaches to advancing holistic wellness and healing racial trauma.
NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology’s Wellness, Equity, & Liberation Consultant
The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology (CSN) is a multi-institutional partnership aimed at developing a molecular-level understanding of the fundamental chemical and physical processes that govern the transformations and interactions of nanoparticles in the environment. As the Wellness, Equity, and Liberation Consultant for this center, I co-construct, facilitate, and evaluate the wellness, equity, and liberation related initiatives offered through the center.
Critical consciousness of anti-Black racism: A practical model to prevent and resist racial trauma
This study presents a practical model of critical consciousness development that delineates the core processes Black people navigate to actively prevent and resist racial trauma in an intersectional and systematic manner. The findings suggest that when Black people are exposed to anti-Black racism, they can not only cope but also reduce racial trauma in their broader worlds by going through specific cognitive, intersectional, and behavioral growth processes. This widely cited study has informed curriculum, grassroots campaigns, group counseling interventions, doctoral training in counseling psychology, and is the basis of a TEDx Talk “Moving from ‘woke’ to working for Black futures.”
Worthy of Wellness© Program Creator and Trainer
Worthy of Wellness is a program focused on increasing participants’ understanding of their worthiness of wellness, increasing their access to holistic and culturally-relevant wellness, and improving the material conditions of marginalized folx through psychoeducation, counseling, support, coaching, education, and the provision of quality resources and referrals. The Worthy of Wellness (c) Program has been used by large corporations (e.g., tech, finance), small colleges, university departments of all sizes, and beyond.
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2021Scholarships: Bellamy, P. & Mosley, D. V. (2021, December 3). Black Feminism as a Guiding Light for Scholar-Activism. Psychology of Black Women Conference 2021. https://www.psychofblackwomen.org/conference Wilhelm, B., Lynne, S. D., Mosley, D. V., Davison, E. M., Omar, S. M., Counts, T. M., & Graber, J. A. (In Press). “Binaries don’t exist!” Measuring gender minority identity among diverse rural middle school youth. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Mosley, D. V. (2021, October 14). Moving Towards Anti-Racism: Exploring Racial Trauma, [Keynote Address]. West Virginia University Diversity Week 2021. Powell, W., Adames, H. Y., Lewis, J. A., Mosley, D. V., Chavez-Dueñas, N.Y.., Anderson, R., & Neville, H.A. (2021). Breath, Eyes, Memory: Transforming Health Systems and Advancing Public Health Policies for Radical Healing. UConn Health Disparities Institute. Retrieved from https://health.uconn.edu/health-disparities/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2021/02/RADICAL-HEALING-brief-BREATH-EYES-MEMORY.pdf Mosley, D. V., McNeil-Young, V., Bridges, B., Adam, S., Colson, A., Crowley, M., & Lee, L. (2021). Toward radical healing: A qualitative metasynthesis exploring oppression and liberation among Black queer people. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8(3), 292–313. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000522 Mosley, D. V., Bellamy, P., Ross, G., Mejia, J., Lee, L., Prieto, C., Adam, S. (2021). Facilitating Black Wellness through Scholar-Activism. In K. Cokley (Ed.), Making Black Lives Matter: Confronting Anti-Black Racism (pp. 27-54). Cognella. Mosley, D. V. (2021, April). Moving From 'Woke' To Working for Black Futures [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/della_mosley_moving_from_woke_to_working_for_black_futures Neville, H. A., Ruedas-Garcia, N., Andi Lee, B., Ogunfemi, N., Maghsoodi, A. H., Mosley, D.V., LaFromboise, T., & Fine, M. (In Press). A Public Psychology for Liberation Training Model: A Community Call to Action. American Psychologist. Mosley, D. V., Hargons, C. N., Meiller, C., Angyal, B., Wheeler, P., Davis, C., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2021). Critical consciousness of anti-Black racism: A practical model to prevent and resist racial trauma. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000430 Mosley, D. V. (2021, February). Cultivating Compassion & Collectivism: A Multi-Week Course to Facilitate Healing from Racial Trauma. Course developed for the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development. Mosley, D. V. (2021, January). Preventing and Resisting Racial Trauma through Critical Awareness and Action. Training provided for Field Instructor Development Institute at Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. Accomplishments: Founded The WELLS Healing Center (non-profit) Co-founded The Radical Healing Collaborative (mental health group practice) Served as an invited panelist on Politico (2021, January 11). COVID-19 and Mental Health. https://www.politico.com/sponsored-content/2021/01/covid-19-and-mental-health/
