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University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition
Dawn P.
Witherspoon
Professor of Psychology
Book Title: Beginnings: The Social and Affective Development of Black Children
Author: Margaret Beale Spencer, Geraldine Kearse Brookins, Walter Recharde Allen
Selection Statement:
Beginnings is a foundational book for understanding the origins of scholarship focused on understanding Black youth's development in a holistic manner. This collection of works, from leaders in the field, includes theory and addresses important developmental issues for Black children, but does so, in a way that was uncharacteristic of the time -- not focused on deficits and dysfunction. The book pushed me to think critically about our knowledge base about minoritized youth.
Year: 2023