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. 

Mims, L. C., & Martin, R. (2024, March 5). Black Girl Futurism in Education. In chair of Dr. Mims and Dr. Martin, SXSW EDU. [Symposium]. SXSW. Houston, Texas. 

Carter, Q. & Mims, L.C. (2022). Utilizing TikTok to Understand: Educational Experiences, Perspectives, & Challenges of Black Women Attending Predominantly White Institutions. Poster accepted at the International Conference on Urban Education, Mexico.

Williams, J. L., Johnson, H., Mims, L., Dickerson, K., Seward, M. & Negrete, A. (2022) "From Apathy to Vigilance: Young Adolescents’ Reactions to the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville." Paper presented to the Society for Research on Child Development Construction of the Other Special Topics Meeting, Puerto Rico.

Duane, A., Bishop, H., Leedy, K., Mims, L.C. (2022). “It’s like feeding them to the wolves”: Caregivers Narratives of Elementary Children’s School-Based Trauma and Its Impacts. Paper presented to the Society for Research on Child Development Construction of the Other Special Topics Meeting, Puerto Rico. 

Johnson, L., Duane, A., Mims, L.C., & Bocknek, E.L. (2022). Let the Gains Begin: Exploring Cognitive Development through Parent-Child Pretend Play During COVID-19. Paper presentation. SRCD Special Topic Meeting Learning Through Play and Imagination.

Mims, L., Seward, M.,* Leath, S., Nash, A., & Inniss-Thompson, M.* (2022) ‘Magic’ as a Metric: Centering the Voices of Black Women & Girls in Developmental Research, Symposium organized and chaired by Mims. Society for Research on Adolescent Development Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

2021

Mayes, R. D., Lowery, K., Mims, L. C., & Rodman, J. (2021). " I stayed just above the cusp so I was left alone": Black Girls' Experiences with School Counselors. The High School Journal, 104(3), 131-154.

Leath, S., & Mims, L.C. (2021). A qualitative exploration of Black women’s familial socialization on controlling images of Black womanhood and the internalization of respectability politics. Journal of Family Studies, 1-18.

Mims, L. C., Duane, A. & Kaler-Jones, C. (2021). Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble: A Call to Cultivate Identity Affirming Spaces for Black Children. Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education, 6 (1), 279-299.

Duane, A.M., Casimir, A.E., Mims, L.C., Kaler-Jones, C. & Simmons, D. (2021). Beyond deep breathing: A new vision for equitable, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed mindfulness practice. Middle School Journal, 52(3), 4-14.

Mims, Lauren. (2021) Dear Brilliant Black Girls. Foreword to, Finding Her Voice:  Black Girls In Predominantly White Spaces. New Harbinger Publications. 

Stokes, K., Mims, L., Muhammad, H., Pritchett-Johnson, B., & Bocknek, E. (2021) Self-Care to Sustain: Wellness Practices from the Perspectives of Black Mothers. Poster presented at the Inaugural Psychology of Black Women conference & awarded the exceptional student poster award

Leath, S., Mims, L., Ball, P., & Barnes, S. (2021). Exploring Black Girls’ Negotiation of Adultification Bias and Disciplinary Surveillance from Teachers in Desegregated Schools. Paper presented at the Locating the Geographies of Black Girlhoods in Education Research. 

Leath, S., Ball, P., Mims, L., Butler-Barnes, S, & Quiles, T. (2021) A multidimensional framework of Black college women’s sociopolitical activism. Paper presented at the 6th Biennial APA Division 45 Research Conference

Leath, S., Williams, Y., Charity-Parker, B., Mims, L., & Ross, Raven (2021) Black mother’s visions of freedom within a radical healing framework. Paper presented at the 6th Biennial APA Division 45 Research Conference

Bocknek, E., Mims, L., Anderson, R., & Lozada, F. (2021) Resilience Reconsidered: The Brilliance of Black Children and Families as Axiomatic. Roundtable presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting. Watch