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Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Crooks, N., Snow‐Hill, N., Bushnell, A., Sanker‐Panchal, K., & Sissoko, G. (2026). Risk, Adultification, Messaging, and Protection Scale (RAMPS): The development of a measure for Black girls. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 36(1), e70123-n/a.

  • Hussett‐Richardson, S., Sissoko, G. D., & Opara, I. (2026). Hair‐esteem toolkit for Black girls: The development of a self‐esteem toolkit for Black adolescent girls centering hair as a tool for empowerment. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 36(1), e70135-n/a.

  • Sissoko, G. D., Kanguya, T., Mwenge, M., Sharma, A., Chhun, N., Yu, S. H., Emerson, E., Hosek, S., Bolton-Moore, C., & Donenberg, G. R. (2026). Using the Framework for Reporting Adaptation and Modifications-Expanded (FRAME) to Adapt an Evidence-Based HIV-Prevention Intervention for Zambian Adolescent Girls and Young Women. AIDS and Behavior.

  • Opara, I., Sissoko, G. D., Wan, X., & Weerakoon, S. M. (2026). The role of sleep in the relationship between racial discrimination and suicide ideation among black girls: A path analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 398, Article 120896.

  • Sissoko, G. D., McKenley, C., Funaro, M. C., & Haeny, A. M. (2025). Interventions targeting internalised racism: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 15(11), e108303.

  • Sissoko, G. (Diagou), Hlokwe, J., Segalo, P., & Fine, M. (2025). Colonial Deposits: A Transnational Dialogue Exploring Historic and Contemporary Embodiments of Colorism. The American Psychologist, 80(8), 1227–1247.

  • Crooks, N., Sissoko, G., Barrie, R., Coleman, D., Debra, A., Sosina, W., Yates, L., Sanker-Panchal, K., Okafor, A., & Jeremiah, R. (2025). “Dark skin girls are unworthy of protection”: Black girls perceptions of colorism and its influence on psychological and sexual development. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.

  • Donenberg, G. R., Sharma, A., Kanguya, T., Emerson, E., Chhun, N., Kasengele, C. T., Mweemba, M., Mwenge, M., Bosomprah, S., Sissoko, G. D., Hosek, S., & Moore, C. B. (2025). A hybrid effectiveness implementation trial testing an HIV and STI prevention program for mother figures and their adolescent girls and young women delivered by peer leaders: ZAIMARA study protocol. BMC Public Health, 25(1), Article 3153.

  • Weerakoon, S. M., Srikanth, N., Aivadyan, C., Takenaka, B. P., Rose, R., Rutledge, J. D., Sissoko, G., & Opara, I. (2025). Predictors of HIV and STI testing among sexually active Black adolescents: Results from YRBSS 2019-2021. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 23(3), 185–200.

  • Sissoko, D. R. G., Hussain, S., Arevalo, K., Rodriguez, W., Soni, S., Tejeda, E., & Nadal, K. L. (2024). Colorist Microaggressions and Brown Asian Americans: Implications for Behavioral Science. The American Behavioral Scientist (Beverly Hills), 70(4), 458–484.

  • Rodriguez, W. A., Hussain, S., Nadal, K. L., Sissoko, D. R. G., Almanzar, D. A., Ealey, D., & Tejeda, E. (2024). Queering child welfare and juvenile justice: Recommendations for affirming LGBTQ+ youth. Family Court Review, 62(3), 653–665.

  • Nadal, K. L. Y., Rodriguez, W., Tejada, E., Almanzar, D., Sissoko, D. G., & Hussain, S. (2023). Did it get better? The Realities of queer and trans youth of color in K-12 schools. Journal of School Violence.

  • Sissoko, D. G., Baker, S., & Caron, E. H. (2023). Into and Through the School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Impact of Colorism on the Criminalization of Black Girls. Journal of Black Psychology.

  • Sissoko, D.G., Lewis, J. A., & Nadal, K. L. (2023). It’s More Than Skin-Deep: Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Skin Tone Satisfaction, and Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Black Women. Journal of Black Psychology, 49(2), 127–152.

  • Edwards, E. R., Gromatsky, M., Sissoko, D. R. G., Hazlett, E. A., Sullivan, S. R., Geraci, J., & Goodman, M. (2022). Arrest history and psychopathology among veterans at risk for suicide. Psychological Services, 19(1), 146–156.

  • Nadal, K. L., King, R., Sissoko, D. G., Floyd, N., & Hines, D. (2021). The legacies of systemic and internalized oppression: Experiences of microaggressions, imposter phenomenon, and stereotype threat on historically marginalized groups. New Ideas in Psychology, 6.

  • Sissoko, D. R. G., & Nadal, K. L. (2021). Microaggressions toward racial minority immigrants in the United States. In P. Tummala-Narra (Ed.), Trauma and racial minority immigrants: Turmoil, uncertainty, and resistance (pp. 85–102). American Psychological Association.

  • Johnson, V. E., Nadal, K. L., Sissoko, D. R. G., & King, R. (2021). “It’s Not in Your Head”: Gaslighting, ‘Splaining, Victim Blaming, and Other Harmful Reactions to Microaggressions. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16(5), 1024–1036.

  • Goshin, L. S., & Sissoko, D. G. (2021). Redefining Motherhood: Mothering in Mandated Inpatient Substance Use Treatment. In Children with Incarcerated Mothers (pp. 103-119). Springer, Cham.

  • Edwards, E. R., Sissoko, D. R. G., Abrams, D., Samost, D., La Gamma, S., & Geraci, J. (2020). Connecting mental health court participants with services: Process, challenges, and recommendations. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26(4), 463–475.

  • Goshin, L. S., Sissoko, D. G., Stringer, K. L., Sufrin, C., & Byrnes, L. (2020). Stigma and US Nurses’ Intentions to Provide the Standard of Maternal Care to Incarcerated Women, 2017. American Journal of Public Health, 110(S1), S93-S99.

  • Sissoko, D. G., & Goshin, L. S. (2019). Mothering Under Community Criminal Justice Supervision in the USA. In The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family (pp. 431-455). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

  • Goshin, L. S., Sissoko, D. G., Neumann, G., Sufrin, C., & Byrnes, L. (2019). Perinatal Nurses' Experiences With and Knowledge of the Care of Incarcerated Women During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 48(1), 2736.

  • Rieder, J. K., Goshin, L. S., Sissoko, D. G., Kleshchova, O., & Weierich, M. R. (2019). Salivary Biomarkers of Parenting Stress in Mothers Under Community Criminal Justice Supervision. Nursing research, 68(1), 48-56.