Youth Critical Racial Consciousness Development: Exploring Sociocultural Supports, YouthVoice, and Pathways for Action
with Dr. Josefina Banales
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Gallery
Date & Time
November 18, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Description
Dr. Josefina Bañales
Assistant Professor
Community and Applied Developmental Psychology
University of Illinois, Chicago
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, UMBC
Youth Critical Racial Consciousness Development: Exploring Sociocultural Supports, YouthVoice, and Pathways for Action
In this talk, we will engage theory and empirical research on how youth develop beliefs, feelings, and actions that challenge racism, or youths’ critical racial consciousness development. Grounded in our historical and contemporary sociopolitical context, Dr. Bañales will present three studies that illuminate:1) the development of critical racial consciousness and the role of sociocultural factors and social contexts in this process, 2) the power of youth voice to elucidate the nature of youth critical racial consciousness, and 3) how to co-develop empirically-based interventions with youth partners that stimulate youth critical racial consciousness. We will conclude with a discussion of future directions for Bañales’ research, practice, and teaching.
Hosted by the Department of Psychology and cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Department of Education, the Latinx and Hispanic Faculty Association, and the Shriver Center.
CS3 sponsored events are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.
