Dr. Charity Brown Griffin has a passion for teaching first-generation and racially marginalized undergraduate students as an Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a historically Black university. She also engages in practice work as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) and Licensed Psychologist and serves as a content consultant for numerous children’s media programming. During her tenure at WSSU, she has received numerous awards and honors, including the Bill Sheppard Master Teacher Award, the Wilveria B. Atkinson Distinguished Research Award, and student choice Advisor of the Year award for her mentorship of Psychology Club. Her research focused on schooling experiences and positive youth development has received over 2.2 million dollars in grant funding, has resulted in over 30 peer-reviewed publications and over 50 conference presentations, and has been featured in popular media and news outlets such as Successful Black Parenting Magazine, CNN, and PBS Kids.
