Monyae A Kerney
Biographic Data
| ID | 904439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Monyae A Kerney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Monyae A |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerney |
| SIGNATURE | KERNEY M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5430-1325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gothic Black Feminism & Gothic Psychotherapy
Interdisciplinary literature has utilized the Gothic to critique the impact of power, oppression, and violence on the human condition, yet psychology remains noticeably absent from the conversation. In this theoretical article, I explore the potential use of the Gothic tradition and Black feminist thought (i.e., Gothic Black feminism) to reconceptualize and treat the Black womxn's madness. This article is organized into six overarching sections: …
Gothic Black Feminist Interventions
Black womxn's endurance of the American Gothic is distinct—one filled with corporeal violence, blood-thirsty systems, and haunting histories—thus, their healing requires the development of an equally attuned Gothic approach. Gothic Black feminism is an emerging theory that considers Black American womxn's madness to be the intended consequence of presumably permanent systems of power—henceforth referred to as the American Gothic. This piece, the …
Sexual healing (and harming)
Of Madness and Murder
In this piece, I use Gothic autoethnography and Black feminist thought as a qualitative framework (i.e., Gothic Black feminism) to explore the impact of intersecting systems of oppression on Black womxn’s mental health. Using my experience as a nonbinary Black womxn counseling psychology PhD student, I disrupt the stigma of Black womxn’s mental health and the mental health challenges of graduate students in applied psychology (e.g., counseling, c…
D eco lonizing the Soil, D eco lonizing the Soul
The current study employed interpretative phenomenological analysis and Gothic Black feminist thought to examine how nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) in the United States conceptualize their gendered-racial identity and experiences in relation to nature. We recruited N = 11 participants using purposive sampling. Participants completed individual semi-structured qualitative interviews and photo elicitation to better understand how nature reflected and…
Understanding Coping Strategies and Sociocultural Context in Black Americans' Mental Health
Nonbinary Black womxn gender identity
Pronouns and experiences of misgendering among nonbinary Black womxn
It Felt Sexually Liberating”
Kink and BDSM can have healing and liberatory potential for practitioners, whether kink-identified or not, particularly Black women and those who are members of alternative sexual communities. This study presents data from N = 22 kink/BDSM-identified, experienced, and non-kinky/BDSM Black ciswomen on their awareness of and engagement in kink and BDSM (bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism, dominance, and submission). Qualitative data were …
The State of Your Psyche”
Using structured-tabular thematic analysis, this study examines Black people’s conceptualizations of mental health in response to the following question: What is mental health? Sixty participants reported an array of interrelated characteristics pertaining to mental health. Five themes were identified across participant responses, including: (a) Overarching Orientation to Mental Health, (b) Integrated Parts of a Whole, (c) Dynamic Balance, (d) Ex…
Blood and Bone
This community-based participatory action research project led by the C.I.R.C.L.E. (Collective Infiltrating Research to Center Community, Liberation, and Embodiment) employed interpretative phenomenological analysis via eco-womxnist and Afro-Indigenous cosmological frameworks to examine the connection between gendered-racial identity and sacredness among 11 nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) from the US. Using semi-structured qualitative interviews, we…
The State of Your Psyche”
Using structured-tabular thematic analysis, this study examines Black people’s conceptualizations of mental health in response to the following question: What is mental health? Sixty participants reported an array of interrelated characteristics pertaining to mental health. Five themes were identified across participant responses, including: (a) Overarching Orientation to Mental Health, (b) Integrated Parts of a Whole, (c) Dynamic Balance, (d) Ex…
Nonbinary Black womxn gender identity
Blood and Bone
This community-based participatory action research project led by the C.I.R.C.L.E. (Collective Infiltrating Research to Center Community, Liberation, and Embodiment) employed interpretative phenomenological analysis via eco-womxnist and Afro-Indigenous cosmological frameworks to examine the connection between gendered-racial identity and sacredness among 11 nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) from the US. Using semi-structured qualitative interviews, we…
