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Samantha Francois, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Psychology
Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Samantha Francois, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Clark University. Her areas of expertise are in adolescent development, structural and neighborhood violence, and anti-racist research. As an interdisciplinary, community-engaged developmental scientist, Dr. Francois uses systems perspectives and critical race theory to understand the intersections of individual, community, and structural factors that impact development in Black and African American youth. She also conducted intervention research on youth-led activism and organizing as community and structural violence prevention strategies. Dr. Francois is a mixed methods researcher who uses community-based, participatory, and action research frameworks. She designs and executes research through an anti-racist and intersectional lens aimed at social transformation and community liberation. Dr. Francois was formerly executive director of Tulane University’s Violence Prevention Institute and co-director of the Center for Youth Equity, a CDC Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention. Dr. Francois has a doctorate in psychological sciences from Tulane University.

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