Jules P. Harrell

Camara Jules P. Harrell (born November 19, 1949), also known as Jules P. Harrell, is a professor of psychology at Howard University and a researcher in the field of the effects of stress and racism on the health of African Americans.

Biography

Jules Harrell was born on November 19, 1949, in Helena, Montana.[1] Harrell attended Carroll College and earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1]

Academic career

Harrell has been a professor of clinical psychology at Howard University for 30 years.[1] In 2008, Harrell won the Exemplary Mentoring Award from Howard University's Faculty Senate.[2] Harrell's research interests include psychometrics and psychology of racism, personality theories, assessment, and research, and psychophysiology.[1] Much of Harrell's research examines the effect of racism as a stressor to African Americans, resulting in poorer health.[3]

Publications

Harrell's 1999 book, Manichean Psychology: Racism and the Minds of People of African Descent, underscores the psychological detriments of racism on African Americans.[4] An article of Harrell's, "Multiple pathways linking racism to health outcomes," shows that racism causes poor health through cognitive, neural, affective, and prenatal pathways.[5] The article serves as a call to action for policymakers to remedy structural racism.[5] Other research of Harrell's studies the different coping strategies employed by families of children with sickle cell disease.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Oral Histories". mhs.mt.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. ^ "CETLA | Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, & Assessment". cetla.howard.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. ^ "Psychophysiology in African-American Samples: Howard University Studies". apa.org. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  4. ^ Manichean psychology : racism and the minds of people of African descent in SearchWorks. Howard University Press. 1999. ISBN 9780882582030. Retrieved 2017-03-10. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b Harrell, Camara Jules P.; Burford, Tanisha I.; Cage, Brandi N.; Nelson, Travette McNair; Shearon, Sheronda; Thompson, Adrian; Green, Steven (2011-04-01). "Multiple Pathways Linking Racism to Health Outcomes". Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. 8 (1): 143–157. doi:10.1017/S1742058X11000178. ISSN 1742-0598. PMC 3328094. PMID 22518195.
  6. ^ Royal, C. D.; Headings, V. E.; Harrell, J. P.; Ampy, F. R.; Hall, G. W. (2000). "Coping strategies in families of children with sickle cell disease". Ethnicity & Disease. 10 (2): 237–247. ISSN 1049-510X. PMID 10892831.