Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

 

  1. Rajabiun, S., Heath, C., Wangari-Walter, A., Scott, J.C., Downes, A., Jennings, E., Cabral, H.J., Flores-Rodriguez, C. & Sprague-Martinez, L. (2023) The Black Women First Initiative: Using implementation science to examine the interventions to improve care and treatment coordination for Black women with HIV. BMC Health Services Research, 23, 551. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09446-z
  2. Sprague-Martinez, L., Scott, J.C., Rocco, M., Rajabiun, S., Flores-Rodriguez, C., Cummings, R., McKinneey-Prupis, E., Minott, M., Walker-Jones, Downes, A., & Wangari-Walter, A. (2023) Policies enacted during COVID-19 came withunintended health benefits. Why go back? BMC Health Services Research, 23, 496.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09448-x
  3. Cho, B, Fleckman, J. & Scott, J.C. (2023) Anti-Black racism within child welfare services: Past, present, and future. American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Advisor Special Issue, , 35(3), 106 – 126.
  4. Morris, K.G. & Scott, J.C. (2022). “No one can feel my pain”: The experience of Black women survivors of homicide victims and system agents’ perspectives on the impact of homicide in the Boston area. Homicide Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177 /10887679221139500
  5. Sprague-Martinez, L., Scott, J.C., Rocco, M., Wangari Walter, A., & Rajabiun, S. (2022) How is COVID-19 impacting you? A community-based photovoice workshop American Journal of Public Health, 112 (11), 1541-1542
  6. Bogan, E. Adams-Bass, V., Francis, L., Gaylord-Harden, N., Seaton, E., Scott, J.C., & Williams, J. (2022) “Wearing a mask won’t protect us from our history”: The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and families. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Social Policy Report, 35(2), 1-33
  7. Ha, Y.S., Scott, J.C., Collins, M.E. & Suh, H.S. (2022) Understanding relations betweenstate-level variation in TANF spending and substantiated child maltreatment in the U.S. Journal of Social Service Research, 48(4), 441-450.
  8. Scott, J.C., McDermott, E., Harris, A., Johnson, K.G., Pinderhughes, E.E. & Spencer,M.B. (2021) Looking through a kaleidoscope: A Phenomenological Ethnic-Racial Socialization Conceptual Model and its application to U.S. Black and Latino youth and families. Journal of Social Issues, 77 (4), 1327 – 1350
  9. Hahm, H C., Ha, Y.S., Scott, J.C., Wongchai, V., Chen, J.A. & Liu, C.H. (2021) Perceived COVID-19- related anti-Asian discrimination predicts Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms among Asian American youth. Psychiatry Research, 308, 114084
  10. Pinderhughes, E.E., Matthews, J.A.K., Zhang, X., & Scott, J.C. (2021) Unpacking complexities in ethnic racial socialization in transracial adoptive families: A process- oriented transactional system. Development and Psychopathology, 33, 493-505
  11. Gaylord-Harden, N, Adams-Bass, V., Bogan, E., Francis, L., Scott, J.C., Seaton, E., & Williams, J. (2020) Addressing inequities in education: Considerations for Black children and youth in the era of COVID-19. In T. Yip (Ed.) Addressing inequities in education
    during the COVID-19 pandemic: How education policy and schools can support historically and currently marginalized children and youth. (Volume of Statements of the Evidence briefs) Society for Research in Child Development. https://www.srcd.org/research/addressing-inequities-education-considerations-black-children-and-youth-era-covid-19
  12. Scott, J.C., Pinderhughes, E.E., & Johnson, S.K., (2020) How does racial context matter?: Family preparation-for-bias messages and racial coping reported by Black youth. Child Development, 91(5), 1471-1490.
  13. Jaramillo, R.F., Scott, J.C., Johnson, K.G., & Martin, M. (2019) Drawing understanding: Utilizing narrative-based practices to cultivate humanizing relationships between educators and students who are refugees. Research in Human Development, 16 (3-4), 226-245.
  14. Scott, J.C. & Pinderhughes, E.E. (2019) Distinguishing between demographics and contextual factors linked to early childhood physical discipline and physical maltreatment among Black families. Child Abuse & Neglect, 94, 104020.
  15. Collins, M.E. & Scott, J.C. (2019) Intersection of race and religion of youth in foster care: Examining policy and practice. Children and Youth Services Review, 98, 163-170
  16. Salas-Wright, C.P., Oh, S., Vaughn, M.G., Cohen, M., Scott, J.C., & Amodeo, M. (2019). Trends and drug-related correlates of residential mobility among young adults in the United States. Addictive Behaviors, 90, 146-150.

Under Review

  1. Zhang, X., Liu, J.*, Sopper, C., Wang, J.*, Yau, Y.# & Scott, J.C.^ (under review) What issupportive parenting?: Perspectives from low-income Chinese immigrant caregivers living in the Greater Boston area. Preprint DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/scv5f

Book Chapters

  1. Pinderhughes, E.E., Scott, J.C., & Matthews, J.A.K. (2019) Youth of color in care: Intersecting identities and vulnerabilities. In Fitzgerald, H.E, Johnson, D.J., Qin, D.B., Villarruel, F.A., & Norder, J. (Eds.) Handbook of children and prejudice: Integrating research, practice and policy (pgs. 353- 373). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland

Encyclopedia Entries

  1. Pinderhughes, E.E., Scott, J.C. & Carvalho, A. (2017) Cultural sensitivity. In A.E. Wenzel (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (p. 936). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.  
  2. Pinderhughes, E.E., Scott, J.C. & Carvalho, A. (2017) Conduct disorder: Cultural factors. In A.E.Wenzel (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (p. 821-822). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Reports

  1. Zhang, X., Scott, J.C., and Johnson, K.G. (2018) Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Evaluation Final Report. Boston University School of Social Work: Boston, MA

Community Practitioner Resources

  1. Rocco, M., Meshesha, M., Scott, J., Rajabiun, S, Downes, A., Moor, E., Lewis-Chery,S., Shervington, I., Davis, K., Jones, R., & Sprague-Martinez, L. (2023).  Using participatory art approaches to promote health and empower client voice. TargetHIV.org. https://targethiv.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Cleared-BWF_ParticipatoryArts_IssueBrief_031723-508.pdf
  2. Rocco, M., Meshesha, M., Scott, J.C., & Sprague-Martinez, L. (2022) How to create your own Photovoice project. HRSA SPNS Initiative: Improving Care & Treatment Coordination for Black Women with HIV [Tip Sheet]
  3. Scott, J.C., Wang, J., & CFACCT Research Lab (2022) Supporting Chinese immigrant families with children in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic [Practice Brief]
  4. CFACCT Research Lab. (2020) Supporting Chinese immigrant families with children in the Greater Boston area during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic [Practice Brief]
  5. CFACCT Research Lab. (2020) COVID-19 related family resources for Chinese immigrant families in the Greater Boston area.

Op-Eds

  1. Scott, J.C. (January 6th, 2023) POV: Black youth and families are being left behind as we return to normal: A call for action [Op ed] The BU Brink
  2. Belkin-Martinez, D., Sprague-Martinez, L. & Scott, J.C. (August 28th, 2020) POV: COVID-19 has unmasked an unprecedented housing crisis—Here’s how to fix it. [Op ed] BU Today
  3. Johnson, K.G. & Scott, J.C. (July 31st, 2020) A desperate need: Black homicide epidemic demands prevention, justice. [Op ed) The Hill