Of Madness and Murder
In this piece, I use Gothic autoethnography and Black feminist thought as a qualitative framework (i.e., Gothic Black feminism) to explore the impact of intersecting systems of oppression on Black womxn’s mental health. Using my experience as a nonbinary Black womxn counseling psychology PhD student, I disrupt the stigma of Black womxn’s mental health and the mental health challenges of graduate students in applied psychology (e.g., counseling, c…
It Felt Sexually Liberating”
Kink and BDSM can have healing and liberatory potential for practitioners, whether kink-identified or not, particularly Black women and those who are members of alternative sexual communities. This study presents data from N = 22 kink/BDSM-identified, experienced, and non-kinky/BDSM Black ciswomen on their awareness of and engagement in kink and BDSM (bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism, dominance, and submission). Qualitative data were …
Nonbinary Black womxn gender identity
Pronouns and experiences of misgendering among nonbinary Black womxn
It Felt Sexually Liberating”
Kink and BDSM can have healing and liberatory potential for practitioners, whether kink-identified or not, particularly Black women and those who are members of alternative sexual communities. This study presents data from N = 22 kink/BDSM-identified, experienced, and non-kinky/BDSM Black ciswomen on their awareness of and engagement in kink and BDSM (bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism, dominance, and submission). Qualitative data were …
The State of Your Psyche”
Using structured-tabular thematic analysis, this study examines Black people’s conceptualizations of mental health in response to the following question: What is mental health? Sixty participants reported an array of interrelated characteristics pertaining to mental health. Five themes were identified across participant responses, including: (a) Overarching Orientation to Mental Health, (b) Integrated Parts of a Whole, (c) Dynamic Balance, (d) Ex…
Blood and Bone
This community-based participatory action research project led by the C.I.R.C.L.E. (Collective Infiltrating Research to Center Community, Liberation, and Embodiment) employed interpretative phenomenological analysis via eco-womxnist and Afro-Indigenous cosmological frameworks to examine the connection between gendered-racial identity and sacredness among 11 nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) from the US. Using semi-structured qualitative interviews, we…
Of Madness and Murder
In this piece, I use Gothic autoethnography and Black feminist thought as a qualitative framework (i.e., Gothic Black feminism) to explore the impact of intersecting systems of oppression on Black womxn’s mental health. Using my experience as a nonbinary Black womxn counseling psychology PhD student, I disrupt the stigma of Black womxn’s mental health and the mental health challenges of graduate students in applied psychology (e.g., counseling, c…
D eco lonizing the Soil, D eco lonizing the Soul
The current study employed interpretative phenomenological analysis and Gothic Black feminist thought to examine how nonbinary Black womxn (NBBW) in the United States conceptualize their gendered-racial identity and experiences in relation to nature. We recruited N = 11 participants using purposive sampling. Participants completed individual semi-structured qualitative interviews and photo elicitation to better understand how nature reflected and…
Understanding Coping Strategies and Sociocultural Context in Black Americans' Mental Health
Gothic Black Feminism & Gothic Psychotherapy
Interdisciplinary literature has utilized the Gothic to critique the impact of power, oppression, and violence on the human condition, yet psychology remains noticeably absent from the conversation. In this theoretical article, I explore the potential use of the Gothic tradition and Black feminist thought (i.e., Gothic Black feminism) to reconceptualize and treat the Black womxn's madness. This article is organized into six overarching sections: …
Gothic Black Feminist Interventions
Black womxn's endurance of the American Gothic is distinct—one filled with corporeal violence, blood-thirsty systems, and haunting histories—thus, their healing requires the development of an equally attuned Gothic approach. Gothic Black feminism is an emerging theory that considers Black American womxn's madness to be the intended consequence of presumably permanent systems of power—henceforth referred to as the American Gothic. This piece, the …
Sexual healing (and harming)
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Feminism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works)