Sheretta Butler-Barnes is an associate professor at the Brown School at Washington University. With CSD, her research focused on youth development in the context of race, inequality, and social mobility.
CSD Projects
Celebrating Strengths of Black Girls
Youth Development
We work to advance equity for girls of color. This project focuses on building resiliency, and it identifies assets that are protective factors.
Strengths-Based Assets of Black Adolescents
Youth Development
We explore how black youth draw on personal and cultural resources to thrive despite challenges to their identities from institutional racism.
The Criminal Brand: America’s Invisible Class
Youth Development
We work to expand the audience of testimonies from youth and children affected by the cycle of incarceration, violence and disenfranchisement.