Amber Adams

Biographic Data

ID5191617
NAMEAmber Adams
GIVEN NAMESAmber
FAMILY NAMEAdams
SIGNATUREADAMS A
AFFILIATIONSChildren’s Mercy
ORCID0000-0002-5190-9498
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • We All Got A Story

    Open AccessAmber Adams, Nichelle Barton et al.ARTICLECommoning Ethnography2023

    This paper introduces the stories of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system, revealing a pattern amongst diverse voices. Our findings are based on research aimed to document the experiences of an urban midwestern community with over-prosecution and to identify potential prosecutorial reforms. Relying on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) framework, community researchers worked together to collect data first-hand among system-impacte…

  • Building a Contextually-Relevant Understanding of Resilience among African American Youth Exposed to Community Violence

    Open AccessBriana Woods-Jaeger, Emily A Siedlik et al.ARTICLEBehavioral Medicine2020

    Studies consistently demonstrate that African American youth experience disproportionate levels of community violence, which is associated with negative health and well-being outcomes among these youth. The frequency and severity of community violence exposure is a unique challenge for these youth and requires tailored approaches to promote resilience after community violence exposure. However, limited research exists that operationalizes resilie…