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Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Psychiatry
Phone (Primary):
(410) 706-0980
Education and Training
Education
2017 B.A. Experimental Psychology - University of South Carolina
2019 M.S. School Psychology - North Carolina State University
2022 Ph.D. School Psychology - North Carolina State University
Training
2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellowship, School Mental Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Research/Clinical Keywords
Trauma, trauma-informed schools, culturally responsive teaching, school mental health, teacher professional development, readiness for DEI training, educational inequities, child and adolescent mental health
Highlighted Publications
Knox, J., Alvarez, A., Golden, A., & Hope, E. (2023). Increasing readiness for culturally responsive, trauma-informed professional development: Collective and individual readiness. In B.M. Alexander-Ashley (Ed.). Practical Strategies to Reduce Childhood Trauma and Mitigate Exposure to the School-to-Prison Pipeline. (pp. 229-260). IGI Global.
Knox, J., Cryer-Coupet, Q., Golden, A., Cerda-Smith, J., Gaona, M. (2023). Secondary traumatic stress in school personnel: A latent class analysis on adverse childhood experience history. School Psychology.
Knox, J. (in press). Lessons learned from implementing a culturally responsive, trauma-informed training series. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education.
Additional Publication Citations
Matthews, C., Cerda-Smith, J., Joy, A., Knox, J., Banales, J., Medina, M., Mulvey, K. L. (in press). Patterns of ethnic-racial identity and critical consciousness and associations with STEM engagement: A latent profile analysis of youth of color. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.
Beason, T., Knox, J., Hoover, S., Lever, N., Dubin, M., & Gorden-Achebe, K. (2024). Using a culturally responsive, anti-racist, and equitable (CARE) approach to school mental health. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics, 33(4).
Lawson, T. K., Knox, J., Romero, E., Palacios, A. M., & Fallon, L. M. (2024). Check Yourself!: Exploring current culturally responsive teaching assessment measures. Psychology in the Schools.
Goodwin, A.B., & Knox, J. (2024). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the DASS-10 with Black Adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders, 16.
Golden, A. R., Srisarajivakul, E. N., Hasselle, A. J., Pfund, R. A., & Knox, J. (2023). What was a gap is now a chasm: Remote schooling, the digital divide, and educational inequities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joy, A., Matthews, C., Cerda-Smith, Knox, J., Mulvey, K. L. (2023). The roles of school racial climate and STEM classroom climate in adolescents’ peer inclusion and attribution decisions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 226.
Cerda-Smith, J., Joy A., Matthews, C., Knox, J. L., & Mulvey, K. L. (2023). STEM-related outcomes for adolescents with differing perceptions of school racial climate: A latent class analysis. Science Education, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21784
Knox, J., Mulvey, K. L. & Gonultas, S., Gibson, S. (2022). Relations between parental attachment, empathy, and bystander help-seeking preference following peer aggression. Journal of Child & Family Studies. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02312-2
Mulvey, K.L., Matthews, C., Knox, J., Joy, A., & Cerda-Smith, J. (2022). The role of inclusion, discrimination, and belonging for adolescent STEM engagement in and out of school. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21762
Pane Seifert, H. T., Wise-Kriplani, M., Knox, J., & Amaya-Jackson, L. (2022). Improving the content validity of the Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey (TRACES) and the Child and Adolescent PTSD Checklist for DSM–5 (CAPC-5): A collaborative research methodological approach. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(6), 905–913. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001158
Yoon, S., Miller, L., Knox, J., & Xin, Y. (2021) Longitudinal examination of resilience among child welfare-involved adolescents: The role of caregiver-child relationships and deviant peer affiliation. Development and Psychopathology.
Knox, J., Gibson, S., Mulvey, K. L., & Gonultas, S. (2021). School connectedness and bystander intervention: The moderating role of perceived exclusion and privilege among African American students. School Psychology Review.
Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., Knox, J., & Ploss, A. (2020). Socio-ecological predictors of resilience development over time among maltreated youth. Child Maltreatment.
Gibson, S., Cryer-Coupet, Q., Knox, J., Fields, K. (2020). Father Involvement in Kinship Care: A Risk and Resilience Perspective. Children & Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105354
Kim, E. You, S., Knox, J. (2019). The mediating effect of empathy on the relation between child self-expressiveness in family and prosocial behaviors. Journal of Child and Family Studies. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01676-2.
Awards and Affiliations
2024 Clinical Research LRP Award, National Insitute of Mental Health
2023 Early Career Scholar, Society for the Study of School Psychology
2023 IMMERSE Fellowship, University of California—Santa Barbara
2022 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2022 Outstanding Student Reviewer Award, School Psychology Review
2021 North Carolina School Psychology Association Boardsmanship Award
2021 Graduate Research Symposium Awardee, North Carolina State University
2020 Best Research Award, North Carolina School Psychology Association Conference
2020 Viewer’s Choice, North Carolina School Psychology Association Conference
2020 Augustus A. Witherspoon Scholarship, North Carolina State University
2019 National Association of School Psychology Student Leader of the Year Award
2018 Best Research Study Award, North Carolina School Psychology Association Conference
Grants and Contracts
07/24-06/29 PI. Effectiveness and Psychological Impact Evaluation of Active Assailant Drills in Maryland Schools. Source: Maryland Center for School Safety. Amount: $428,393.00
08/23-08/24 PI. School Psych Sistahs: Evaluating a Mentoring Program for Early Career Women of Color in School Psychology. Source: Society for the Study of School Psychology. Amount: $19,750.00
01/23-01/24 PI. Leveraging Educator Readiness to Increase Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Professional Development Effectiveness. Source: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Amount: $1,515.00
01/21-01/22 PI. Evaluating a Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed Pedagogical School Program. Source: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Amount: $1,500.00
01/21-01/22 PI. Evaluating a Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed Pedagogical School Program. Source: Psi Chi/American Psychological Association. Awarded Amount: $1,000.00
Professional Activity
2023-Present Editorial Board Journal of Trauma Studies in Education
2022-Present Editorial Review Board School Psychology Review