Kerrie G Wilkins‐Yel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5423893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kerrie G Wilkins‐Yel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kerrie G |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkins‐Yel |
| SIGNATURE | YEL K G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7429-9266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Toward dismantling anti-Blackness in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through photovoice: Examining how Black womxn in STEM protected their mental health and wellness through r…
Traumatic exposure in a cross-sectional, national sample of transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive (TNGE) Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (Bipoc)
Findings suggest that the prevalence and nature of traumatic exposure experienced by TNGE BIPOC may be substantially distinct from that of the general population. Replication of this study with a representative sample is warranted to further assess the prevalence of firsthand and vicarious traumatic exposure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Suicide-related outcomes in a cross-sectional, national sample of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive Black, Indigenous, and other people of color
Examining Black and Latinx STEM graduate students’ laboratory rotation experiences and their impact on advisor selection
Despite being fundamental to graduate education in the sciences, lab rotations are largely unexplored in the academic literature. The purpose of this study is to understand how the laboratory rotation process impacts Black and Latinx STEM graduate students’ advisor selection process. Steeped in Critical Race Theory, this study employed a case study approach to explore the experiences of four Black and Latinx STEM graduate students enrolled at Pre…
Longitudinal examination of the advisor–advisee relationship among Black and Latinx STEM graduate students
Structural Competencies: Re-Grounding Counseling Psychology in Antiracist and Decolonial Praxis
For counseling psychology to realize its commitments to uprooting anti-Black racism and white supremacy, we must shift from an individual to a structural frame of reference. We expand on prior calls to build upon the structural competencies approach that has been detailed in the medical literature and integrated into medical education. Whereas our existing “cultural” approaches orient us toward individual differences and characteristics, the stru…
A site of radical possibilities: Examining how a multigenerational counterspace promoted STEM persistence among undergraduate Women of Color
Women from racially/ethnically minoritized communities remain significantly underrepresented at all levels of education in STEM. The pervasive white and heteronormative culture of the STEM environment has contributed to Women of Color feeling isolated, hyper‐visible, and invisible as they contend with racism, sexism, and gendered racial microaggressions. Scholars have found that counterspaces are key sites to support the persistence of Women of C…
Examining how graduate advisors mitigate or exacerbate the structural barriers Women of Color navigate in STEM doctoral programs
A Dynamic Dyadic Systems Perspective on Communication of Real-Time Support Between Graduate Women in STEM and Their Mentor
Women of Color (WoC) in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) leave doctoral programs at disproportionately high rates. Supportive mentorship is key to increasing belonging and rates of retention, yet little is known about how conversations between mentees and their mentors on academic and personal stress topics unfold in real-time. Applying the lens of Social Cognitive Career Theory to communication dynamics between mentees and mento…
[He] gave me a 30-minute lecture on how I was a shitty grad student”: Examining how male faculty can eradicate systemic oppression and support women in STEM
Decolonizing Purity Culture: Gendered Racism and White Idealization in Evangelical Christianity
Purity culture is a phenomenon promulgated by evangelical Christianity that teaches strict adherence to sexual abstinence prior to heterosexual marriage. Extant research illuminated the ways these teachings have harmed women by normalizing the oppression of their bodies, restricting sexual agency, teaching a shame response to pleasure, and perpetuating rape culture. Notably, these studies have centered white women’s experiences, and to date, ther…
I can't push off my own Mental Health”: Chilly STEM Climates, Mental Health, and STEM Persistence among Black, Latina, and White Graduate Women
Precarious work in the 21st century: A psychological perspective
Understanding the impact of personal challenges and advisor support on stem persistence among graduate women of color
Advancing Social Justice Training through a Difficult Dialogue Initiative: Reflections From Facilitators and Participants
Our society continues to be plagued with rampant acts of racism, sexism, xenophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and hate crimes. More so than ever before, engaging in difficult dialogues across differences is imperative. Counseling psychologists are equipped with a multitude of skills that make them uniquely suited to be leaders in effective dialogue engagement. This article provides an overview of a time-limited social justice training opportunity f…
Linking intersectional invisibility and hypervisibility to experiences of microaggressions among graduate women of color in STEM
Structural Competencies: Re-Grounding Counseling Psychology in Antiracist and Decolonial Praxis
For counseling psychology to realize its commitments to uprooting anti-Black racism and white supremacy, we must shift from an individual to a structural frame of reference. We expand on prior calls to build upon the structural competencies approach that has been detailed in the medical literature and integrated into medical education. Whereas our existing “cultural” approaches orient us toward individual differences and characteristics, the stru…
Decolonizing Purity Culture: Gendered Racism and White Idealization in Evangelical Christianity
Purity culture is a phenomenon promulgated by evangelical Christianity that teaches strict adherence to sexual abstinence prior to heterosexual marriage. Extant research illuminated the ways these teachings have harmed women by normalizing the oppression of their bodies, restricting sexual agency, teaching a shame response to pleasure, and perpetuating rape culture. Notably, these studies have centered white women’s experiences, and to date, ther…
I can't push off my own Mental Health”: Chilly STEM Climates, Mental Health, and STEM Persistence among Black, Latina, and White Graduate Women
Examining how graduate advisors mitigate or exacerbate the structural barriers Women of Color navigate in STEM doctoral programs
