Brendesha Tynes

Assistant Professor

My current work explores adolescent narratives in an online forum designed to discuss racism. The data cover a three-year period and include discussions of participants' differences, similarities and how they have personally been affected by racism. Using content and discourse analysis, I examine participants' argumentation strategies and social reasoning. Future projects include studies of the psychological effects of experiencing racism online on African American and Latino adolescents and the use of educational interventions to combat racial prejudice on and offline.more information...