Where research meets resistance. Where theory becomes healing.
My scholarship doesn’t live in a vacuum. It lives in the margins, the wounds, the churches, the classrooms, the clinic waiting rooms, and the spaces where people are trying to breathe through systems that don’t see them. I write for those who have been erased. I research to name what’s been silenced. And I teach so that the next generation can learn how to build without bleeding.
Areas of Research & Impact
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Addiction & mental health
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Community development & public health equity
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Trauma-informed systems & leadership
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Black queer well-being
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Healing-centered behavioral science
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Spirituality, identity, & liberation practice
Collaborations
I've presented at national and international conferences; reviewed for scientific journals and serve on Editorial Boards; served on and chaired scientific grant review panels; and led interdisciplinary symposia bridging public health, medicine, spirituality, and social justice.
I welcome invitations for co-authorship, guest editorship, special issues, and emerging scholar-healers. Please contact me if you would like a copy of a specific publication.
Selected Scholarly Works
Shires, D. A., Kattari, L., Hill, H., Anderson, K. D., Jr., Bisiolek, B., & Kattari, S. K. (2024). Differences between transgender and gender diverse adults in Michigan currently using gender-affirming hormone therapy and non-users reporting interest in future use. LGBT Health, 11(6), 446-454. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0289
Rice, J. K., Anderson-Carpenter, K. D., & Ellis, J. D. (2024). Risk factors of substance use treatment gaps among a nationally representative sample of black American adults in relation to sexual minority status and insurance coverage. BMC Psychology, 12(1), 271. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01352-7
Anderson-Carpenter, K. D. (2022). Integrating behavioral science and rightful presence to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in online learning environments. In A. Brewer, M. Elcoro, & A. Lippincott (Eds.), Behavioral pedagogies and online learning (pp. 184-191). Hedgehog publishers.
Anderson-Carpenter, K. D. (2022). Queer identity, African spirituality, and intersectional healing through psychedelic medicine. In A. Belser, C. Cavnar, & B. Labate (Eds.), Queering psychedelics: From oppression to liberation in psychedelic medicine. Synergetic Press.
Anderson-Carpenter, K. D. (2021). Black lives matter principles as an Africentric approach to improving black American health. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 8(4), 870-878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00845-0