Rate My Professor Sinead Younge

Dr. Sinead N. Younge, Ph.D., is the Danforth Endowed Professor in Psychology at Morehouse College and serves as Director of the Institute for Social Justice Inquiry and Praxis in the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership. A former chair of the Department of Psychology, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Africana Studies from San Diego State University. She received both her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Ecological-Community Psychology, with a cognate in Urban Affairs, from Michigan State University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Fellowship in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) Program at Emory University. Dr. Younge is a beneficiary of the McNair Scholars Program, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program, and the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program (APA MFP). Her research specializes in health disparities among communities of color and the social determinants of health, approached through an ecological-community psychology lens. She also volunteers with prison education initiatives across Georgia.

As faculty in Morehouse College's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Division, Dr. Younge contributes to developing servant leaders who understand human behavior. Her scholarship includes key publications such as 'Development of the sexual sensation-seeking scale for African American adolescent women' (2010, International Journal of Sexual Health), 'Emotional victimization and sexual risk-taking behaviors among adolescent African American women' (2010, Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma), 'Risk revisited: The perception of HIV risk in a community sample of low-income African American women' (2010, Journal of Black Psychology), and 'A comprehensive examination of the health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of students attending historically black colleges and universities' (2009, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved). She has reviewed the involvement of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in justice and equity issues and discussed the intersections of COVID-19 and social injustice in public forums. Dr. Younge's work influences discussions on social justice, equity, and health in academic and community settings.