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2020Scholarships: DeLaney, E. N., Williams, C. D., Mosley, D. V., Hawn, S. E., & Dick, D. M. (2020). The Associations Between Sexual Victimization and Health Outcomes Among LGBQA College Students: Examining the Moderating Role of Social Support. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520978179 Hargons, C. N., Dogan, J., Malone, N., Thorpe, S., Mosley, D. V., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2020). Balancing the sexology scales: A content analysis of Black women's sexuality research. Culture, health & sexuality, 1–15. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1776399 Abreu, R. L., Gonzalez, K. A., Mosley, D. V., Pulice-Farrow, L., *Adam, A., & Duberli, F. (2020). “They feel empowered to discriminate against las chicas”: Latina Transgender Women’s Experiences Navigating the Healthcare System. International Journal of Transgender Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2020.1767752 French, B. H., Lewis, J. A., Mosley, D. V., Adames, H. Y., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Chen, G. A., & Neville, H. A. (2020). Toward a psychological framework of radical healing in communities of color. Counseling Psychologist, 48,14–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011000019843506 Hargons, C. N., Mosley, D. V., Meiller, C., Dogan, J., Stuck, J., Montique, C., Malone, N., Oluokun, J., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2020). "No One Can Make that Choice for You": Exploring Power in the Sexual Narratives of Black Collegians. Journal of counseling sexology & sexual wellness : research, practice, and education, 2(2), 80–92. https://doi.org/10.34296/02021040 Mosley, D. V., Neville, H. A., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Adames, H. Y., Lewis, J. A., & French, B. H. (2020). Radical hope in revolting times: A new psychological model for People of Color and Indigenous People in the U.S. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12512 Mosley, D. V. (2020, September). Practical Tools for Developing Cultural Mindfulness: Reflexivity, Intersectionality, and Equity. Training provided for 17th Annual Faculty/Resident Education Retreat. Department of Surgery, University of Florida. Mosley, D. V., Singh, A. Faloughi, R., Green, C. Bautista, E. C., Cadenas, G., Nikalje, A., Minero-Mesa, L., & Reynolds, A. L., [D17CounselingPsych]. (2020, August 13). Live FREE: More Liberation, Less Harm NOW in Counseling Psychology [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwZCUGuKduQ Lewis, J. A., Neville, H. A., Mosley, D. V., French, B. H., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Adames, H. Y., & Chen, G. A. (2020, May 16). #SayOurNames: Radical healing for Black women and gender expansive folx [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-through-social-justice/202005/sayournames Accomplishments: Co-founded Academics for Black Survival and Wellness, alongside soon-to-be Dr. Pearis Bellamy Awarded Presidential Award for Outstanding Contributions to Trauma Psychology, APA Trauma Psychology (Division 56) Awarded Diversity Champion Award, UF Graduate School Awarded Early Career Psychologist Laura Brown Award, The Society for the Psychology of Women Division 35 Section IV, American Psychological Association Awarded 2020 Special Award for Academics for Black Survival and Wellness, The Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender Awarded Professor Morton Wolfson Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Florida Awarded Champions for Change Award, Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition, University of Florida Funded: $60,000 for “Identifying and preventing implicit bias among clinical research workforce to address racial disparities in clinical trials in obesity, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, heart and kidney diseases at University of Florida” by University of Florida, Role: Co-PI Funded: $2,146 for “Exploring the Role of a Psychoeducation Group in Facilitating Wellness for Black People” by American Psychological Foundation Group Psychology, Role: PI Funded: $12,165 for “The Social Justice Consultation Corps: A Pilot Project Connecting Counselors to Campus Organizations” by Creative Campus Grant, University of Florida, Role: PI
