LaShawnda N. Fields
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Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: Washington University in St. Louis (2017–2020); Arizona State University (2026)
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Biography and Research Information
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LaShawnda Fields' research investigates the culture and climate within social work education, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her work examines experiences with imposter syndrome and authenticity among students at research-intensive schools of social work, as well as strategies Black women utilize for mentorship and support within academic settings. Fields also studies the correlates of incarceration, socioeconomic influences, and mental illness, drawing on her prior experience supporting first-generation and low-income students in their pursuit of graduation.
Her publications include conceptual models for Ph.D. student development and research productivity in social work. Fields has also explored the impact of racism exposure and trauma on pain inequities and has presented on navigating anti-Black campus climates. Her research network includes collaborators such as Valandra, Whitney Sober, and RoAnne Elliott at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 14
- Citations: 160
Positions
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Assistant Professor 2020–presentUniversity of Arkansas School of Social Work ORCID
Selected Publications
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Voices from the Sidelines: Black Women’s Experiences of Police Use of Excessive Force (2025)
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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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Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model. (2023)
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Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi (2022)
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Experiences With Imposter Syndrome and Authenticity at Research-Intensive Schools of Social Work (2021)
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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
- Experiences With Imposter Syndrome and Authenticity at Research-Intensive Schools of Social Work
- Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi
- Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- Racism exposure and trauma accumulation perpetuate pain inequities—advocating for change (RESTORATIVE): A conceptual model.
- An Antiracist CBPAR Approach to Honoring Victims of Racial Terror Lynching in Washington County, Arkansas
- Voices from the Sidelines: Black Women’s Experiences of Police Use of Excessive Force
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