A Dynamic Dyadic Systems Perspective on Communication of Real-Time Support Between Graduate Women in STEM and Their Mentor
Women of Color (WoC) in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) leave doctoral programs at disproportionately high rates. Supportive mentorship is key to increasing belonging and rates of retention, yet little is known about how conversations between mentees and their mentors on academic and personal stress topics unfold in real-time. Applying the lens of Social Cognitive Career Theory to communication dynamics between mentees and mento…
[He] gave me a 30-minute lecture on how I was a shitty grad student”: Examining how male faculty can eradicate systemic oppression and support women in STEM
Understanding the impact of personal challenges and advisor support on stem persistence among graduate women of color
Advancing Social Justice Training through a Difficult Dialogue Initiative: Reflections From Facilitators and Participants
Our society continues to be plagued with rampant acts of racism, sexism, xenophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and hate crimes. More so than ever before, engaging in difficult dialogues across differences is imperative. Counseling psychologists are equipped with a multitude of skills that make them uniquely suited to be leaders in effective dialogue engagement. This article provides an overview of a time-limited social justice training opportunity f…
Linking intersectional invisibility and hypervisibility to experiences of microaggressions among graduate women of color in STEM
Advancing Social Justice Training through a Difficult Dialogue Initiative: Reflections From Facilitators and Participants
Our society continues to be plagued with rampant acts of racism, sexism, xenophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and hate crimes. More so than ever before, engaging in difficult dialogues across differences is imperative. Counseling psychologists are equipped with a multitude of skills that make them uniquely suited to be leaders in effective dialogue engagement. This article provides an overview of a time-limited social justice training opportunity f…
Precarious work in the 21st century: A psychological perspective
Understanding the impact of personal challenges and advisor support on stem persistence among graduate women of color
[He] gave me a 30-minute lecture on how I was a shitty grad student”: Examining how male faculty can eradicate systemic oppression and support women in STEM
Decolonizing Purity Culture: Gendered Racism and White Idealization in Evangelical Christianity
Purity culture is a phenomenon promulgated by evangelical Christianity that teaches strict adherence to sexual abstinence prior to heterosexual marriage. Extant research illuminated the ways these teachings have harmed women by normalizing the oppression of their bodies, restricting sexual agency, teaching a shame response to pleasure, and perpetuating rape culture. Notably, these studies have centered white women’s experiences, and to date, ther…
I can't push off my own Mental Health”: Chilly STEM Climates, Mental Health, and STEM Persistence among Black, Latina, and White Graduate Women
A site of radical possibilities: Examining how a multigenerational counterspace promoted STEM persistence among undergraduate Women of Color
Women from racially/ethnically minoritized communities remain significantly underrepresented at all levels of education in STEM. The pervasive white and heteronormative culture of the STEM environment has contributed to Women of Color feeling isolated, hyper‐visible, and invisible as they contend with racism, sexism, and gendered racial microaggressions. Scholars have found that counterspaces are key sites to support the persistence of Women of C…
Examining how graduate advisors mitigate or exacerbate the structural barriers Women of Color navigate in STEM doctoral programs
A Dynamic Dyadic Systems Perspective on Communication of Real-Time Support Between Graduate Women in STEM and Their Mentor
Women of Color (WoC) in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) leave doctoral programs at disproportionately high rates. Supportive mentorship is key to increasing belonging and rates of retention, yet little is known about how conversations between mentees and their mentors on academic and personal stress topics unfold in real-time. Applying the lens of Social Cognitive Career Theory to communication dynamics between mentees and mento…
Examining Black and Latinx STEM graduate students’ laboratory rotation experiences and their impact on advisor selection
Despite being fundamental to graduate education in the sciences, lab rotations are largely unexplored in the academic literature. The purpose of this study is to understand how the laboratory rotation process impacts Black and Latinx STEM graduate students’ advisor selection process. Steeped in Critical Race Theory, this study employed a case study approach to explore the experiences of four Black and Latinx STEM graduate students enrolled at Pre…
Longitudinal examination of the advisor–advisee relationship among Black and Latinx STEM graduate students
Structural Competencies: Re-Grounding Counseling Psychology in Antiracist and Decolonial Praxis
For counseling psychology to realize its commitments to uprooting anti-Black racism and white supremacy, we must shift from an individual to a structural frame of reference. We expand on prior calls to build upon the structural competencies approach that has been detailed in the medical literature and integrated into medical education. Whereas our existing “cultural” approaches orient us toward individual differences and characteristics, the stru…
Toward dismantling anti-Blackness in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through photovoice: Examining how Black womxn in STEM protected their mental health and wellness through r…
Traumatic exposure in a cross-sectional, national sample of transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive (TNGE) Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (Bipoc)
Findings suggest that the prevalence and nature of traumatic exposure experienced by TNGE BIPOC may be substantially distinct from that of the general population. Replication of this study with a representative sample is warranted to further assess the prevalence of firsthand and vicarious traumatic exposure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Suicide-related outcomes in a cross-sectional, national sample of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive Black, Indigenous, and other people of color
Psychology (15 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Career Development and Diversity (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Graduate students (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)