Faculty

Dr. Kwesi Craig C. Brookins, Ph.D.
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Biography

Dr. Craig C. Brookins, Associate Professor of Psychology (Psychology in the Public Interest program) and Africana Studies. He directed Africana Studies from 1997 - 2009. Dr. Brookins received his B.S. degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University in the area of ecological/community psychology (Click HERE to learn about community psychology and what community psychologists do).

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More specifically, Dr. Brookins' research interests are in the areas of community and school-based programs for African-American youth and families, rites-of-passage interventions, community development, identity and world view assessment, and study abroad experiences. He has also worked as a consultant on a variety of issues including male adolescent pregnancy prevention, diabetes prevention, alternatives to incarceration, mentoring programs for African-American youth and students, and effective schooling.

Dr. Brookins is the former director of the Africa Project at NCSU which initiated a variety of projects including Study Abroad programs and the annual African Diaspora Film Festival held each spring.

Selected Publications

Brookins, C. C. (October, 2009). Black People Don't Climb Mountains, Do They? DY Magazine. (http://www.damonyoumans.com/Movement.html)
Brookins, C. C. (2009). Parable of the Sojourner: A Long View of Africa. Obsidian. 10(1).
Jakes, S. S. & Brookins, C. C., Eds. (2004). Understanding Ecological Programming: Merging Theory, Research, and Practice. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. (also published as a Special Issue of The Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 27(2).
Brookins, C. C. (2004). Promoting ethnic identity in African American youth: The role of rites-of-passage. In R. L. Jones (Ed.). Black psychology: 4th edition. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry.
Brookins, C. C. & Sackey, B. (2003). Promoting healthy development in African American youth. In T. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.). Encyclopedia of primary prevention and health promotion. New London: CT: Child and Family Agency Press.
Smith, E. P., Walker, K., Fields, L., Brookins, C. C., & Seay, R. (1999). Ethnic identity and its relationship to self-esteem, perceived efficacy and prosocial attitudes in early adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 22, 867-880.
Brookins, C. C. (1999). Afrikan and community psychology: Synthesizing liberation and social change. In R. L. Jones (Ed.). Advances in African American psychology: Theory, paradigms, and research (pp. 27-50). Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry.
Smith, E. P. & Brookins, C. C. (1997). Toward the development of an ethnic identity measure for African American youth, Journal of Black Psychology, 23, 358-377.
Brookins, C. C., Anyabwile, T., & Nacoste, R. W. (1996). Exploring the links between racial identity attitudes and psychological feelings of closeness in African-American college students. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26, 243-264.
Brookins, C. C. (1996). Psychosocial task resolution and self-concept among African American adolescents. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 82, 803-810.
Brookins, C. C. (1996, August). Promoting ethnic identity development in African-American youth: The role of rites of passage. Journal of Black Psychology, 22(3), 388-417.
Brookins, C. C. & Robinson, T. L. (1996, Summer). Rites-of-passage as resistance to oppression. Western Journal of Black Studies, 19, 172-180