Department of Psychology
Faculty and Staff Directory
Meeta Banerjee
Title: | Assistant Professor |
Department: | Psychology College of Arts and Sciences |
Email: | meeta@mailbox.sc.edu |
Phone: | 803-777-4258 |
Office: | Barnwell College, Rm 554 |
Background
Meeta Banerjee received her Ph.D. in Ecological-Community Psychology with a specialization in Applied Developmental Science from Michigan State University in 2012. As a Jacobs Foundation Pathways to Adulthood postdoctoral fellow, she worked directly with Dr. Jacque Eccles at the University of Michigan and was also an NIH minority postdoctoral scholar. Prior to her Ph.D., she received her M.S.W. and B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2003 and 2001, respectively. Her research employs both integrative and ecological frameworks to understand the influence of contextual factors on the developmental trajectories in underrepresented minority youth and families.
Research
My research examines the interaction between ecological contexts (e.g., schools, families,
neighborhoods, communities and racial discrimination) and parenting practices and
how these processes directly and indirectly influence psychosocial and educational
outcomes. I am particularly interested how race-related processes in the family (e.g.,
parental ethnic-racial socialization, parents’ racial identities) influence adjustment
in ethnic minority youth.
Three overarching goals guide my work: 1) To describe the influence of contextual
factors on parenting goals and practices in ethnic minority families; 2) To elucidate
how ethnic-racial socialization may be adaptive for individuals in both race-related
and non-race related contexts on youth outcomes; and 3) To explicate how the association
between ethnic-racial socialization and context varies as a function of developmental
period, from early to late adolescence.
Dr. Banerjee utilizes a variety of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies
to reach her goals of her work with ethnic minority communities. Additionally, in
utilizing community-based participatory research methodologies she has been conducting
research in Michigan and California, and is beginning on some new projects in South
Carolina.
Representative Publications
Ward, J., & Banerjee, M. (2020). Exploring parent-child agreement on reports of exposure to community violence:
Utilizing a latent profile approach. Journal of Community Psychology 2020;1–16.https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22345
Banerjee, M., Byrd, C.M. & Rowley, S.J. (2018). The relationships of school–based discrimination
and racial socialization on African American adolescents’ achievement motivation. Social Sciences, 7(10), 208.
Banerjee, M., Schenke, K., Chang, A., & Eccles, J.S. (2018). STEM vs. Non-STEM careers: Exploring
the roles of expectations, experiences and support in the lives of women. International Journal of Gender, Science & Technology Special Issue: Girls' and women's
participation in STEM: Past lessons and possible futures, 10(2), 287-307.
Williams, A.D., Banerjee, M., Lozada, F., Lambouths, D. & Rowley, S.J. (2018). African American mothers’ perceptions
of the role of race in their children’s education. Journal of Marriage and Family, 79 (4), 932-946.
Banerjee, M., Rowley, S.J. & Johnson, D.J. (2016). Community violence and racial socialization:
Their influence on psychological well-being of African American college students. Journal of Black Psychology, 41(4), 358-383.
Evans, A., Banerjee, M., Meyer, R., Aldana, A., Foust, M. & Rowley, S.J. (2012). Racial socialization as a
mechanism for positive development among African American youth. Child Development Perspectives, 6 (3), 251-257.
Banerjee, M., Harrell, Z.A.T. & Johnson, D.J. (2011). Ethnic socialization and parent involvement:
Predictors of cognitive performance in African American children. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (5), 595-605.