African American Children and Mental Health [2 volumes]

Nancy E. Hill, PhD, is a developmental psychologist and professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and Suzanne Young Murray Professor at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Her research focuses on cultural, economic, and community influences on family socialization patterns as they shape child and adolescent development. Tammy L. Mann, PhD, is executive director of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute at United Negro College Fund which focuses on examining barriers and facilitators of educational attainment for African Americans and other underrepresented minorities across the P-16 education pipeline. She is a former adjunct faculty member in the department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies at Howard University, Washington, DC, and a public policy fellow at the American Psychological Association. Hiram E. Fitzgerald is series editor for the Praeger series, Child Psychology and Mental Health. He is associate provost for university outreach and engagement, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. From 1992-2008, Fitzgerald served as executive director of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. He has published over 450 scholarly works, including 60 books.