Angela Neal-Barnett, Professor, Kent Campus, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences. Joining Kent State in 1989, she is considered a pioneer in the field of anxiety disorders among Black Americans. Her research focuses on developing innovative interventions on anxiety disorders among Black Americans, often from a community-based participatory research perspective.
Top 100 law firms and Fortune 500 companies have implemented strategies developed through her research. The Association of Law Diversity Professionals, representing Wall Street law firms, sought her expertise in light of the 2020 civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd, and her article on how organizations can support the mental health of their Black employees has been used nationally by corporations and companies such as Kenneth Cole and Boeing. She has contributed to a three-part series on “Being Black in the Workplace” for the Harvard Business Review and has been interviewed on CNN and NPR about her research.
Neal-Barnett’s work has been recognized through the prestigious Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award, and she was also elected as a fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Neal-Barnett has secured over $1.5 million in federal, state and foundation funding for her research. She has said all of her work “focuses on ensuring that Black Americans understand what anxiety is, how it is manifested, and no matter what, that they can reclaim their lives.”