Valandra

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Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: St. Catherine University (2006–2007)

6 h-index 19 pubs 135 cited

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Valandra's research investigates intimate partner violence, particularly within African American communities, and explores its intersections with economic abuse and race. Her work utilizes grounded theory and multisystems life course frameworks to understand the complexities of these issues. Recent publications examine economic abuse as a form of power and control, African American men's perspectives on intimate partner violence, and Afrocentric approaches to recovery from sex trafficking. She has also published on the experiences of Black women in academia and navigating anti-Black campus climates. Valandra's scholarship includes studies on female victims of intimate partner violence and sex offenses, with a focus on prevalence across adolescent and adult populations. Her work is supported by a network of collaborators at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

h-index: 6
Publications: 19
Citations: 135

Positions

Professor 2019–present

University of Arkansas School of Social Work ORCID

Selected Publications

An Antiracist CBPAR Approach to Honoring Victims of Racial Terror Lynching in Washington County, Arkansas (2025)

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research DOI OpenAlex
Standing in the gap: how Black women mentors make the academy bearable for other Black women (2024)

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
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)

Advances in psychology, mental health, and behavioral studies (APMHBS) book series 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Navigating an anti-Black campus climate: #black@pwi (2022)

Race Ethnicity and Education 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
Economic Abuse: A Subtle but Common Form of Power and Control (2020)

Journal of Interpersonal Violence 31 citations DOI OpenAlex
Theoretical Application to Understand Food Insecurity Among College Students: A Multi-Systems Life Course Perspective (2019)

Sociology Study 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
An Exploratory Study of African American Men’s Perspectives of Intraracial, Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence Using a Multisystems Life Course Framework (2018)

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Assessment of a State TANF Funded IDA Initiative: A Case Study (2018)

Journal of Social Service Research 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
A Multi-Systems Life Course Perspective of Economic Abuse (2017)

Advances in Social Work 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
African American Perspectives and Experiences of Domestic Violence in a Rural Community (2016)

Journal of Interpersonal Violence 15 citations DOI OpenAlex