Social Psychology

Health Psychology

Education

• MPH: Urban Public Health, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science
• Ph.D: Health Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Research Interests

• Preventative sexual health behaviors
• Positive body image
• Community-engaged research

Publications

• Dunn, C.E., Hall, C., Patev, A., Owens, B., Bell, A., & Hood, K.B. (2025). Silenced & marginalized: The role of gendered racial microaggressions on partner communication and condom use intentions among Black emerging adult women. Health Communication, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2464801
• Dunn, C.E., Williams, C.D., Hood, K.B. & Walker, C.J. (2023). Sex differences in how ethnic-racial identity informs first coital affect and virginity beliefs among Black college students. Journal of American College Health, 71(1), 221-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1888737
• Hood, K.B., Shook, N., Dunn, C.E., & Belgrave, F. (2021). The effect of affective versus cognitive persuasive messages on African American women’s attitudes toward condom use. Psychology & Health, 36(6), 739-759. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1776284
• Dunn, C.E., Hood, K.B., & Owens, B.D. (2019). Loving myself through thick and thin: Appearance contingent self-worth, gendered racial microaggressions and African American women’s body appreciation. Body Image, 30, 121-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.06.003
• Belgrave, F., Javier, S., Butler, D., Dunn, C.E., Richardson, J, & Bryant, L. (2018) “I don’t know and I don’t want to know”: A qualitative examination of older African American women’s knowledge and experiences with HIV. Journal of Black Psychology, 44(7), 644-666. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798418813222

Courses

• PSYC 101: Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 407: Psychology of the Abnormal
• PSYC 412: Health Psychology

Awards

• 2023, Equity and Inclusion Young Professional Fellow, APPAM
• 2023, Early Career Scholars Award, SPSSI