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• Thomas, K., Day, K., & Ward, L. M. (2008). Multiculturalism and music videos: Effects on the socioemotional development of children and adolescents. In J. Asamen, M. Ellis, & G. Berry (Eds.), Handbook of Child Development, Multiculturalism, and Media. Sage Publications.  PDF

 

• Ward, L.M., Day, K., & Thomas, K. (2010). Confronting assumptions: Exploring the nature and predictors of Black adolescent's media use. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 54, 69-86.  PDF

 

• Ward, L.M., Rivadeneyra, R., Thomas, K., Day, K., & Epstein, M. (2011). Cheating men, trifling women: the sexual content of Black music videos. Invited chapter for Zurbriggen, E.L., & Roberts, T. (Eds), Sexualization of Girls. Oxford Press.

 

• Trinh, S. Ward., L.M., Day, K., Thomas, K. & Levin, D. (2013). Contributions of divergent parent and peer sexual messages to Asian American college student's sexual behavior. Journal of Sex Research, 51, 208-220.  PDF

 

• Fletcher, K.D., Ward, L.M., Thomas, K., Foust, M., Levin, D., & Trinh, S. (2014). Will it help? Identifying socialization discourses that promote sexual risk and sexual health among African American youth. Journal of Sex Research, 52, 199-212.  PDF

 

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• Cole, A. P., Gill, J. M., Fletcher, K. D., Shivers, C. A., Allen, L. C., & Mwendwa, D. T. (2015). Understanding African American College Students’ H1N1 Vaccination Decisions. Health Psychology, doi:10.1037/hea0000232.  PDF

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• Jerald, M. C., Ward, L. M., Moss, L., Thomas, K., & Fletcher, K. D. (2016). Subordinates, Sex Objects, or Sapphires? Investigating Contributions of Media Use to Black Students’ Femininity Ideologies and Stereotypes About Black Women. Journal of Black Psychology, 0095798416665967.  PDF