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2019Scholarship: Mosley, D. V., Gonzalez, K. A., Abreu, R. L., & Kaivan, N. C. (2019). Unseen and underserved: A content analysis of wellness support services for bi+ People of Color and Indigenous People on U.S. Campuses. Journal of Bisexuality, 19, 276-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2019.1617552 Gonzalez, K. A. & Mosley, D. V. (2019) Rewriting the narrative of bisexual People of Color and Indigenous People: Introduction to the special Issue. Journal of Bisexuality, 19, 147-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2019.1624121 Kim, B. (Host). (2019, Dec 10). Toward a Psychological Framework of Radical Healing in Communities of Color featuring Bryana French, Jioni Lewis, Della V. Mosley, and Helen A. Neville, [Audio podcast episode]. In The Counseling Psychologist Podcast Series. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/page/tcp/podcasts Warshowsky, H., Mosley, D. V., Mahar, E., & Mintz, L. (2019). Assessing the effectiveness of undergraduate human sexuality courses in enhancing women’s sexual functioning. Sex Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1598858 Chen, G. A., Neville, H. A., Lewis, J. A., Adames, H. Y., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Mosley, D. V., & French, B. H. (2019, November 15). Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-through-social-justice/201911/radical-self-care-in-the-face-mounting-racial-stress Bautista, E. C., Cadenas, G., Faloughi, R., Green, C., Mosley, D. V., Nikalje, A., Reynolds, A. L., Singh, A. [D17CounselingPsych]. (2019, October 23). Building a counseling psychology of liberation: Exploring liberation principles in our own lives [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmKYHLnMeYU Mosley, D. V. (2019, October). “Survival is not an academic skill”: Strategies for surviving while in the “master’s house.” Presented for the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. Adames, H. Y., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Neville, H. A., Mosley, D. V., Chen, G. A., Lewis, J. A., & French, B. H. (2019, August 14). Radical Existence in Times of Atrocities [Blog post]. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-throughsocialjustice/201908/radical-existence-in-times-atrocities Singh, A. & Mosley, D. V., (2019, August). Liberating QTPOC scholarly practice. In C. Green & K. Page (Co-Chairs), This rainbow is far from enuf’: Skills for navigating thru White LGBT space. Workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Abreu, R. L., Gonzalez, K. A., Mosley, D. V., Pulice-Farrow, L., & Adam, A. (2019, August). Latinx Transgender Women’s Experiences with the Healthcare System. In C. Chen & T. Roberts (Co-Chairs), Relational and Institutional Challenges and Multiple Minority Stress Among LGBTQ People of Color. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Trac, O., Chi, K., & Colson, A., Ross, G., & Mosley, D.V. (2019, August). Combatting political invisibility: Activism among Asian American college students. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Ghnaim, N., Moskal, M., Mahanna, B., & Mosley, D.V. (2019, August). Impact and inclusion: Unmasking radical healing among Communities of Color through campaigning. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Mahanna, B., Lewis, A., Hernandez, C. M., Mosley, D. V., Gonzalez, K., Abreu, R. L., Kaivan, N. C. (2019, August). A content analysis of counselors' clinical interests in queer and transgender students of Color. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Mosley, D. V. (2019). Turning Critical Reflection into Critical Action for Queer and Transgender People of Color [Infographic]. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmuPQBYW_RnvOZS6sdKVdqm2yTFEY2Nq/view Mosley, D. V., Chen, G. A., Lewis, J. A., Neville, H. A., French, B. H., Adames, H. Y., & Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y. (2019, June 12). LGBTQ+ People of Color Healing from Hatred [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-through-social-justice/201906/lgbtq-people-color-healing-hatred French, B. H., Lewis, J. A., Mosley, D. V., Adames, H. Y., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Chen, G. A., Neville, H. A., & *Adam, A. (2019). Psychology of Radical Healing Syllabus. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tONPKgCK9Js8vEOzzGvf9FS7jZjTvuRu/view Neville, H. A., Adames, H. Y., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., Chen, G. A., French, B. H., Lewis, J. A., & Mosley, D. V. (2019, March 5). The Psychology of Radical Healing [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-through-social-justice/201903/the-psychology-radical-healing Mosley, D. V., Lewis, J. A., Neville, H. A., Adames, H. Y., Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y., & French, B. H. (2019, February). The role of radical hope in healing communities of Color. Workshop presented for continuing education credits at The Winter Round Table Conference in Psychology and Education, New York, NY. Mahanna, B., Mosley, D. V., Hernandez, C., Prieto, C. (2019, February). Applying the critical consciousness of anti-Black racism model. Workshop presented for continuing education credits at The Winter Round Table Conference in Psychology and Education, New York, NY. Mosley, D. V., Green, C. E., Mobley, M., & Bailey, T. (2019, January). Difficult dialogues: Laying down the master’s tools. Difficult dialogue presented for National Multicultural Summit. Denver, CO. Accomplishments: Served as Presidential Task Force Co-Chair (Dr. Anneliese Singh, President), Society of Counseling Psychology, APA Division 17, 2019 – 2020 Awarded APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology for the dissertation research titled “Exploring Critical Consciousness, Facilitating Black Liberation”
