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Angela Neal-Barnett , Ph.D.

Education: Ph.D., DePaul University (1988)

Research Interests

The Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans is committed to doing high quality publishable anxiety research and disseminating the research results in meaningful ways to African American communities. Current research includes trichotillomania; racial identity, anxiety, and acting white; and physical/ emotional well-being of African American female adolescents.

Angela Neal-Barnett's Website

Courses Frequently Taught

  • Adolescence (undergraduate)
  • Child Psychopathology (graduate)
  • Gender and Minorities (graduate)

Recent Publications

Neal-Barnett, A. M. & Stadulis, R. (2006). Affective states and racial identity among African American women with trichotillomania. Journal of the National Medical Association, 98, 753-757.

Stadulis, R., Neal-Barnett, A, Fender-Scarr, L., MacCracken, M., Gandee, R., Newman, D., Schoffman, G., Sullivan, B. & Silas-Butler, J. (2004). Psychometric properties of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (Short Form) with an African American preadolescent and adolescent sample. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26 (Supplement), S178 .

Neal-Barnett, A.M. (2004). Orphans no more: A commentary on anxiety disorders among African American Children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33(2), 276-278

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2003). Soothe your nerves: The Black women's guide to understanding and overcoming anxiety, panic, and fear. New York: Fireside/ Simon & Schuster Featured in The New York Times.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (November, 2002). Believe and Succeed: Navigating the Road Graduate School for Students of Color. Tallmadge, OH: Rise Sally Rise®. An interactive CD-ROM.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2001). Being Black: A new conceptualization of acting white. In A. M. Neal-Barnett, J. Contreras, & K. Kerns (Eds.), Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Neal-Barnett, A. M., Ward-Brown, B. J., Mitchell, M., & Krownapple, M. (2000). Hair Pulling in African Americans -- Only your hairdresser knows for sure: An exploratory study. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 6(4), 352-362.

Neal-Barnett, A. M. & Crowther, J. (2000). To be female, anxious, middle-class, and Black. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 24(2) 132-140.