Selected Publications:
Versey, H. S., Reyes, L., & Yeh, J. (2024). From Root Shock to Urban Alchemy: The (re)making of urban space through the lens of Black older women. Built Environment Special Issue. Root Shock: Twenty Years on Displacement, it’s Harms and Remedies, 50(2), 296-306. DOI: 10.2148/benv.50.2.296
Versey, H. S. (2024). Photovoice: A method to interrogate reflexivity, positionality, and critical self-reflection. The Qualitative Report, 29(2), 594-605. DOI: 10.46743/2160-3715/2024.5222
Sabik, N., & Versey, H. S. (2024). A reconsideration of group differences in social psychology: Towards a critical intersectional approach. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(2), e12928. DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12928
Johnson, J. B.,* Versey, H. S., Burke, N. L., & Hoyt, L. T. (2024). Using an intersectional lens to explore civic engagement, discrimination, and well-being among young Black women. Youth, 4, 1095–1111. DOI:10.3390/youth4030068
Efird, C. R., Wilkins, C. L., & Versey, H. S. (2024). Whiteness hurts society: How whiteness shapes mental, physical, and social health outcomes. Journal of Social Issues. DOI: 10.1111/josi.12598
Versey, H. S. (2023). Housing, environmental justice, and the case of the Stop Cop City Movement: A structural intersectional approach to housing equity. Environmental Justice, Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1089/env.2022.0035
Versey, H. S., & Russell, C. N.* (2022). Magnifying inequity: The impact of COVID-19 and housing insecurity on lower-income Black women. Journal of Social Issues. DOI:10.1111/josi.12555
Versey, H. S. (2022). Gentrification, health, and intermediate pathways: How distinct inequality mechanisms impact health disparities. Housing Policy Debate. DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2022.2123249
Versey, H. S. (2022). Disproportionate risk at both ends: Housing, health, and systems of exposure. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 65(2), 283-294. DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2022.0024
Colson-Fearon, B.*, & Versey, H. S. (2022). Urban agriculture as a means to food sovereignty? A case study of Baltimore city residents. International Journal of Environmental and Public Health Research, 19(19), 12752. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912752
Jackson, A.,* Colson-Fearon, B.,* & Versey, H. S. (2022). Intersectional invisibility and social support during college transition among first-generation women of color. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 46(3), 354-371. DOI: 10.1177/03616843221106087
Reyes, L., Versey, H. S., & Yeh, J. (2022). Emancipatory visions: Using visual methods to co-construct knowledge with older adults. The Gerontologist, 62(10), 1402-1408. DOI:10.1093/geront/gnac046
Versey, H. S. (2022). Can mobile methods bridge psychology and place-based research? Qualitative Psychology, 9(2), 156-170. DOI: 10.1037/qup0000187
Versey, H. S., Murad, S.,* McPhee, I.,* & Schwarz, W.* (2022). A Bridging-Community (ABC) Project: A social participation intervention to build community among resettled refugees in Boston. Journal of International Migration and Integration. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-021-00908-z
Versey, H. S. (2021). Perceptions of community among suburban and urban-dwelling adults aging in place. Journal of Aging Studies, 59. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100969
Rogers, L. O., & Versey, H. S., & Cielto, J.* (2021). “They’re always gonna notice my natural hair”: Examining hair to operationalizing intersectionality in the identities of Black adolescent girls. Qualitative Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/qup0000208
Versey, H. S. (2021). The impending eviction cliff: Housing insecurity during COVID-19. American Journal of Public Health, 111(8), e1-e5. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306353
Versey, H. S. (2021). Missing pieces in the discussion on climate change and risk: Intersectionality and compounded vulnerability. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(1), 67-75. DOI: 10.1177/2372732220982628.
Murad, S.* & Versey, H. S. (2020). Barriers to leisure-time social participation and community integration among Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Leisure Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2020.1862281.
Versey, H. S., Kakar, S. A.,* John-Vanderpool, S. D.,* Sanni, M. O.,* & Willems, P. S.* (2020). Correlates of affective empathy, perspective-taking, and generativity among a sample of young adults. Journal of Community Psychology, 48(8), 2474-2490. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22433
Versey, H. S., & Tan, M.* (2020). Work–family spillover and metabolic syndrome indicators: Findings from a national sample. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(10-11),1771-1783. DOI: 10.1177/1359105318764014.
Versey, H. S., & Throne, R. (2020). A critical review of Gullah-Geechee midlife women and the challenges of heirs’ property along the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. In G. N. T. Hasnat & M. K. Hossain (Eds.), Examining international land-use policies, changes, and conflicts (pp. 46-64). DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4372-6.
Versey, H. S., & Murad, S.,* Willems, P. S.,*& Sanni, M. O.* (2019). Beyond housing: Perceptions of indirect displacement, displacement risk, and aging precarity as challenges to aging in place in gentrifying cities. International Journal of Environmental and Public Health Research, 16, 4633. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234633.
Versey, H. S., Cogburn, C. D., Wilkins, C. L., & Joseph, N.* (2019). Appropriated racial oppression: Considering the impact on health for Whites and Blacks. Social Science & Medicine, 230, 295-302. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.014
Versey, H. S. (2018). A tale of two Harlems: Gentrification, social capital, and implications for aging in place. Social Science & Medicine, 214, 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.024
Versey, H. S. (2017). Caregiving and women’s health: Toward an intersectional approach. Women’s Health Issues, 27(2), 117-120. DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2017.01.009
Sabik, N., & Versey, H. S. (2016). Functional limitations, body perceptions and negative health outcomes among older African American women. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 22(4), 594-601. DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000106
Versey, H. S., & Curtin, N. (2016). The differential impact of discrimination on health among Black and White women. Social Science and Research, 57, 99-115. DOI:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.12.012.
Versey, H. S. (2016). Activity theory. In S. K Whitbourne (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa096
Versey, H. S. (2015). Managing work and family: Do control strategies help? Developmental Psychology, 51(11), 1672-1681. DOI: 10.1037/a0039607
Versey, H. S. (2014). Centering perspectives on Black women, hair politics and physical activity. American Journal of Public Health, 5(104), 810-815. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301675.
Versey, H. S., & Newton, N. J. (2013). Generativity and productive pursuits: Pathways to successful aging in late midlife African American and White women. Journal of Adult Development, 20(4),185-196. DOI: 10.1007/s10804-013-9170-x.
Versey, H. S., Stewart, A. J., & Duncan, L. E. (2013). Successful aging in late midlife: The role of personality among college-educated women. Journal of Adult Development, 20(2), 63-75. DOI: 10.1007/s10804-013-9157-7
Versey, H. S., & Kaplan, G. A. (2012). Mediation and moderation of the association between cynical hostility and systolic blood pressure in low-income women. Health Education and Behavior, 39(2), 219-228. DOI: 10.1177/1090198111414884.
*Indicates student authors