BIOSKETCH OF ANGELA M. NEAL-BARNETT, PH.D.

Dr. Neal-Barnett is the recipient of grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, The Ohio Board of Regents, and the National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Program. Recently she completed three grant funded projects. The first examined the relationship between panic disorder and hypertension in African American women, the second explored the help-seeking behavior of African Americans with trichotillomania (chronic hair pulling, and the third focused on the psychological implications of the acting white phenomenon for African American adolescents.

Dr. Neal-Barnett is a sought after workshop presenter and speaker. She has presented national workshops on African Americans and anxiety for the American Psychological Association, the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, the Anxiety Disorders Association of America , and the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation.

For the past five years, Dr. Neal-Barnett has been an Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University in Ohio. She has a B.A. from Mount Union College (Alliance, Ohio) and both her M.A. and Ph.D. from DePaul University in Chicago. She completed a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship in clinical research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Dr. Neal-Barnett is listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, and Outstanding Americans. Her work has been featured in Heart and Soul, Psychology Today, Ebony, and on CNN and BET. She is married and the mother of one daughter.

Last Updated: 5/28/01