The Racial Empowerment Collaborative

Meet Sean Plaskett, one of the doctoral students at REC.

Sean is an educator by profession, having taught grades 6-9 math and science for four years in Houston, TX from 2011-2015 before transitioning to graduate school at Penn GSE for education research in developmental psychology.

At Penn, Sean was a T.A. for two of Dr. Howard Stevenson's Afropsych courses - "Psychology of the African American", and "Psychoeducational Interactions with Black Males". He also served as lead instructor for the "Developmental Theories and Applications with Adolescents" course through GSE's Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program, as well as an adjunct psychology professor teaching "General Psychology" through Eastern University's Prison Education Program for inmates at SCI-Chester working toward their Associate's degrees.

Sean's research interests are reflected in his involvement with the SIGs for:
⭕️Mentorship and Mentoring Practices
⭕️Adolescence and Youth Development
⭕️Stress, Coping, and Resilience
⭕️Spirituality and Education
⭕️Caribbean/African Studies in Education
⭕️Studying and Self-Regulated Learning
⭕️Social and Emotional Learning

What is CLCBE?
During racial stress, use it as a way to regulate your emotions:
Calculate: what are three feelings you’re experiencing? How intensely are you feeling them?
Locate: locate where in your body you feel those feelings. What does it feel like?
Communicate: what thoughts come to mind while processing events? What images do you see?
Breathe: inhale slowly for 4 seconds
Exhale: exhale slowly for 6 seconds

Highlights from the !

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One of our senior doc students is on a panel discussion tonight 7pm EST about the experiences of Latina Mother-Scholars. Register at AngelJonesPhD.com