Cultural Developmental
Science Lab

The CDS lab, run by Dr. N. Keita Christophe, aims to understand the factors that promote healthy development and resilience among racially/ethnically minoritized youth & families exposed to racial discrimination. Specifically, we study factors such as racial identity, coping with discrimination, anti-racism, cultural values, & the ways parents talk to their children about race/ethnicity, with attention toward how these factors change throughout development and impact youth's psychological wellbeing & mental health.

Our work is grounded in models of developmental psychopathology & minority youth development (e.g., Garcia Coll et al., 1996; Neblett et al., 2012; Spencer et al., 1997) & takes strengths-based approaches to studying minoritized populations. We focus primarily on Black, Latinx, Multiracial, & immigrant adolescents (~13-18) & emerging adults (~18-29), as well as their families.