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2018Scholarship: Mollen, D., Hargons, C., Klann, E., & Mosley, D. V. (2018). Abortion knowledge and attitudes among psychologists and graduate students. The Counseling Psychologist, 46, 738-760. Hargons, C. N., Mosley, D. V., Meiller, C., Stuck, J., Kirkpatrick, B., Adams, C., & Angyal, B. (2018). “It feels so good:” Pleasure in last sexual encounter narratives of Black university students. Journal of Black Psychology, 44, 103-127. doi:10.1177/0095798417749400 Mosley, D. V. & Chen, C. (2018, August). Recommendations for applying radical healing. In B. French (Chair), Radical Healing in Communities of Color: Healing the Wounds of Systemic Racism. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. Adomako, F. Y., Mosley, D.V., & Carr, G. V. (2018, August). Beyond Insecure: Academic Self Determination Among Black Women in Psychology. Skill-building session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. Mosley, D. V. (2018, May). Critical consciousness of anti-Black racism: A practical model facilitating Black liberation. Colloquium presented for Duke University Counseling & Psychological Services. Durham, NC. Accomplishments: Awarded The Counseling Psychologist Outstanding Paper Award for the major contribution “Sex Positivity in Counseling Psychology” Sage Publishing Awarded Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race and Ethnicity Award for the manuscript “Black Lives Matter: A Call to Action for Counseling Psychology Leaders” Section on Ethnic and Racial Diversity (SERD), Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17) Awarded the Social Justice and Advocacy Award, Student Affiliates of Seventeen Founded the Wellness, Equity, Love, Liberation, and Sexuality Healing and Research Collective at the University of Florida
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2017Scholarship: Hargons, C., Mosley, D. V., Falconer, J., Faloughi, R., Singh, A., Stevens-Watkins, D., & Cokley, K. (2017). Black Lives Matter: A call to action for counseling psychology leaders. The Counseling Psychologist, 45, 873-901. doi:10.1177/0011000017733048 Hargons, C., Mosley, D. V., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2017). Studying sex: A content analysis of sexuality research in counseling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 45, 528-546. doi:10.1177/0011000017713756 Mosley, D. V., Owen, K. H., Rostosky, S. S., & Reese, R. J. (2017). Contextualizing behaviors associated with paranoia: Perspectives of Black men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 18, 165-175. doi:10.1037/men0000052 Mosley, D. V., Abreu, R. L., Ruderman, A., & Crowell, C. (2017). Hashtags & hip-hop: Exploring the online performances of hip-hop identified youth using Instagram. Feminist Media Studies, 17, 135-152. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2016.1197293 Mosley, D. V., Davis, C., Meiller, C., Wheeler, P., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2017, November). “Everybody’s activism is very different:” Lessons on clarifying your activism roles from Black activists’ narratives. Workshop presented at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, MD. Hargons, C., Mosley, D. V., Meiller, C., Stuck, J., Kirkpatrick, B. & Adams, C. (2017, August). The purpose of power in Black women's sexual debut and last encounter narratives. In L. Watson (Chair), Women’s sexual agency and reproductive justice: Advances in research and education. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Hargons, C., Klann, E., & Mosley, D. V., & Adams, C. (2017, August). Abortion knowledge and attitudes among psychologists and graduate students. In L. Watson (Chair), Women’s sexual agency and reproductive justice: Advances in research and education. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Wheeler, P., Mosley, D. V., Meiller, C., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2017, August). Fatigued and fighting: Coping among Black Lives Matter activists. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Mosley, D. V., Matsuno, E., Cheng, J., (2017, August). Peer Mentoring for LGBTQ Students of Color: An Intimate Conversation. Presented for APA Division 44 Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Mosley, D. V., Cheng, J., Delucio, K., Jackson, S., Matsuno, E., DeBlaere, C., & Green, C. (2017, June). Triumphs and Challenges: Peer Mentoring for LGBTQ Students of Color. Webinar presented for APA Division 44 Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Washington, DC. Accomplishments: Served as Presidential Task Force Co-Chair (Dr. Helen A. Neville, President), Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race, APA Division 45, 2017 – 2018 Awarded Travel Grant for the 2017 convention in Baltimore, MD, National Women’s Studies Association Awarded Inclusive Excellence Award, Office of the Provost, University of Kentucky
