Brianna A. Baker
Postgraduate Associate (Psychology Section)Cards
Appointments
Education
Columbia University , Counseling Psychology (2025)
Teachers College, Columbia University , Counseling Psychology (2024)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies (2019)
About
Titles
Postgraduate Associate (Psychology Section)
Biography
Brianna A. Baker (she/her/hers) is a doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests broadly include sociopolitical determinants of mental health, Black youth and families, and ameliorating sociohistorical racial trauma through community-focused program development and policy-level interventions. Her dissertation explores the complexities the Black mother-daughter matrix related to gendered racial identity and socialization. She hopes to mesh her passions for communications, public health,and psychology to bring African American mental health to the forefront of America’s social, moral, and political agendas to advance racial and health equity.
Appointments
Education & Training
- PhD
- Columbia University , Counseling Psychology (2025)
- MPhil
- Teachers College, Columbia University , Counseling Psychology (2024)
- BA
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies (2019)
Research
Publications
2023
A Developmental Systems Approach to Understanding Race and Ethnicity within Child Development and Psychopathology
Baker, Brianna; Snyder, Sean. (2023). A Developmental Systems Approach to Understanding Race and Ethnicity within Child Development and Psychopathology. 10.34944/QYFB-3B52.Chapters
2021
Framing the utility and potential pitfalls of relationship and identity DNA testing across United States immigration contexts.
Madden D, Baker BA, Wagner JK, Katsanis SH. Framing the utility and potential pitfalls of relationship and identity DNA testing across United States immigration contexts. HGG Adv 2021, 3: 100060. PMID: 35047850, DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2021.100060.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Honors
honor George Orely Student Mental Health Advocate Award
03/12/2024National AwardUniversity of Michigan Eisenberg Family Depression Centerhonor Minority Fellowship Program
10/01/2023National AwardAmerican Psychological Associationhonor Future of the Academy Award
04/22/2023National AwardFaculty Women of Color Conferencehonor Robert T. Carter Fellowship
04/17/2023National AwardTeachers College, Columbia Universityhonor Multicultural Psychoanalysis Scholar
04/01/2023National AwardSociety for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology