Tabitha Grier-Reed
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Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Faculty Development, CEHD

Areas of interest
Higher Education
Student Development
Racialized Labor, Culturally Relevant Practice, and Cultural Health
I am not accepting new advisees for fall 2024 in the PhD program.
B.S. Psychology
M.A. Educational Psychology, (Counseling & Student Personnel Psychology Program)
Ph.D. Educational Psychology, (Counseling & Student Personnel Psychology Program)
L.P. Licensed Psychologist
As an engaged scholar, I want to contribute to the social good and improve the human condition. My areas of expertise include student development, teaching and learning, diversity and equity in education, and culturally responsive practices with a focus on cultural health. As an engaged scholar, I want to contribute to the social good and improve the human condition.
Grier-Reed, T., Said, R., & Quiñones, M. (2021). From antiblackness to cultural health in higher education. Education Sciences, 11. 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11020057
Grier-Reed, T., Maples, A., Williams-Wengerd, A, & McGee, D. (2020). The emergence of racialized labor and racial battle fatigue in the African American Student Network (AFAM). Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity (JCSCORE), 6(2), pp. 94-135. https://journals.shareok.org/jcscore/article/view/94
Grier-Reed, T., Ajayi, A, Wilson, R., & Cotton, D. (2020). Foundational curriculum for the African American Student Network: Synthesis of discussion topics and themes. Journal of Adolescent and Family Health, 11. https://scholar.utc.edu/jafh/vol11/iss1/4/
Allen, T., Grier-Reed, T., & Maples, A. (2020). On the frontier: Exploring rural psychologist practice in integrated behavioral health care. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 44(2), 106-117. https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000132
Diehl, D., Houseworth, J. & Grier-Reed, T. (2019). Examining the variable relationship between race and considerations of campus withdrawal. The College Student Journal, 53(4), 417-429.
Gbolo, S., & Grier-Reed, T. (2019). An African American student networking group in an urban high school: Experiences and outcomes. Journal of Urban Education 54, 1210-1232. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085916641170
Grier-Reed, T., & Ajayi, A. (2019). Incorporating humanistic values and techniques in a culturally-responsive therapeutic intervention for African American college students. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 58, 17-33. doi 10.1002/johc.12087
Grier-Reed, T., Gagner, N., & Ajayi, A. (2018). (En)Countering a White racial frame at a predominantly White institution: The case of the African American Student Network. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 4(2), 65-89.
Grier-Reed, T., Houseworth, J., & Diehl, D. (2017). Breaking down walls and building bridges: A study of cross-racial interactions across predominantly White campuses. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48645335
Grier-Reed, T., & Wilson, R. J. (2016). The African American Student Network: An exploration of Black students' ego networks at a predominantly White institution. Journal of Black Psychology, 42, 374-386. doi: 10.1177/0095798415591661
Grier-Reed, T., Arcinue, F., & Inman. E. (2016). The African American Student Network: An intervention for retention. Journal of College Student Retention, Theory, & Practice, 18, 183-193. doi: 10.1177/1521025115584747
Grier-Reed, T. (2013). The African American Student Network: an informal networking group as a therapeutic intervention for Black college students on a predominantly White campus. Journal of Black Psychology, 39, 169-184. doi: 10.1177/0095798413478696
2021 Racialized Labor, Racial Battle Fatigue, and Cultural Health. Minnesota Psychological Association, First Friday Forum
2019 Intersections of Race and Psychosocial Tasks for Emerging Adults in the African American Student Network, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), Toronto, Canada,Tabitha Grier-Reed, Anne Williams-Wengerd, Co-Presenters, Poster
2019 Intergenerational Trauma and Parenting: Parenting through Trauma, Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health, Cedar Valley Mental Health Summit, Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, IA, Roun Said, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Co- Presenters
2019 The Case for Radical Empathy: Diversity Inside and Outside of Higher Education, Course Hero Education Summit ’19, San Francisco, CA, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Invited
2019 Critical Contexts for Building Safe Spaces and Positive Relationships Symposium: Counterspaces to Mitigate Race-Related Stress Among African Emerging Adults, Society for Community Research and Action, Chicago, IL Tabitha Grier-Reed, Co-Presenters Alyssa Maples & Kay Burningham, Organizer, Lindsey Weiler
2018 Building a Foundation for Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health, Cedar Valley Mental Health Summit on Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health, Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, IA, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Keynote Address
2018 The African American Student Network: Promoting Health and Wellbeing for African American Youth, Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Public Health Guest Lecture
2018 Black Awareness and Academics Achievement: The African American Student Network--Paying Down an Educational Debt, Minnesota Psychological Association, St. Paul, MN, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Presenter
2017 Intersections of Racialized Experiences and Psychosocial Development for Black Undergraduates at a Predominantly White Institution, National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Fort Worth, TX, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Presenter
2016 The African American Student Network: A Culturally Responsive Counseling Intervention, Association of Black Psychologists (ABPSI) Annual Convention, Arlington, VA, Tabitha Grier-Reed and Danielle Cotton
2016 Institutional Satisfaction for Black Students at a Predominantly White Institution, American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Denver, CO, Shari Dade, Sherri Turner, & Tabitha Grier-Reed, Poster
2016 Unintended Outcomes of Diversity on Campus: White Students’ Perceptions of Discrimination, National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), San Francisco, CA, Tabitha Grier-Reed and David Diehl
2016 Teaching Race, Discussing Race: Unintended Outcomes of Diversity on Campus--White Students’ Perceptions of Discrimination, Higher Learning: Race in Postsecondary Education Conference, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Tabitha Grier-Reed
2016 College as a Site of Racial Identity Formation: The African American Student Network--10 Years of Data, Higher Learning: Race in Postsecondary Education Conference, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Presenter
2015 The African American Student Network: A Social Justice Intervention, National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Atlanta, GA, Tabitha Grier-Reed, Poster
National Association Affiliation
American Psychological Association (APA)
Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 17
Society for the Psychology of Women, American Psychological Assocation (APA), Division 35
Honors and Awards
John M. Taborn Award for Oustanding Contributions to Psychology by a Person of African Descent, Minnesota Psychological Association (2020)
Partner Award, Sons of Bransford in Recognition of Work in the Community (2019)
Morse-Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Award, Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Minnesota (2016)