We use intersectionality as a radical social justice framework to understand the impact of interlocking systems of oppression and how we can work toward collective liberation; as well as specifically to understand the roles of intersecting forms of stigma, including gendered racial stereotypes and discrimination, in existing disparities in sexual and reproductive health in the U.S.

Select Publications:

• ​Overstreet, N. M., Rosenthal, L., Godfrey, C.-J., Brown, B. E., Khukhlovich, A., & Albritton, T. (2023). Navigating sexual stereotypes across time, space, and place: Exploring Black Women’s practices of resistance, refusal, and reclamation. Stigma and Health, 8, 289-298
• Young, D. L., Cheeseborough, T., Brown, B. E., Overstreet, N. M., & Rosenthal, L. (2023). Stereotyping. In: Friedman, H.S., Markey, C. H., (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Vol. 3, pp. 368-374. Elsevier, Academic Press.
• Rosenthal, L., Overstreet, N. M., Khukhlovich, A., Brown, B. E., Godfrey, C. J., & Albritton, T. (2020). Content of, sources of, and responses to sexual stereotypes of Black and Latinx women and men in the U.S.: A qualitative intersectional exploration. Journal of Social
  Issues, 76, 921-948.
• Overstreet, N. M., Rosenthal, L., & Case, K. A. (2020). Intersectionality as a radical framework for transforming our disciplines, social issues, and the world. Journal of Social Issues, 76, 779-795.
• Rosenthal, L., & Lobel, M. (2020). Gendered racism and the sexual and reproductive health of Black and Latina women. Ethnicity and Health, 25, 367-392.
• Rosenthal, L., Earnshaw, V. A., Moore, J. M., Ferguson, D. N., Lewis, T. T., Reid, A. E., Lewis, J. B., Stasko, E. C., Tobin, J. N., & Ickovics, J. R. (2018). Intergenerational consequences: Women’s experiences of discrimination in pregnancy predict infant social emotional development at 6 months and 1 year. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 39, 228-237.
• Earnshaw, V. A., Rosenthal, L., Gilstad-Hayden, K., Carroll-Scott, A., Kershaw, T. S., Santilli, A., & Ickovics, J. R. (2018). Intersectional experiences of discrimination in a low-resource urban community: An exploratory latent class analysis. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 80-93.
• Rosenthal, L. (2016). Incorporating intersectionality into psychology: An opportunity to promote social justice and equity. American Psychologist, 71, 474-485.
• Rosenthal, L., & Lobel, M. (2016). Stereotypes of Black American women related to sexuality and motherhood. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40, 414-427.
• Rosenthal, L., Earnshaw, V. A., Lewis, T. T., Reid, A. E., Lewis, J. B., Stasko, E. C., Tobin, J. N., & Ickovics, J. R. (2015). Changes in experiences with discrimination across pregnancy and postpartum: Age differences and consequences for mental health. American Journal of Public Health, 105, 686-693.
• Rosenthal, L., Earnshaw, V. A., Lewis, J. B., Lewis, T. T., Reid, A. E., Stasko, E. C., Tobin, J. N., & Ickovics, J. R. (2014). Discrimination and sexual risk among young urban pregnant women of color. Health Psychology, 33, 3-10.
• Earnshaw, V. A., Rosenthal, L., Lewis, J. B., Stasko, E. C., Tobin, J. N., Lewis, T. T., Reid, A. E., & Ickovics, J. R. (2013). Maternal experiences with everyday discrimination and infant birthweight: A test of mediators and moderators among young, urban women of color. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 13-23.