Sharon E Moore
Biographic Data
| ID | 3791801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon E Moore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon E |
| FAMILY NAME | Moore |
| SIGNATURE | MOORE S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2786-4039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 123 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Further exploration of the relationship between demographic characteristics and secondary trauma among child welfare workers
Background and purpose Child welfare workers develop secondary traumatic stress (STS) at high rates. Personal trauma, increased exposure to clients’ trauma, and inadequate social support are known to increase STS risk. However, examinations of relationships between STS and workforce demographics have produced mixed results and have rarely included large, cross-state samples. To advance understanding of caseworker experiences and recommend appropr…
Addressing Police Brutality of Black Men: Using a Trauma-Informed Approach
Through the broad use of technology such as phones and social media, people are more aware of various instances of police brutality. Specifically, police violence toward Black men continues to garner increased public scrutiny. The paper discusses the historical context of police violence toward Black men and the associated psychological trauma impact. The authors advocate for police reform using the Sanctuary Model of trauma-informed care approac…
“The 1619 Project” and Social Work Curriculum: Preparing Students for Anti-Racist Micro- and Macro-Practice
“The 1619 Project,” developed by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones for the New York Times Magazine, examines ways the abolished institution of slavery is implicated in contemporary racial inequities in the U.S., as well as the accomplishments of Black Americans despite layered structural oppression. A school of social work at a Research I university deemed “The 1619 Project” an apt pedagogical tool for preparing social work students, across undergra…
Tired of being tired: Black college students’ experiences of racial battle fatigue from highly publicized anti-Black violence
The highly publicized murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 sparked public outrage and widespread discussion around anti-Black violence. While some studies have examined the effects of anti-Black violence exposure on mental health outcomes, there is a paucity of research that explores how these racially charged events contribute to cumulative stress and "weathering" for Black people, particularly. Informed by racial b…
“Take a Mental Break”: Examining the Coping Efforts of Black College Students Exposed to Police Killings
Given the repeated police killings of unarmed Black people and their increasing visibility because of recent technological advances, Black people are especially vulnerable to adverse mental health effects. However, little is known about how they attempt to cope with these incidents or how their efforts may affect their mental health. Informed by trauma theory and stress, appraisal, and coping theory, this study used semi-structured in-depth inter…
For Crying Out Loud: Racial Battle Fatigue and Black America: Implications for the Counseling Professions
Black and Blue: An integrated conceptual framework for understanding the trauma and mental impacts of police violence exposure in Black communities
Because repeated incidents of police violence against unarmed Black people are increasingly visible, as a result of technological advances, there is growing need to understand their potentially traumatic mental health effects for other Black people. This narrative review provides an overview of critical race theory, the stress, appraisal, and coping theory, trauma theory, racial trauma theory, and emotional contagion theory to develop an integrat…
Am I Next: A qualitative study of Black college students' experiences of stress, trauma, and grief from exposures to police killings
There is little research that explores the experiences of Black people exposed to police killings of other unarmed Blacks, despite the fact these incidents repeatedly and disproportionately affect this population. While some quantitative studies have examined the impacts of police violence exposure on mental health in recent years, there remains a dearth of in-depth qualitative research exploring the processes through which chronic exposures to p…
Addressing Anti-Black Racism through the Social Work Curriculum: Informed, Prepared and Competent
Racism is a pervasive system that permeates all social activity within U.S. society and for over four hundred years has constantly reproduced systems of inequality and disparate outcomes for Black people. Increasingly, attention has been given to integrating anti-racist content and methods into social work education and practice. By integrating concepts from racial equity and liberatory education theories, and providing a case example of one univ…
Social distance impact on church gatherings: Socio-behavioral implications
This article provides an in-depth discussion of social distancing and its socio-behavioral implications on church gatherings in the era of COVID-19. We posit that social distancing has redefined, reshaped, and reconfigured Christian religious gatherings in a way that was hitherto unimagined. The unintended consequences (positive and negative) indicate that social distancing has impacted church gatherings in some positive ways such as reducing the…
