Dr. Scyatta A. Wallace is an award winning Psychologist, accomplished scientist and social entrepreneur. She is a graduate of Yale University and received her PhD from Fordham University. Her mission is to support leadership development and mental health/wellness among teen girls/young women.
Dr. Wallace combines her love for empowering youth as CEO/Founder of Janisaw Company, a consulting firm specializing in creating leadership development, socio-emotional learning and healthy lifestyle programs for teen girls/young women. Janisaw Company also provides professional development training for organizations that serve youth.
Dr. Wallace previously served as an Associate Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University. Her research received over a million dollars in federal and foundation funding for her work focused on how gender, race and culture impact health among Black youth. Dr. Wallace received the Carolyn Payton Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association Division of Psychology and Women. She is widely published and has held several leadership positions.
Dr. Wallace grew up in the Washington DC area in low-income housing, where she witnessed violence and the consequences of poverty. Despite those challenges and through the encouragement of her family, she used education as her vehicle to rise above her surroundings. It is those past experiences that led her to pursue a career focused on helping youth.
Dr. Wallace has appeared on BET, Hot 97, NY1 and has been featured in Time magazine, CNN.com, U.S. News and World Reports, Romper.com, HelloBeautiful.com, thegrio.com, Essence Magazine, Sesi magazine, and ABCnews.com among others. She is an expert advisor for student health and wellness platform CampusWell and contributor to BAUCE magazine.
Sub-specialties: Teens/Young Adults; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion among Children/Teens; Mental Health among Children/Teens; Education/College Access; Women/Girls and STEM; African American Youth BIPOC Youth/Youth of Color; Drug/Alcohol Use among Teens; Sexuality/Dating among Teens; Girls/Young Women’s Leadership; Girls/Women Self Esteem; Parenting
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Here's How & When To Tell Your Kids You're Getting A Divorce
Romper [January 21, 2022] -
Black Mental Health Matters: Coping with Our Collective Traumas
Sesi Magazine [June 14, 2020] -
No, your teenager's boyfriend or girlfriend cannot come over during the pandemic
CNN [May 12, 2020] -
Here's What Experts Really Think About High Schoolers Taking On Student Debt
Elite Daily [June 25, 2019] -
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: What We Know About Generational Depression & Substance Abuse
Hello Beautiful [February 21, 2015] -
Inside the Wild and Addictive World of Celebrity Fan Fiction
TIME [August 26, 2013] -
Gender Norms: A Key to Improving Health and Wellness Among Black Women and Girls
The Heinz Endowments [July 9, 2013] -
Study: Childhood trauma, fibroids linked
The Grio [March 25, 2013] -
70 percent increase in ADHD among black children, study finds
The Grio [February 15, 2013] -
Brothers, Sisters and Fictive Kin: Communication About Sex Among Urban Black Siblings
Youth and Society [July 2012] -
Gold Diggers, Video Vixens, and Jezebels: Stereotype Images and Substance Use Among Urban African American Girls
Journal of Women's Health [September 9, 2011] -
African American Youth Development, Cultural Influences entry in Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science
SAGE Publications, Inc. [2005] -
The Black Students Guide to Graduate and Professional Schools
Greenwood Publishing [2003]