Selected Manuscripts
Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Sims, J., & Curenton S. M. (2023). Black Motherhood and the Dual Pandemic: The Protective Role of Stable Income on Mental Wellbeing. Journal of Social Issues https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12577
Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Sims, J., Curenton, S. M., Iruka, I., & Escayg, KA. (2023). Examining the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination, Access to Material Resources, and Black Children’s Behavioral Functioning During COVID-19. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.09.005
Iruka, I. U., Gardner-Neblett, N., Telfer, N. A., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Curenton, S. M., Sims, J., Sansbury, A. B., & Neblett, E. W. (2022). Effects of racism on child development: Advancing ant-racist developmental science. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-121020-031339
Rochester, S., Curenton, S. M., Sims, J., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Iruka, I., García-Miranda, A., Whittaker, J., & Mable, K. (2022). Antiracism Defined as Equitable Sociocultural Interactions in Prekindergarten: Classroom Racial Composition Makes a Difference. Child Development http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13779
Curenton, S. M., Harris, K., Rochester, S., Sims, J., & Ibekwe-Okafor, N. (2022). Promoting Racial Literacy in Early Childhood: Storybooks and Conversations with Black Children. Child Development Perspectives http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12440
Iruka, I., Durden, T., Gardner-Neblette, N., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Sansbury, A., & Telfer, N. (2021). The Adversity of Racism and its Impact on Young Black Children’s Health and Learning. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322211029313
Ibekwe-Okafor, N., & Wolf, S. (2021). Applying a Cumulative Risk and Protective Framework to Assess Young Children’s Early Academic Development in Ghana. Early Years, 1-18 https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2021.1913101
Selected Book Chapters
Curenton S. M., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Harris, K., & Sara, S. (forthcoming). Handbook of Education Policy Research. Early Childhood Education Policy. Chapter 52: Race, Early Care and Education. American Educational Research Association.
Iruka, I. U., Sansbury, A., Telfer, N. A., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Gardner-Neblett, N., & Durden, T. R. (2023). Handbook on The Science of Early Literacy. Chapter 29: Factors Associated with the Early Learning and Readiness of Black children. https://www.guilford.com/books/Handbook-on-the-Science-of-Early-Literacy
Ibekwe, N., Alagbile, A., & Ibekwe, E. (2018). Cultural and Social Factors Influencing Young Children’s Development in Nigeria. Adolescent Psychology in Today’s World: Global Perspective on Risk, Relationships, and Development, Vol 3 (pp. 51 – 72). Santa Barbara: Praeger. https://www.amazon.com/Adolescent-Psychology-Todays-World
Selected Policy Briefs
Curenton S. M., Erin, H., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., & Dobbins, D. (2022). Financing an Anti-Racist Child Care System. Financing an Anti-Racist Child Care System.
Iruka, I. U., Curenton, S. M., Sims, J., Harris, K., & Ibekwe-Okafor, N. (2021). Ethnic-Racial Identity Formation in the Early Years. Durham, NC: Hunt Institute. Early Ethnic-Racial Identity.
Iruka, I., Curenton, S. M., Sims, J., Escayg, KA., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., & RAPID-EC. (2021). Black Parent Voices: Resilience in the Face of the Two Pandemics—COVID and Racism. Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development in Early Childhood. Boston: Researchers Investigating Sociocultural Equity and Race (RISER) Network. Black Parent Voices. Black Parent Voices: Resilience in the Face of the Two Pandemics—COVID and Racism.
Gutierrez, L., Barrett, L., Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Drew, P., Johnson-Staub, C., Stoney, L., Reidt-Parker, J., Aledo-Sandoval, M., & Nourse, G., (2020). Stronger, Safe, Equitable, and Viable Child Care Sector.
Ibekwe-Okafor, N., Kimball, M., Hernandez K., & Morris, J. (2020). Investment and Innovation. Improving the Quality of Early Childhood Education for Low-Income Children in Texas. Investment and Innovation.