A Historical Analysis of Racism Within the US Presidency: Implications for African Americans and the Political Process
Self-Care in an Era of Pathos: The Effects of the Trump Presidency on the Well-Being of Social Workers
Cultural responses to loss and grief among Black Americans: Theory and practice implications for clinicians
Dying, death, and grief are universal human experiences that are impacted by cultural values and beliefs. We provide service providers a context from which to consider the importance of spirituality and religiosity in the grief process and the variances in grief practices that exist within the Black community. This knowledge can serve as a catalyst for developing culturally appropriate interventions for Black people aimed at helping them to more …
Six feet apart or six feet under: The impact of Covid-19 on the Black community
To date, 110,000+ people in the United States have died from the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, the authors will discuss COVID-19 relative to Black people and their overrepresentation among those who are infected and died from the disease. Their dying, death, and grief experiences are explored through a cultural and spiritual lens. The physical distancing, social isolation, misinformation, and restrictive burials and cremations now elicited by…
The Impact of Donald Trump’s Presidency on the Well-Being of African Americans
This article purports to examine the chaotic presidency of Donald Trump and how it has been harmful to the African American community. To accomplish this, the authors use chaos theory as our theoretical framework. Chaos theory appears to be random and haphazard at first glance, but it is actually structured. Trump has been successful with this leadership style by diverting attention away from these harmful actions and by having the electorate foc…
The Dehumanization of Black Males by Police: Teaching Social Justice—Black Life Really Does Matter
Despite the contemporary public’s discourse regarding the embrace of human diversity within the United States, Black males still are perennially brutalized, killed, and negatively stereotyped. Recent events regarding police killings underscore the reality that even though Black males have the same constitutional and civil rights as all other citizens, in practice their rights are often violated or denied. The negative stereotypes of Black males i…
Police and the Unarmed Black Male Crisis: Advancing Effective Prevention Strategies
Black Male Mental Health and the Black Church: Advancing a Collaborative Partnership and Research Agenda
A Critical Race Perspective of Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Males in the United States: Implications for Social Work
Recent high-profile killings of unarmed Black males underscore a stark reality in America: though Black men have the same constitutional rights as all other citizens of the United States, in practice their rights are often violated. The negative stereotype that all Black males are criminals has created an environment that perpetuates the killing of unarmed Black males by police officers as justifiable self-defense. In this article, critical race …
A synergy of contemporary activism to address police maltreatment of Black males: An intersectional analysis
A panoramic overview of contemporary and historical activism to address the perennial tension between police and young Black males in the United States of America is extensively articulated. Furthermore, an intersectional analysis framework is utilized to provide, and explain the unintentional synergy of activism among different groups in the Black community such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the inveterate political class, and the venerabl…
Protesting Black Inequality: A Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter
Using the theoretical scaffold of the relative deprivation theory, we present a commentary that delineates: (a) the 4 stages of social movements (e.g., emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline) and (b) sociopolitical and ethno-generational leadership, networks, narratives and tactics of the Civil Rights Movement compared with the Black Lives Matter. We provide a commentary on the 2 social movements' precipitating events during the e…
Introduction to the special issue on police shooting of unarmed African American males: Implications for the individual, the family, and the community
The Declaration of Independence is the foundation on which human and racial equality in the United States of America is built. The Declaration states inter alia: We hold these truths to be self-evi
Hands up-Don't shoot: Police shooting of young Black males: Implications for social work and human services
Police shootings of young Black males that ultimately result in their death have become an all-too-common occurrence in this country. The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner have highlighted police relations with this population. Before viable solutions can be established, a number of areas need to be addressed that relate to the historical context in which police relations with this group exist that impact current relations between the poli…
Suffering in Silence: Child Sexual Molestation and the Black Church: If God Don't Help Me Who Can I Turn To
The invasion by another of a child’s inner self causes greater damage to the soul than perhaps any other type of abuse. Each year an estimated 90,000 children are victims of child sexual abuse. Many social institutions that are designed to help in healthy child development have failed to protect children from sexual abuse. The Black church is a major institution within the African American community that provides a plethora of supports for the co…
