CORE RESEARCH INTEREST

Africentric Paradigms * Black Perspectives * Womanism* Women *Black Feminist Thought   *Intersectionality *Social Justice * Race * Class* Gender* Education* Motherhood * Social Welfare *Theory * Qualitative Research

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Principal Investigator, Rasheem, S.M. (2023-2024). Minding Her Business: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Black Women in Baltimore 

Principal Investigator,  Rasheem, S.M. (2016-2018). A Phenomenological Study of Black Motherhood. A Hermeneutic Phenomenological study.

Principal Investigator,  Rasheem, S.M. (2015-2016). Beyond the Threshold: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Gender, Welfare & Resilience. A Qualitative Study.

Principal Investigator,  Rasheem, S.M. (2015-2016). Maximizing Human Potential. A Qualitative Study

Co-Investigator,  Toney, D.; Mushonga, D.; Rasheem, S.M. (2015- 2016). Resilience factors of African-American women who have experienced Trauma. A Qualitative Study

Co-Investigator, Estreet, A.; Rasheem, S.M.; Elbalghiti, M. (2015-2016) Vital voices. A Qualitative study that explored the intersections of Race, Gender and Substance Abuse.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Rasheem, S.M. (2021). How Black mothers prevent, protect, and heal their daughters from racialized Mental gender trauma. In Wells-Wilbon, R., & Estreet, A. (Eds.). (2021). Trauma and Health Social Work with Urban Populations: African-Centered Clinical Interventions (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429276613  

Mushonga DR, Rasheem S, Anderson D. (2020, December)And Still I Rise: Resilience Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth in African American Women. Journal of Black Psychology. doi:10.1177/0095798420979805

Corley N. & Rasheem, S. (2019). Centering the Invisible Labor of Black Motherwork [Streaming video]. Retrieved from SAGE Video. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529705591

Rasheem, S. (Academic). (2019). An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of African American Mothers with Adolescent Daughters [Streaming video]. Retrieved from SAGE Video. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529705249

Rasheem, S. (2018). An Interpretative Phenomenological Study of African American mothers with Adolescent Daughters (PhD Dissertation). Morgan State University, School of Social Work.

Rasheem, S.M., Alleman, A. Mushonga, D. & Toney, D. Vakalahi, H.F.O. (2018, March) Mentor-shape: Mentoring Black Women in Doctoral Programs, Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Rasheem, S.M. Brunson, Jordan( 2017, November) #ShePersisted: The pursuit, persistence, & power of African American women in social work graduate programs at Historically Black Institutions (HBI), Journal of Social Work Education: The International Journal

Educational Media

The Socio-Historical Evolution of Karen:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/UGsiTs/the-socio-historical-evolution-of-karen

African American Motherhood Contextualized:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/2AtmOB/african-american-motherhood-contextualized

Toward a Black Feminist Ecological Perspective:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/Vd7tH1/toward-a-black-feminist-ecological-perspective-on-motherhood

Coming to Terms with Identity:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/Plnkd5/coming-to-terms-with-identity

Unpacking Privilege, Unlocking Power:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/P9erSM/unpacking-privilege-unlocking-power

Understanding Institutional Racism:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/SgVfOC/understanding-institutional-racism

Understanding the Impact of Institutional Racism:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/l0UjmE/understanding-the-impact-of-institutional-racism

Reclaiming Our Bodies: Black Women and Reproductive Justice:
http://sk.sagepub.com/video/skpromo/jHcsfb/reclaiming-our-bodies-black-women-and-reproductive-justice