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Zeruiah is passionate about addressing suicide prevention, postvention, and care in marginalized communities. Scholars have highlighted alarming increases in suicidal behavior and suicide among black youth. Zeruiah’s research will include exploring the unique causes and symptoms of suicide among black girls, destigmatizing suicidality nationally through culturally humble mechanisms, and promoting policies that will help prevent suicides across the nation.
MORE ABOUT ZERUIAH
As a black, queer, hard-of-hearing woman, Zeruiah assesses issues through a lens of intersectionality, equity, and humility. She understands that investigating illnesses requires exploration at all levels of the social-ecological model. Her research will prioritize actively listening to marginalized lived experiences to humanize data and policy.
DISSERTATION GRANT AWARDEE — SPRING 2024
Creating A World Worth Living In: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Black Youth Suicidality Through the Lens of Policy
There is a dearth of scholarship examining Black youth suicidality with thoughtful consideration of intersectionality (i.e., interlocking systems of oppression such as racism and ablism) and the role of policy. This exploratory sequential mixed method project will examine Black youth suicidality through the lens of intersectionality and policy to inform future policies that are more attentive to the priorities and needs of Black youth and can thereby reverse the trends in the elevated risk of suicidality in these communities.
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