Research Provocations
Guided by Black Feminist epistemologies and using qualitative and arts-based research methods, LeConté has a commitment toward transdisciplinary, community-accountable scholarship. Her work focuses on safety, resilience, healing, and wellness, particularly for urban Black girls and other youth of color.
- “Disinvestment in urban schools.” In: N. O. A. Kwate (Ed.), The Street: A Photographic Field Guide to American Inequality. Rutgers University Press, 2021.
- “The Enduring Atlanta Compromise: Youth Contending with Home Foreclosures and School Closures in the “New South.”” Co-authored with Orrianne Morrison and Mercedez Dunn. The Du Bois Review, 13(2), 365-377, 2016.
- ““I’m Not Just Runnin’ the Streets”: Exposure to Neighborhood Violence and Risk Avoidance Strategies among Urban Youth of Color.” Co-authored with Emily Ozer. Journal of Adolescent Research, 31(5), 536-556. 2016.
- “Girls Living on the Streets and in the Slums of Kampala: Physical and Sexual Violence Victimization.” Co-authored with Monica Swahn, Jane Palmier, and Rogers Kasiyre. Sage Open, 5(2), 2158244015580853. 2015.
- “Impact of the Built Environment on Behavioral and Sexual Health: Policy Implications and Recommendations.” Co-authored with Davis Satcher and Martha Okafor. ISRN Public Health. 2012.
- ”Preserving Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood against all odds.” Saporta Report. 2012.
- “Collective Healing: A Framework for Building Transformative Collaborations in Public Health.” Co-authored with Emily Cowan and Shavaun Sutton. Health Promotion Practice. Forthcoming.
- “#LetBlackGirlsBeGirls.” Dean’s Weekly Update. New York University School of Global Public Health. 2021.
- ““The Hook-Up”: How Youth-Serving Organizations Facilitate Network-based Social Capital for Urban Youth of Color.” Co-authored with Emily Ozer. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(7), 1614-1628. 2019
- “A Different Standard for Black Girls.” Black Press USA. 2015.
- ““I Feel Some Type of Way”: Experiences of relationship violence, resilience, and resistance among urban Black girls.” Co-authored with Bianca Rivera, Shavaun Sutton, and Elizabeth Ige. In: K. B. Holden & C. P. Jones (Eds.), Resilience: Black Women and Public Health. SUNY Press. In Press.
- ““Wearing My Spiritual Jacket”: The Role of Spirituality as a Coping Mechanism Among African American Youth.” Health Education & Behavior, 44(5), 696-704. 2017.
- Learning, Teaching, Re-Membering, and Enacting Black Feminist Sociology at a Black Women’s College: Love Letters to One Another.” Co-authored with Mercedez Dunn, Mona Taylor Phillips, Nzali Scales, and Cynthia Neal Spence. In: W. Pirtle & Z. Luna (Eds.), Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis. Routledge. In Press.
- Breathe into Believing. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. In Press.
- “Committed to Health for Black Girls.” Dean’s Weekly Update. New York University School of Global Public Health. 2020.
- ““I Can Only Do Me”: African American, Caribbean American, and West African Girls’ Transnational Nature of Self-Articulation. Co-Authored with Shavaun Sutton, Bianca Rivera, and Abena Amory-Powell. In: J. S. Jordan-Zachery & D. Harris (Eds.), Black Girl Magic: Beyond the Hashtag(pp. 60-79). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. 2019.
- “Speaking for Ourselves: Reclaiming, Redesigning, and Reimagining Research on Black Women’s Health.” Co-Authored with Jameta Barlow. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, 16(2), 219-229. 2018.
- “Adjournment in Community HIV Prevention: Exploring Transitions in Community–Academic Partnerships.” Co-authored with Yolene Gousse, Kimberly Huggins, Marilyn Fraser-White, Ruth Browne, Mark Stewart, Moro Salifu, Michael A. Joseph, and Tracey Wilson. Health Promotion Practice, 21(4), 544-551. 2020.
- “Using Text Messaging to Improve Access to Prenatal Health Information in Urban African American and Afro-Caribbean Immigrant Pregnant Women: Mixed Methods Analysis of Text4baby Usage.” Co-authored with Tenya Blackwell, Lori Hoepner, and Laura Geer. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(2), e14737. 2020.
- “Stress, Socializing, and Other Motivations for Smoking Among the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Community in New York City.” Co-authored with Deanna Jannat-Khah, Simone Reynolds, and Michael A. Joseph. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(5), 1178-1186. 2018.
- “A Comparison of Alternative Tobacco Product Usage, Knowledge and Beliefs Between the New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Community and Heterosexuals.” Co-authored with Deanna Jannat-Khah, Simone Reynolds, and Michael A. Joseph. Journal of Community Health, 42(5), 903-910. 2017.
- ““I Want a Second Chance”: Experiences of African-American Fathers in Re-Entry.” Co-authored with Carlos Mahaffey, Henrie Treadwell, and Tracey Mosley. American Journal of Men’s Health, 10(6), 459-465. 2016.
- “Interventions to improve access to fresh food in vulnerable communities: A review of the literature.” Co-authored with Denise Smith, Stephanie Miles-Richardson, and Elaine Archie-Booker. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 12(4): 409-417. 2013.
- New York University School of Global Public Health: “Desperate Need for Justice Reform”
- The Forge: “Tackling the Other Public Health Pandemic”
- New York University Kimmel Windows: “We Who Weave”
- LitPark: “Back for the First Time”
- Very Smart Brothas: “Spelman College: ‘We’ll Ever Faithful Be’”
- CUNY Institute for Health Equity: “Public Health Minute with William Latimer: Dr. LeConté Dill”
- The Feminist Wire: “Dead Center”
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