Leath, S. C., Onuoha, A. C., Mims, L., Quiles, T., Jones, M. K., & Inniss-Thompson, M. N. (2023). A Black feminist study of freedom, community care, and self-definition among Black college women attending predominantly White institutions. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000490

Leath, S., Mims, L., & Innis-Thompson, M. N. (2023). Editorial: Freedom dreaming futures for Black youth: exploring meanings of liberation in education and psychology research. Frontiers in Education: Freedom Dreaming Futures for Black Youth: Exploring Meanings of Liberation in Educational and Psychology Research Special Issue.

Mims, L., Duane, A., Johnson. L., & Bocknek, E. (2023) Joyful, Developmentally Appropriate Learning Environments for African American Youth. Case Study in the Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Casebook (Chapter 9: Teaching to Enhance Each Child’s Development and Learning), National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Duane, A., & Mims, L. C. (2022) " Listen when I come to the table": Reimagining Education With and For Black Elementary-Aged Youth and their Mothers. Frontiers in Education: Freedom Dreaming Futures for Black Youth: Exploring Meanings of Liberation in Educational and Psychology Research Special Issue. 

Mims, L.C., Washington, S., Pai-Espinosa, J., Engel, L., Weems, E., & Khan (2022). At the Forefront: The Experiences of Cis and Trans Girls, Young Women, and Gender Expansive Youth of Color as they Navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic and Social Uprising. The National Crittenton Foundation [Report]. 

Leath, S., Ball, P., Mims, L.C., Butler-Barnes, S, & Quiles, T. (2022). "They need to hear our voices”: A multidimensional framework of Black college women’s sociopolitical development and activism." Journal of Black Psychology.

Mims, L. C., Rubenstein, L. & Thomas, J. (2022). Black Brilliance and Creative Problem Solving in Fugitive Spaces: Advancing the BlackCreate Framework through a Systematic Review. Review of Research in Education, 46(1), 134-165. 

Leath, S., Mims, L., Evans, K. A., Parker, T., & Billingsley, J. T. (2022). “I Can be Unapologetically Who I Am”: A Study of Friendship Among Black Undergraduate Women at PWIs. Emerging Adulthood. 

Mims, L.C., Kaler-Jones, C., Amoako Kayser, A.A. and Johns, D.J. (2022), "“I Feel Like This School Is Changing the Best Parts of Who She Is”: Reflections from Black Educators on Their Experiences Developing Growth-Promoting Environments for Black Girls during Early Childhood", Mayes, R.D., Shavers, M.C. and Moore, J.L. (Ed.) African American Young Girls and Women in PreK12 Schools and Beyond (Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. 8), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 29-48. 

Mims, Lauren. (2022) On the Brilliance of Black Girls: Teaching & Nurturing in Schools Across America. Essay in The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System, Macmillan Publishers. Available in bookstores nationwide.

• Research discussed in Parent Data by Emily Oster (June 2023). Representation in Children’s Books. 

• BlackCreate Framework: Dr. Lauren Mims Illustrates How Effective Black Creative Educational Experiences Create Space for Creative Expression and Education

• NYU Steinhardt’s Lauren Mims Awarded $1M for Black Youth Suicide Prevention Research 

• The Institute of Human Development and Social Change (July 2022). In Solidarity Conversations: A YPAR Approach to Research-Practice Partnerships.  

• Medium (April 2022). Abbott Elementary is a Call to Action for Educators and Policymakers Alike. 

• Psychology Today (March 2022). I See You, Girl: Why Black Women's Friendships Matter.

• NPR (February 2022). In 'Black Agenda,' thought leaders pose solutions to complicated issues 

• Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry (February 2022). The Black Agenda with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman. 

• Cohort Sistas (June 2021) Ep. 21: Dr. Lauren Mims on Combining Research, Teaching, & Policy to Change How We Think About the Magic of Black Girlhood. 

• The Progressive (April 2021). Support Black Girlhood in the Face of Black Death. 

• Nu? Detroit (March 2021). Jewish Learning from Black Joy.