African American Megachurches and Community Empowerment: Fostering Life in Dry Places
Hands up-Don't shoot: Police shooting of young Black males: Implications for social work and human services
Police shootings of young Black males that ultimately result in their death have become an all-too-common occurrence in this country. The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner have highlighted police relations with this population. Before viable solutions can be established, a number of areas need to be addressed that relate to the historical context in which police relations with this group exist that impact current relations between the poli…
Protesting Black Inequality: A Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter
Using the theoretical scaffold of the relative deprivation theory, we present a commentary that delineates: (a) the 4 stages of social movements (e.g., emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline) and (b) sociopolitical and ethno-generational leadership, networks, narratives and tactics of the Civil Rights Movement compared with the Black Lives Matter. We provide a commentary on the 2 social movements' precipitating events during the e…
A Critical Race Perspective of Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Males in the United States: Implications for Social Work
Recent high-profile killings of unarmed Black males underscore a stark reality in America: though Black men have the same constitutional rights as all other citizens of the United States, in practice their rights are often violated. The negative stereotype that all Black males are criminals has created an environment that perpetuates the killing of unarmed Black males by police officers as justifiable self-defense. In this article, critical race …
Am I Next: A qualitative study of Black college students' experiences of stress, trauma, and grief from exposures to police killings
There is little research that explores the experiences of Black people exposed to police killings of other unarmed Blacks, despite the fact these incidents repeatedly and disproportionately affect this population. While some quantitative studies have examined the impacts of police violence exposure on mental health in recent years, there remains a dearth of in-depth qualitative research exploring the processes through which chronic exposures to p…
What Is Transmitted in the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence
Pamela C. Alexander, Sharon Moore, Elmore R. Alexander, III, What Is Transmitted in the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence?, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Aug., 1991), pp. 657-667
Six feet apart or six feet under: The impact of Covid-19 on the Black community
To date, 110,000+ people in the United States have died from the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, the authors will discuss COVID-19 relative to Black people and their overrepresentation among those who are infected and died from the disease. Their dying, death, and grief experiences are explored through a cultural and spiritual lens. The physical distancing, social isolation, misinformation, and restrictive burials and cremations now elicited by…
The Dehumanization of Black Males by Police: Teaching Social Justice—Black Life Really Does Matter
Despite the contemporary public’s discourse regarding the embrace of human diversity within the United States, Black males still are perennially brutalized, killed, and negatively stereotyped. Recent events regarding police killings underscore the reality that even though Black males have the same constitutional and civil rights as all other citizens, in practice their rights are often violated or denied. The negative stereotypes of Black males i…
The Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies of African American Faculty Teaching at Predominantly White Institutions
Cultural responses to loss and grief among Black Americans: Theory and practice implications for clinicians
Dying, death, and grief are universal human experiences that are impacted by cultural values and beliefs. We provide service providers a context from which to consider the importance of spirituality and religiosity in the grief process and the variances in grief practices that exist within the Black community. This knowledge can serve as a catalyst for developing culturally appropriate interventions for Black people aimed at helping them to more …
Black and Blue: An integrated conceptual framework for understanding the trauma and mental impacts of police violence exposure in Black communities
Because repeated incidents of police violence against unarmed Black people are increasingly visible, as a result of technological advances, there is growing need to understand their potentially traumatic mental health effects for other Black people. This narrative review provides an overview of critical race theory, the stress, appraisal, and coping theory, trauma theory, racial trauma theory, and emotional contagion theory to develop an integrat…
Introduction to the special issue on police shooting of unarmed African American males: Implications for the individual, the family, and the community
The Declaration of Independence is the foundation on which human and racial equality in the United States of America is built. The Declaration states inter alia: We hold these truths to be self-evi
Addressing Anti-Black Racism through the Social Work Curriculum: Informed, Prepared and Competent
