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Biography
Nyasha Grayman
Department:
Psychology
Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology (2009)
Degree: B.A., Spelman College (1995); M.A. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, New York University (2006)
Office: HS 103
Phone: 410-337-6094
Email: nyasha.grayman@goucher.edu
Teaching Interests
I am interested in constructivist approaches to teaching, and apply this interest to my courses on cultural psychology, qualitative methodology, and introductory psychology.
Courses Taught in Fall Semester:
- PSY 114 Introduction to Psychology
- PSY 379 Seminar in Cultural Psychology
Courses Taught in Spring Semester:
- PSY 255 Qualitative Research Methods
- PSY 379 Seminar in Cultural Psychology: Psychology of Race and Racism in America
Research Interests
My professional interests are concentrated at the intersection of culture and psychology. Specifically, I am concerned with the phenomenological quality of collective practices and meaning-making, their influences on subjective psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being, and liberation from oppressive social structures that instigate and maintain maladaptive functioning among cultural group members. While my research and writing in this area focuses expressly on Black cultures in the African Diaspora, I am interested in these issues in a broad sense.
Recent Publications
*Gaines-Hanks, N., & Grayman, N. (2009). International service-learning in South Africa and personal change: An exploratory content analysis. NASPA Journal, 46, Art. 5. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/vol46/iss1/art5
Grayman, N. (2009). “we who are dark…:” The Black community according to Black adults in America: An exploratory content analysis. Journal of Black Psychology. Prepublished February 18, 2009; DOI: 10.1177/0095798408329943.
Mattis, J.S., Powell Hammond, W., Grayman, N., Bonacci, M., Brennan, W., Cowie, S.E., Ladyzhenskaya, L., & So, S. (2009). The social production of altruism: Motivations for caring action in a low-income urban community. American Journal of Community Psychology. Prepublished January 21, 2009; DOI: 10.1007/s10464-008-9217-5.
Mattis, J.S., Grayman, N., Cowie, S., Winston, C., Watson, C., & Jackson, D. (2008). Intersectional identities and the politics of altruistic care in a low-income, urban community. Sex Roles, 59, 418 – 428.
Mattis, J.S., Mitchell, N., Zapata, A., Grayman, N., Taylor, R., Chatters, L., & Neighbors, H. (2007). Uses of ministerial support by African Americans: A focus group study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77, 249 - 258.
(* = Equal Contribution by Authors)
Selected Presentations
Johnson, A. J., Coleman, M. N, Grayman-Simpson, N., & DeLoach, C. (2009). No crystal stairs in the ivory tower: Strategizing for the success of Black women psychologists in the academy. Association of Black Psychologists Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA (Think Tank).
Grayman, N. (2008). “we who are dark…:” The Black
community according to Blacks in America. International Counseling Psychology Conference, Chicago, IL. (Poster Presentation).
Grayman, N., & Speight, Q. (2008). Black men’s community involvement: Forms and functions of well-being. 25th Annual Teachers College Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, New York, NY. (Symposium Presentation).
Mattis, J. S., Powell Hammond, W., Grayman, N., & Cowie, S.E. (2007). Conceptualizations of religion and spirituality among African American emerging adults. Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA. (Paper Presentation).
Grayman, N., Mattis, J.S., Utsey, S., & Myers, L.J. (2007). African American culture and positive psychology: Current studies of a traditional approach to research on race and culture. 24th Annual Teachers College Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, New York, NY. (Symposium Presentation).
Other
I have a passion for international service-learning, reading, and spending quality time with my husband, extended family, and dynamic group of friends.