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2016Scholarship: Mosley, D. V., Abreu, R., & Crowell, C. (2016). Resistance as resilience: How the Black bisexual community keeps each other healthy. In L. Follins and J. Lassiter (Eds.), Black LGBT Health in the United States: At the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation (pp. 55-72). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. Abreu, R., Black, W., Mosley, D. V., & Fedewa, A. (2016). LGBTQ youth bullying experiences in schools: The role of school counselors within a system of oppression. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 11, 325-342. Crowell, C. N., Delgado-Romero, E. A., Mosley, D. V., & Huynh, S. (2016). ‘The full has never been told': Building a theory of sexual health for heterosexual Black men of Caribbean descent. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 18, 860-874. doi:10.1080/13691058.2016.1146335 Crowell, C., Mosley, D. V., Meiller, C., & Stuck, J. (2016. November). “I was a good girl:” Positioning sexual agency in Black university students’ sexual debut and last encounter narratives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality, Phoenix, AZ. Mosley, D. V., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2016, August). Toward critical action: Exploring sociopolitical development in the Movement for Black Lives. In H. Neville (Chair), Reducing Racism via Personal Strengths, Relational Assets, and an Awareness of Systemic Factors. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO. Mosley, D. V., Abreu, R. L., & Farook, M. W. (2016, August).What About the Parents?: Journey to acceptance. In R. Abreu & A. Cerezo (Co-Chairs), LGBTQ Youth and Parental Acceptance Among People of Color: A Close(r) Look at Intersectionality. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO. Farook, M. W., Mosley, D. V., & Abreu, R. L. (2016, August). Exploring African-American and Latino historical and cultural values in relation to LGBTQ issues. In R. Abreu & A. Cerezo (Co-Chairs), LGBTQ Youth and Parental Acceptance Among People of Color: A Close(r) Look at Intersectionality. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO. Mosley, D. V., Crowell, C., & Rochlen, A. (2016, August). Social Media for Social Justice. Presented for the Student Affiliates of Seventeen at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Denver, CO. Mosley, D. V. (2016, July). A Discussion on Becoming an Activist for Black Lives. Presented for the Minority Fellowship Program at the Psychology Summer Institute. Washington, DC. Mosley, D. V. (2016, July). Racial Trauma Focused Healing Circle. Presented for the campus community at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Kodet, J., Mason, D. A., Mosley, D. V., Brown, H. M., Cascio, K. A., & Simpson, N. B. (2016, June). Results of the experiential “Buy Your Opportunity” workshop with college students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN. Mosley, D. V. (2016, April). #SeeTheRacism: Five tips for understanding and facilitating racial justice. In C. Crowell (Chair), Facilitating Resistance: Racial Justice Efforts in the Academy. Symposium conducted at the Dialogue on Race and Education in the 21st Century, Berea, KY. Mosley, D. V. (2016, April). Institutional Racism Focused Healing Circle. Presented for the Social Justice Advocacy Group and Black Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Mosley, D. V. (2016, February). Talk Back: A Panel Discussion on Gender and Policing in “Straight Outta Compton.” Presented for the Student Development Center at Midway University, Midway, KY. Mosley, D. V. & Moody, Myles. (2016, February). #BlackOnCampus: National Campus Climate Overview. Presented at the University of Kentucky Call To Action Town Hall, Lexington, KY. Accomplishments: Co-organizer and presenter, Solidarity March for Black Lives, Denver, CO. See October 2016 Monitor on Psychology for coverage: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/10/anti-racism Awarded Leslie Martin Endowed Fellowship, College of Education, University of Kentucky
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2015Scholarship: Knighton, J.S., Mosley, D. V., Owens, K., Jenkins, J. & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2015, October). Intervening with intentionality: Incorporating Black racial identity development into clinical practice. Workshop presented at the annual Diversity Challenge, The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, Boston, MA. Knighton, J. S., Abreu, R., Mosley, D. V., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2015, October). “Being comfortable being uncomfortable”: A student-led discussion promoting assertiveness in classroom dialogues about racism. Panel discussion presented at the Annual Black Doctoral Network Conference, Atlanta, GA. Mosley, D. V., Black, W., Owen, K., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2015, August). Journey to Allyship: Practical Skills for Black-White Dialogues. Skill-building session presented to the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON. Mosley, D. V., Crowell, C., & Stevens-Watkins, D. (2015, August). Student Led Resistance: Mobilizing for Social Justice Post #Ferguson. Discussion hour presented to the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON. Mosley, D. V. (2015, August). The Potential and Processes of Critical Consciousness Skill Development among Black Girls and Women. