Faculty member since 2016
Dr. Watson-Singleton received her Ph.D. in clinical/community psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She completed her clinical psychology pre-doctoral internship at Emory University in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is currently a faculty fellow at Emory University/Grady Health System with the Grady Nia Project and an assistant professor at Spelman College.
Dr. Watson-Singleton strongly identifies as a clinical-community psychologist, which is reflected in her teaching, scholarship, and clinical-community work. She is passionate about teaching courses related to clinical psychology and mental health, often seeking opportunities to incorporate values, like intersectionality and Black feminist theory, into her courses.
Dr. Watson-Singleton is also committed to sustaining an active program of research related to topics on Black women’s health and wellness (e.g., self-efficacy, depression, anxiety) and culturally relevant applications of mindfulness-and compassion-based interventions. Her research is also translational; she works to bridge science and practice in order to develop and implement treatment programs that are innovative and culturally relevant.
Honors and Awards
Zhang, H., Watson-Singleton, N.N., Pollard, S.E., Pittman, D.M., Lamis, D.A., Fischer, N.L., Patterson, B., Kaslow, N.J. (2017). Self-Criticism and depressive symptoms: Mediating role of self-compassion. Journal of Death and Dying.
Kapoor, S., Dominque, H.K., Watson-Singleton, N.N., Are, F., Elmore, C., Crooks, C., Madden, A., Mack, S., Pfiefer, J., & Kaslow, N.J. Childhood abuse, self-efficacy, spiritual well-being, and suicide resilience in African American women. Journal of Family Violence.
Watson, N. N., Black, A.R., & Hunter, C.D. (2016). African American women’s perceptions of mindfulness meditation training and gendered race-related stress. Mindfulness, 7, 1034-1043.
Watson, N. N., & Hunter, C.D. (2016). “I had to be strong:” Tensions of the ‘Strong Black Woman’ race-gender schema in the lives of African American women. Journal of Black Psychology, 42(5), 424-452.
Watson, N. N., & Hunter, C.D. (2015). Anxiety and depression among African American women: The costs of strength and negative attitudes toward psychological help-seeking. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 21(4), 604-612.
Joseph, N.J., Watson, N. N., Wang, Z., Case, A., & Hunter, C.D. (2013). Rules of engagement: Public regard and cultural race-related stress as predictors of Black Caribbean Immigrants’ engagement with African American culture. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 19(4), 414-423