Racism is a pervasive system that permeates all social activity within U.S. society and for over four hundred years has constantly reproduced systems of inequality and disparate outcomes for Black people. Increasingly, attention has been given to integrating anti-racist content and methods into social work education and practice. By integrating concepts from racial equity and liberatory education theories, and providing a case example of one univ…
A synergy of contemporary activism to address police maltreatment of Black males: An intersectional analysis
A panoramic overview of contemporary and historical activism to address the perennial tension between police and young Black males in the United States of America is extensively articulated. Furthermore, an intersectional analysis framework is utilized to provide, and explain the unintentional synergy of activism among different groups in the Black community such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the inveterate political class, and the venerabl…
A Model for Social Work Field Practicums in African American Churches
In this paper the authors will give an overview of the history of the African American church, discuss the reciprocal benefits of social work educational practicums in this institution for both students and the church, and give a model for practicum learning that can be met through this arrangement
African American Megachurches and Community Empowerment: Fostering Life in Dry Places
A Historical Analysis of Racism Within the US Presidency: Implications for African Americans and the Political Process
What Is Transmitted in the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence
Pamela C. Alexander, Sharon Moore, Elmore R. Alexander, III, What Is Transmitted in the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence?, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Aug., 1991), pp. 657-667
Adolescent Black Males' Drug Trafficking and Addiction: Three Theoretical Perspectives
The purpose of this article is to help explain the incidence of drug trafficking and chemical dependency among adolescent Black males. The use of drugs by Black adolescents is of particular interest because of the damaging effects that drug use has on both the individual and his or her community. After briefly discussing the nature and scope of the drug problem within this population and the incidence of chemical abuse among Black youths, the aut…
Substance Abuse Treatment with Adolescent African American Males: Reality Therapy with an Afrocentric Approach
The use of substances by adolescent African American males is of particular concern because of the damaging effect that drug abuse has not only on the individual and his family but also on the African American community. The literature is scant regarding treatment services and few therapeutic interventions have been specifically designed to holistically meet the needs of these youth. This article proposes the use of Afrocentricity and Reality The…
A Model for Social Work Field Practicums in African American Churches
In this paper the authors will give an overview of the history of the African American church, discuss the reciprocal benefits of social work educational practicums in this institution for both students and the church, and give a model for practicum learning that can be met through this arrangement
African-Americans and Clinical Trials Research: Recommendations for Client Engagement
African-Americans have, without their knowledge and consent, been used as human guinea pigs in scientific and medical experiments by private and governmental organizations. As a result many African-Americans approach the health care industry with caution and apprehension. African-Americans are admonished to remember the atrocities they once experienced and to approach participation in clinical studies with skepticism. This paper presents an histo…
As You Look Into the Eyes of the People
In societies throughout the world, the economically disadvantaged are often negatively stereotyped and blamed for their circumstances. The authors of this essay challenge readers to avail themselves to opportunities that can not only cause them to be more compassionate toward the less fortunate, but propel them to social advocacy
Cross-cultural Differences in Preferred Forms of Address: Implications for Work with African American Adults
Using an individual's last name indicates respect and contributes to positive interaction with African American clients and adults of African descent. This paper discusses the importance of using social titles as a proper form of address during, and sometimes after, the initial professional relationship. Two case vignettes will highlight potential difficulties that non-African American practitioners may experience when using first names with Afri…
Introduction to the pros and cons of C.R.A.C.K: A viable solution to parental substance abuse
Adolescents' and Young Adults' Expectations of Parental Responsibilities in Stepfamilies
This current study investigates adolescents' and young adults' expectations of parenting by mothers following remarriage. Based on an earlier qualitative study of parent-child relationships, it was hypothesized that young people expect parents to maintain parenting responsibilities, including warmth/support and discipline behaviors, towards children following remarriage. It was also hypothesized that adolescents and young adults expect parents to…
Reducing the effects of parental substance abuse on children: A spiritual recommendation
