Text in handwriting font reads The Homeplace Research Collective at New York University Directed by Lauren Mims, Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology. The text is accompanied by Dr. Mims, an African American woman, smiling with her arms crossed in a blue suit with a black and white polka dot blouse.

The Homeplace Research Collective (Homeplace) studies the brilliance of Black children and their families through community-engaged, child-centered Black child development research. 


The Homeplace Research Collective’s name is inspired by a bell hooks essay, “Homeplace (a site of resistance).” In the essay, hooks explains that for African-American people, having a homeplace meant having a place “to restore to ourselves the dignity denied to us on the outside in the public world.” 


Homeplace in hooks’ articulation and our research collective is a space where Black children and Black families are prioritized, valued, and affirmed. Homeplace is resistance. Homeplace is liberation. Homeplace is “where we can heal our wounds and become whole.” 

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Get in touch at homeplace@nyu.edu