
cHARITY BROWN GRIFFIN
Associate Professor. Psychologist. Speaker. Consultant.
She/Her/Hers.
ABOUT ME.
Dr. Charity Brown Griffin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Winston-Salem State University and the Director of the Minority Academic Achievement and Development (MAAD) Lab. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a M.A. and Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of South Carolina. After completing her graduate training, Dr. Griffin served children and families through her practice in K-12 public schools as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. She is also Licensed as a Psychologist by the North Carolina Psychology Board specializing in psychoeducational assessments and educational intervention plans.
Dr. Griffin’s research program examines cultural and contextual factors that contribute to Black youths’ development. Her work integrates principles from multiple disciplines (school psychology; developmental psychology; education) to elucidate how Black youths’ experiences with race-related processes in schools and communities, influence educational and psychological outcomes. Her research on topics, including racial identity, racial socialization, racial discrimination, school racial climate, race-related stress and trauma, school engagement and youth participatory action research, has been published in popular media outlets such as Successful Black Parenting Magazine, CNN, Capital B News, and PBS Kids, and she has co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles across multiple academic outlets such as Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, Journal of Black Psychology, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Journal of Applied School Psychology, Sex Roles and others. She has received numerous awards and honors for her work including the American Educational Research Association-Society for Research in Child Development Fellowship in Middle Childhood Education and Development and the Hopelab Translational Science Fellowship. She has acquired over 2 million in research grant funding as PI or co-PI on projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, US Department of Education, William T. Grant Foundation, American Psychological Association, National Association of School Psychologists, and more. Dr. Griffin has serves as an advisor and consultant for local and national organizations, programs and media outlets.
Dr. Griffin and her husband happily parent their 4 children (ages 8, 7, 3 and 1) and two dogs together.
AS SEEN ON.
Education + Training.

B.A. | Psychology
Highest Distinction &
Highest Honors

M.A. | School Psychology
Ph.D. | School Psychology
(NASP Approved and APA-Accredited Program)

GCS Psychological Services
Predoctoral Internship Training Program
(APA Accredited)
+
Postdoctoral Training
CONTACT ME.

305 Coltrane Hall
Winston-Salem, NC 27110
Office:
336.750.8832
Email:
For inquiries about psychological services:
P.O. Box 604
Kernersville, NC 27285
Office:
336.541.6091
RECENT FEATURES.
In RIGGED, a full-length, award-winning documentary that examines social and economic inequity in U.S. higher education, Dr. Griffin discusses her experiences as an HBCU professor and her community engaged research.
For me, it's about centering the perspective of people that are not invited to these conversations... Dr. Charity Brown Griffin