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Dr. Christophe received his B.A. in Psychology from Washington College (2017), followed by an M.A. in Clinical Psychology (2019) and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology (2021) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. During his doctoral studies, he was a National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) T32 Predoctoral Fellow at the Carolina Consortium on Human Development. Prior to joining Â鶹AV, Dr. Christophe was an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University.

Research Areas:

Developmental Science

Research Summary:

In my research, I employ a wide range of quantitative tools to examine (1) the impact of discrimination on trajectories of psychopathology and wellbeing among racially/ethnically minoritized and immigrant youth, (2) how cultural factors such as ethnic-racial identity, the way parents talk to their children about race and discrimination (i.e., parental ethnic-racial socialization), cultural values, youth activism, and culturally-embedded forms of coping (shift-&-persist, religious coping, etc.) may reduce the harmful impacts of discrimination among youth and families. I also have (3) a line of measurement-focused work that aims to create, evaluate, and improve the measurement tools we have to better study cultural processes in minoritized communities.

In terms of specific populations, my work has focused mainly on Black, Latinx, and Multiracial youth, but I have some work on other populations as well. Upcoming projects will focus on the long term and daily impacts of exposure to discrimination, the factors youth use to effectively cope with discrimination, and the change in these processes and their effectiveness as a function of development and context.

Dr. Christophe will be accepting graduate students this application cycle (applications due December 1st, 2024 for admission Fall 2025).

Selected References:

Christophe, N.K., Desmarais, A., Kiang, L., Stein, G.L., Stevenson, H.C., Jones, S.C.T, & Anderson, R.E. (2024). Differences and similarities between ethnic-racial identity and critical consciousness links among diverse parents of color. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Advance online publication.

Christophe, N.K., Atkin, A.A., Williams, C.D., Quick, K.N., Wu, C.S., & The LOVING Study Collaborative (2023). Patterns of family-based and external discrimination experienced by Multiracial college students: Links to internalizing symptoms and familial support.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology,Ìý38(1), 48–58.Ìý

Christophe, N.K., Stein, G.L., Kiang, L., Johnson, N.C., Jones, C.T., Stevenson, H.C., Anyiwo, N., & Anderson, R.E. (2022). A 21st Century Take on Patterns of Racial-Ethnic Socialization: Competency and Content among Minoritized Parents. Social Sciences.

Christophe, N.K. & Stein, G.L. (2022). Facilitating the study of familism across racial/ethnic groups: Creation of the Short Attitudinal Familism Scale. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication.

Christophe, N.K. & Stein, G.L. (2021). Shift-&-Persist and discrimination predicting depression across the life course: An accelerated longitudinal design using MIDUSI-III. Development and Psychopathology, 1–16.

Christophe, N.K., Martin Romero, M.Y., Hope, E.C, & Stein, G.L. (2021). Critical civic engagement in Black college students: Interplay between discrimination, centrality, and preparation for bias. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Advance online publication.

Christophe, N.K., Stein, G.L., Martin Romero, M.Y., Chan, M., Jensen, M., Gonzalez L.M., Kiang, L. (2019). Coping and culture: The protective effects of shift-and-persist and ethnic-racial identity on depressive symptoms in Latinx youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(8), 1592–1604.

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