randerson26@nul.org
Speaker Bio
Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson studies discrimination and racial socialization in Black families, particularly how family-based interventions help to improve Black youth’s psychosocial well-being. Her work has been supported by the Ford, Robert Wood Johnson, and WT Grant Foundations, as well as National Institute of Health and the Society for Research in Child Development. Dr. Anderson is the developer and director of the EMBRace (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race) intervention. She is a contributor to CNN, The New York Times, The Times London, Huffington Post, WebMD, and “The Today Show,” and consults with national companies, including Google, YouTube, and Nickelodeon. Dr. Anderson serves as the co-host of Our Mental Health Minute, a multimedia organization geared towards reducing Black mental health stigma.