D R Gina Sissoko

Biographic Data

ID908775
NAMED R Gina Sissoko
GIVEN NAMESD R Gina
FAMILY NAMESissoko
SIGNATURESISSOKO D R G
AFFILIATIONSThe Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
ORCID0000-0002-9506-8715
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Using the Framework for Reporting Adaptation and Modifications-Expanded (FRAME) to Adapt an Evidence-Based HIV-Prevention Intervention for Zambian Adolescent Girls and Young Women

    Open AccessD R Gina Sissoko, Gina Sissoko et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    Despite substantial global efforts, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Southern Africa remain disproportionately affected by HIV. In Zambia, the HIV prevalence among AGYW is nearly three times that of their male peers. The Informed Motivated Aware and Responsible Adolescents and Adults (IMARA) program, an evidence-based HIV/STI prevention intervention initially developed in the United States and later adapted in South Africa, demonstrated…

  • Risk, Adultification, Messaging, and Protection Scale ( RAMPS )

    Open AccessNatasha Crooks, Nyssa L Snow‐Hill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2026References: 9

    Adultification, protection, and stereotyping of Black girls and their associated sexual and reproductive health risks are understudied concepts that are challenging to measure. This study developed and validated the Risk, Adultification, Messaging, and Protection Scale (RAMPS), designed to assess the relationship between sexual development, adultification, messaging, and protection, which are constructs of the Becoming a Sexual Black Woman framew…

  • Hair‐esteem toolkit for Black girls

    Open AccessSydney Hussett‐Richardson, D R Gina Sissoko et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2026References: 8

    For Black adolescent girls, hair is a significant aspect of gender and ethnic identity, influencing both intrapersonal reflections and interpersonal interactions. Gendered racism and Eurocentric beauty standards marginalize Black girls and their hair, causing them to experience high rates of hair-related harassment and discrimination. These experiences negatively affect the self-esteem of Black girls, which has critical implications for various h…

  • A hybrid effectiveness implementation trial testing an HIV and STI prevention program for mother figures and their adolescent girls and young women delivered by peer leaders

    Open AccessGeri R Donenberg, Anjali Sharma et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT06503666, Registered on 10 July 2024

  • Dark skin girls are unworthy of protection”

    Open AccessNatasha Crooks, D R Gina Sissoko et al.ARTICLECultural Diversity & Ethnic…2025

    Current systems, such as families, schools, and media, should seek to address stereotyped messages and mistreatment that harm Black girls' development. Programming surrounding colorism, gendered racism, and discrimination may serve as an opportunity to begin dismantling systems rooted in Eurocentric preferences that encourage the oppression and mistreatment of Black girls based on skin tone. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights rese…

  • Colonial deposits

    D R Gina Sissoko, Joy Hlokwe et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2025

    This article contributes to the decolonization efforts in psychological science by initiating a transnational dialogue among Black women scholars and decolonial psychologists to highlight and dissect the historical manifestations and impacts of colorism across the United States and South Africa. We define colorism as a skin tone stratification system favoring lighter skin-conceptualizing it as both a colonial tool and a psychological consequence …

  • Queering child welfare and juvenile justice

    Open AccessWiston A Rodriguez, Sheharyar Hussain et al.ARTICLEFamily Court Review2024

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people have historically been subjected to maltreatment across multiple environments and systems – including their homes, schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, healthcare facilities, and more. The criminal justice and child welfare systems were built on the foundations of cisnormativity and heteronormativity, making LGBTQ+ youth susceptible to systemic oppression and discrimination when compar…

  • Colorist Microaggressions and Brown Asian Americans

    Open AccessD R Gina Sissoko, Sheharyar Hussain et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2024Cited by: 1References: 43

    This article examines the manifestation of colorism toward Brown Asians through Microaggression Theory. Colorism has been defined as a stratification system based on skin tone, where those with the lightest skin tones are granted the most privileges, whereas those with the darkest are granted the least. Colorism impacts Asian Americans across domains, including education, employment, family relations, body image, and marital prospects. Brown Asia…

  • Into and Through the School-to-Prison Pipeline

    Open AccessD R Gina Sissoko, Sydney Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology2023

    Colorism is a social construct privileging lighter-skinned people of color with proximity to European features over their darker-skinned counterparts. Despite the significant role in the lives of Black women and girls, colorism is an overlooked and understudied phenomenon, particularly regarding how it shapes their punishment and criminalization in schools. We conceptualize colorism as a social determinant of Black girls’ psychological well-being…

  • It’s More Than Skin-Deep

    Open AccessD R Gina Sissoko, Jioni A Lewis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology2022

    This study examined the moderating effects of skin tone and skin tone satisfaction on the relations between gendered racial microaggressions and traumatic stress symptoms among self-identified Black women between 18 and 50 years old ( N = 237). It was hypothesized that skin tone and skin tone satisfaction would moderate the relation between gendered racial microaggressions and traumatic stress, such that having a darker skin tone and lower levels…

  • “It’s Not in Your Head”

    Open AccessVeronica Elaine Johnson, Kevin L Nadal et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Psychological…2021

    Secondary microaggressions refer to the ways in which people of historically dominant groups negate the realities of people of marginalized groups. Gaslighting describes the act of manipulating others to doubt themselves or question their own sanity; people confronted for committing microaggressions deny the existence of their biases, often convincing the targets of microaggressions to question their own perceptions. ‘Splaining (derived from mans…

  • Connecting mental health court participants with services

    Open AccessEmily R Edwards, D R Gina Sissoko et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2020References: 11

  • Stigma and US Nurses’ Intentions to Provide the Standard of Maternal Care to Incarcerated Women, 2017

    Lorie S Goshin, D R Gina Sissoko et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2020References: 24

    Objectives. To examine relationships among actionable drivers and facilitators of stigma and nurses’ intentions to provide the standard of maternal care recommended by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) for incarcerated women. Methods. We conducted a Web-based survey of perinatal nurses in the United States (n = 665; participation rate 98.0%; completion rate 95.3%) in July through September 2017. We used mu…