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON. Mosley, D. V. (2015, April). Hear Me Out: What You May Not Know About Your Besties, Brothers, Babies, or Even Your Boo. Presented for GLSEN at Moving Forward: Families & Youth Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. Mosley, D. V., Black, W., Fedewa, A., & Ruderman, A. (2015, March). Gender Socialization Among Hip-Hop Identified Youth: Culturally and Contextually Mindful Programming. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of The Association for Women in Psychology, San Francisco, CA. Abreu, R., Mosley, D. V., & Black, W. (2015, January). Gender Expansive and Sexual Minority Adolescents: School Challenges, Risky Sexual Behaviors, and a Socially Just Sexuality Education. Paper presented at the National Multicultural Summit, Atlanta, GA. Accomplishments: Awarded Outstanding Professional Development Program Award (Stuart C. Tentoni Award), American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) Awarded Student Travel Award for the APA Convention in Toronto, Ontario, American Psychological Association
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2014Scholarship: Abreu, R., Mosley, D. V., & Black, W. (2014). Gender expansive and sexual minority inclusive curricula: A guide for educators. In M.C. Kenny (Ed.), Sex Education: Attitude of Adolescents, Cultural Differences and Schools' Challenges (pp. 243-276). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers. Mosley, D. V., Abreu, R., & Ruderman, A. (2014, August). Hashtags and hip-hop: Exploring the online performativity of hip-hop identified youth using Instagram. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Mosley, D. V., Owen, K., Rostosky, S., & Reese, J. (2014, August). Contextualizing paranoia on the MCMI-III: African-American male perspectives. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Black, W., Mosley, D. V., Fedewa, A., & Kwakye, C. (2014, August). Breaking it down: Media literacy training on youth online performativity. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Mosley, D. V., Black, W., Kwakye, C. & Ruderman, A. (2014, Summer). Hashtags & hip-hop: A media literacy training for middle school youth. Presented for the Summer Youth Program at William Wells Brown Community Center. Lexington, KY. Accomplishments: Awarded the Joint APA Ethics Office, Ethics Committee, American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS), and Division 44-Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues student travel award for the 2015 National Multicultural Summit
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2013Scholarship: Mosley, D. V., Black, W. W., & Rosencrantz, D. (2013, September). Allies for All: Bi and Trans Youth Advocacy. Presentation at the Moving Forward: Families & Youth Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. Mosley, D. V., Owen, K., Leistner, C., Cook, J., Rosenkrantz, D., Cascio, K., Boelter, C., & Simpson, N. (2013, September). Ally Development Workshop. Presented for the EDP New Student Orientation at the University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. Mosley, D. V. & Black W. (2013, August). Examining the cycle: How hip-hop lyrics inform youth identities and online performativity. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. Accomplishments: Awarded the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (MHSAS) Minority Fellow – funded for three years through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program (MFP Fellow)
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2012Scholarship: Mosley, D. V., Mason, D., Kodet, J., & Cascio, K. (November 2012 – April 2013). Consciousness-Raising Workshops. Presented for multiple student organizations at the University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. Mosley, D. V., & Riggle, E. (2012, September). Positive LGBTQ Identities. Presented for the Gay Straight Alliance at the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization. Lexington, KY.
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2011Scholarship: Mosley, D. V. (2011, October). Creating a safe space for LGBTQI youth & children of same- sex parents. Paper presented at the meeting of the Maryland School Counselor Association, Timonium, MD.
Collaborators
I would like to honor the people who regularly collaborate with me on initiatives. Thank you for your wisdom, friendship, and for sharing your gifts in the many ways that you have and do for our collective liberation.