Appreciating multiculturalism: Exercises for teaching diversity
Advancing women and leadership in this post feminist, post EEO era: A discussion of the issues
Purpose This discussion asks why women leaders are, at the beginning of the twenty‐first century, as scarce in the corporate boardrooms and university corridors as they were 30 years ago. After nearly three decades of legislative and organisational support for more gender equity and inclusive management practices, the illusive glass ceiling still remains an issue for management policy debate. Design/methodology/approach In this discussion the cul…
Effectively working with challenging clients who receive hunger service assistance: Case examples and eight recommended guidelines
Those who provide services for people who experience food insecurity come into contact with people who do not always present themselves courteously and favorably. Using case examples from the food bank industry, the authors of this paper will: (1) discuss why people sometimes behave discourteously when seeking assistance from human services professionals; (2) give case examples of how social workers could properly respond to these situations and,…
The Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies of African American Faculty Teaching at Predominantly White Institutions
Introduction to African Americans: Benefits and Challenges of Working at Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Thriving
African American Megachurches and Community Empowerment: Fostering Life in Dry Places
Suffering in Silence: Child Sexual Molestation and the Black Church: If God Don't Help Me Who Can I Turn To
The invasion by another of a child’s inner self causes greater damage to the soul than perhaps any other type of abuse. Each year an estimated 90,000 children are victims of child sexual abuse. Many social institutions that are designed to help in healthy child development have failed to protect children from sexual abuse. The Black church is a major institution within the African American community that provides a plethora of supports for the co…
Introduction to the special issue on police shooting of unarmed African American males: Implications for the individual, the family, and the community
The Declaration of Independence is the foundation on which human and racial equality in the United States of America is built. The Declaration states inter alia: We hold these truths to be self-evi
Hands up-Don't shoot: Police shooting of young Black males: Implications for social work and human services
Police shootings of young Black males that ultimately result in their death have become an all-too-common occurrence in this country. The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner have highlighted police relations with this population. Before viable solutions can be established, a number of areas need to be addressed that relate to the historical context in which police relations with this group exist that impact current relations between the poli…
Protesting Black Inequality: A Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter
Using the theoretical scaffold of the relative deprivation theory, we present a commentary that delineates: (a) the 4 stages of social movements (e.g., emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline) and (b) sociopolitical and ethno-generational leadership, networks, narratives and tactics of the Civil Rights Movement compared with the Black Lives Matter. We provide a commentary on the 2 social movements' precipitating events during the e…
Police and the Unarmed Black Male Crisis: Advancing Effective Prevention Strategies
Black Male Mental Health and the Black Church: Advancing a Collaborative Partnership and Research Agenda
A Critical Race Perspective of Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Males in the United States: Implications for Social Work
Recent high-profile killings of unarmed Black males underscore a stark reality in America: though Black men have the same constitutional rights as all other citizens of the United States, in practice their rights are often violated. The negative stereotype that all Black males are criminals has created an environment that perpetuates the killing of unarmed Black males by police officers as justifiable self-defense. In this article, critical race …
A synergy of contemporary activism to address police maltreatment of Black males: An intersectional analysis
A panoramic overview of contemporary and historical activism to address the perennial tension between police and young Black males in the United States of America is extensively articulated. Furthermore, an intersectional analysis framework is utilized to provide, and explain the unintentional synergy of activism among different groups in the Black community such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the inveterate political class, and the venerabl…
The Impact of Donald Trump’s Presidency on the Well-Being of African Americans
This article purports to examine the chaotic presidency of Donald Trump and how it has been harmful to the African American community. To accomplish this, the authors use chaos theory as our theoretical framework. Chaos theory appears to be random and haphazard at first glance, but it is actually structured. Trump has been successful with this leadership style by diverting attention away from these harmful actions and by having the electorate foc…
Psychology (28 works) · Sociology (27 works) · Political science (25 works) · Criminology (18 works) · Law (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works)