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  1. Gun attitudes and opinions of self‐defense laws among college students

    Article • Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, January 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  2. Gender and Cultural Responsivity

    Article • January 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  3. Maximizing the potential of the American Psychological Association Fellows program.

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, January 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  4. “We Get Stuck in our Own Little Bubbles”: How Community Mental Healthcare Professionals Acknowledge their Role in Interorganizational Collaboration

    Article • Community Mental Health Journal, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  5. Changing Support for Black Reparations: A Qualitative Study of College Students’ Perceptions

    Article • Journal of Humanistic Psychology, July 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  6. Confronting the Juvenile Legal System from a Critical Race Perspective

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  7. Gang Involvement in Adolescents Adjudicated with Illegal Sexual Behaviors: Evaluating Unique Risk and Needs

    Article • Deviant Behavior, December 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  8. A Preliminary Assessment of Op-Ed Writing With Graduate Public Health Students as a Pedagogical Tool to Increase Health Promotion Advocacy Skills

    Article • Pedagogy in Health Promotion, December 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  9. Navigating performative activism and invisibility

    Article • December 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  10. Public perceptions of feminicide and the feminist movement in Mexico

    Article • Politics &amp Policy, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  11. Off the shelf and into the community: Advocacy and public scholarship.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, September 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  12. Addressing Inequities in Access to Mental Healthcare: A Policy Analysis of Community Mental Health Systems Serving Minoritized Populations in North Carolina

    Article • Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  13. Kink and BDSM Awareness in Sex Offense Treatment

    Article • Journal of Positive Sexuality, December 2023, Center for Positive Sexuality

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  14. Addressing mass incarceration amid a pandemic: Psychology informing decarceration as a racial justice and public health response.

    Article • Translational Issues in Psychological Science, December 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  15. Sex offender registration and notification act with adolescents adjudicated for illegal sexual behavior: a therapeutic jurisprudence perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, April 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  16. Public perceptions of castle doctrine and stand your ground cases

    Article • Social Science Quarterly, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  17. Adapting assessment processes to consider cultural mistrust in forensic practices: An example with the MMPI instruments.

    Article • Law and Human Behavior, February 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  18. Improving Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research on Sexual Abuse Perpetration

    Article • Sexual Abuse, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  19. A roadmap for preventing and responding to trauma: Practical guidance for advancing community-engaged research.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, October 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  20. Advocacy education and training in psychology

    Article • The Counseling Psychologist, August 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  21. Toward an Abolitionist Practice of Psychology: Reimagining Psychology’s Relationship With the Criminal Justice System

    Article • Journal of Humanistic Psychology, May 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  22. The Same Dynamics, Different Tactics: Domestic Violence During COVID-19

    Article • Violence and Gender, March 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  23. Chapter 13: Like a Lollipop: Toxic Masculinity and Female Sexual Pleasure in Hip-Hop

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  24. Sick and Shut In: Incarceration During a Public Health Crisis

    Article • Journal of Humanistic Psychology, June 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  25. Poly-victimization among Adolescents Adjudicated for Illegal Sexual Behavior: A Latent Class Analysis

    Article • Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  26. Influence of race and medical evidence on juror decisions about child sexual abuse

    Article • Behavioral Sciences & the Law, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  27. Inclusive sexuality training for psychologists.

    Article • Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, January 2019, Project Muse

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  28. Consensual non-monogamy in HBO hit series Insecure

    Article • Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, January 2019, Project Muse

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  29. Hypermasculinity and childhood maltreatment impact sexual coercion in college males.

    Article • Violence and Gender, November 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  30. The association between specific competence-related abilities and competence restoration treatment

    Article • Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander, David Glassmire

  31. Childhood victimization and risky sexual behavior in college women

    Article • Criminal Justice Review, April 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  32. Association between sexual victimization history and risky sexual behavior

    Article • Journal of Aggression Conflict and Peace Research, September 2017, Emerald

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  33. From Family Violence Exposure to Violent Offending: Examining Effects of Race and Mental Health in a Moderated Mediation Model Among Confined Male Juveniles

    Article • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, September 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander, Rebecca Fix

  34. Offence characteristics and cognitive functioning in juveniles adjudicated for illegal sexual behaviour

    Article • Journal of Sexual Aggression, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  35. Race and Victim Age Matter: Sexual Behaviors and Experiences Among Confined African American and European American Youth With Sexual and Nonsexual Offenses

    Article • Sexual Abuse, July 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  36. The Effects of Polyvictimization and Quality of Caregiver Attachment on Disclosure of Illegal Sexual Behavior

    Article • Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  37. Judicial Decision-Making and Juvenile Offenders: Effects of Medical Evidence and Victim Age

    Article • Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  38. Risk Assessment of Juveniles Adjudicated for Possession of Child Sexual Exploitation Material

    Article • Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  39. Underdiagnosing PTSD in Forensic Settings

    Article • Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  40. The Neuropsychology of Adolescent Sexual Offending

    Article • Sexual Abuse, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  41. Childhood Sexual Abuse in Adolescents Adjudicated for Sexual Offenses: Mental Health Consequences and Sexual Offending Behaviors

    Article • Sexual Abuse, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  42. Childhood Victimization, Poly-Victimization, and Adjustment to College in Women

    Article • Child Maltreatment, March 2009, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander

  43. Polyvictimization, Childhood Victimization, and Psychological Distress in College Women

    Article • Child Maltreatment, February 2009, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Apryl Alexander