Valandra
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Also affiliated: St. Catherine University (2006–2007); African Union (2014–2017); Film Independent (2025)
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Valandra's research investigates social issues including intimate partner violence, racial injustice, and the experiences of Black women in academic settings. Her work utilizes grounded theory approaches to understand complex social phenomena. She has published on the historical context of African American incarceration and the sociopolitical development of palliative care in Namibia. Current projects include an antiracist community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) approach to honor victims of racial terror lynching in Washington County, Arkansas. Valandra collaborates with LaShawnda Fields, Whitney Sober, and RoAnne Elliott from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She has authored 19 publications with 118 citations and an h-index of 6.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 19
- Citations: 128
Selected Publications
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An Antiracist CBPAR Approach to Honoring Victims of Racial Terror Lynching in Washington County, Arkansas (2025)
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Standing in the gap: how Black women mentors make the academy bearable for other Black women (2024)
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Sociopolitical Development of Palliative Care in Namibia on Three Social System Levels (2023)
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The History of Incarceration of African Americans/Blacks in the United States (2022)
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Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi (2022)
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Economic Abuse: A Subtle but Common Form of Power and Control (2020)
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Theoretical Application to Understand Food Insecurity Among College Students: A Multi-Systems Life Course Perspective (2019)
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An Exploratory Study of African American Men’s Perspectives of Intraracial, Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence Using a Multisystems Life Course Framework (2018)
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Assessment of a State TANF Funded IDA Initiative: A Case Study (2018)
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A Multi-Systems Life Course Perspective of Economic Abuse (2017)
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African American Perspectives and Experiences of Domestic Violence in a Rural Community (2016)
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- Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi
- Standing in the gap: how Black women mentors make the academy bearable for other Black women
- An Antiracist CBPAR Approach to Honoring Victims of Racial Terror Lynching in Washington County, Arkansas
- Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi
- Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi
- The History of Incarceration of African Americans/Blacks in the United States
- Sociopolitical Development of Palliative Care in Namibia on Three Social System Levels
- Sociopolitical Development of Palliative Care in Namibia on Three Social System Levels
- An Antiracist CBPAR Approach to Honoring Victims of Racial Terror Lynching in Washington County, Arkansas
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