Dr. Apryl Alexander
@drapryla.bsky.social
Public Health Prof | Forensic Psych | #FirstGen | Hokie | @TEDxMileHigh Speaker | Popular Culture Junkie
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Dr. Apryl Alexander
@drapryla.bsky.social
· Dec 21
New publication: Preliminary data shows if you teach op-ed writing skills, most students like it and plan to use it as a tool for scholarly dissemination!
Thanks for my co-authors Stacy Fandetti and Ava Peters for collaborating on this.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DYKVI...
Thanks for my co-authors Stacy Fandetti and Ava Peters for collaborating on this.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DYKVI...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three White men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun.
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 White men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery | CNN
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three White men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed the runni...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three White men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun.
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This is beyond damaging to public health. It’s by design of course but still devastating
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is beyond damaging to public health. It’s by design of course but still devastating
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STATEMENT : "Let us be clear: Donald Trump's approach to homelessness does nothing to address the sky-high cost of rent, which remains the main cause of homelessness. Instead, his reckless actions are cruel and backward and will force even more people to sleep outside”
Today, instead of using their power to help people pay rent, access healthcare, or lower the cost of groceries, Trump doubled down on backwards polices that will force 170,000 people-who are currently stably housed- back into homelessness.
Our statement: buff.ly/qA4H2kk
Our statement: buff.ly/qA4H2kk
Trump's new ideological mandates will force 170,000 people back into homelessness - National Homelessness Law Center
Trump's new ideological mandates will force 170,000 people back into homelessness (WASHINGTON, D.C - November 14th, 2025) Today, instead of using their power to help people pay rent, access…
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
STATEMENT : "Let us be clear: Donald Trump's approach to homelessness does nothing to address the sky-high cost of rent, which remains the main cause of homelessness. Instead, his reckless actions are cruel and backward and will force even more people to sleep outside”
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The @successcollab.bsky.social was so delighted to have @drapryla.bsky.social come talk about her work within the realm of advocacy and public scholarship! We all were inspired and invigorated to do better and use our science to help the public!
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The @successcollab.bsky.social was so delighted to have @drapryla.bsky.social come talk about her work within the realm of advocacy and public scholarship! We all were inspired and invigorated to do better and use our science to help the public!
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I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Our Center’s suicide prevention training postdoc ad is live! The DoD-funded position will work with Drs. Robert Cramer, Annelise Mennicke, and Jessamyn Moxie on a training e-learning platform in partnership with Dr. Justin Baker and the Ohio State U team!
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64918
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64918
Postdoctoral Fellow in Suicide Prevention Training
This position is not remote-eligible. The holder of the postdoctoral fellowship will:Coordinate multi-site team meetings and communication.Oversee feasibility/acceptability data collection efforts in ...
jobs.charlotte.edu
November 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our Center’s suicide prevention training postdoc ad is live! The DoD-funded position will work with Drs. Robert Cramer, Annelise Mennicke, and Jessamyn Moxie on a training e-learning platform in partnership with Dr. Justin Baker and the Ohio State U team!
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64918
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64918
We’re hiring a Department Chair for Public Health and Health Administration at UNC Charlotte. See the job listing here:
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64712
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64712
Department Chairperson
The Department requires a Chair to lead and facilitate all aspects of the Department. The successful candidate must have an earned doctorate in Health Management, a Public Health discipline, or a clos...
jobs.charlotte.edu
October 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We’re hiring a Department Chair for Public Health and Health Administration at UNC Charlotte. See the job listing here:
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64712
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64712
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ICYMI: My conversation with THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR director Geeta Gandbhir.
The best thriller of 2025 is Geeta Gandbhir's harrowing documentary THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR.
For @reverseshot.bsky.social, I spoke with Gandbhir during #NYFF63 about subverting the inherent dehumanizing of police bodycam videos to empathetically record a community.
For @reverseshot.bsky.social, I spoke with Gandbhir during #NYFF63 about subverting the inherent dehumanizing of police bodycam videos to empathetically record a community.
Geeta Gandbhir
Once we committed to the body camera footage, we were determined to live in it. We wanted to build and recreate the world that this community existed in, which you couldn't do otherwise. So, it was ch...
reverseshot.org
October 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
ICYMI: My conversation with THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR director Geeta Gandbhir.
My research team began studying stand your ground laws and public perceptions after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery & Botham Jean. So I knew of Ajike Owen’s murder…however, I was still unprepared for The Perfect Neighbor. I’m glad this story was amplified but gutted at this tragedy.
October 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My research team began studying stand your ground laws and public perceptions after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery & Botham Jean. So I knew of Ajike Owen’s murder…however, I was still unprepared for The Perfect Neighbor. I’m glad this story was amplified but gutted at this tragedy.
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If I could offer students one bit of…advice: be brutally traditional about what is printed on your degree.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
The danger is that degrees are regarded as worthless as nobody believes students have acquired any skills any more, at least not ones they couldn't have hot from just going into an office job from school.
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If I could offer students one bit of…advice: be brutally traditional about what is printed on your degree.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
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#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
Our new paper out in American Psychologist.
Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp.
Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
Our new paper out in American Psychologist.
Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp.
Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
Our new paper out in American Psychologist.
Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp.
Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
Our new paper out in American Psychologist.
Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp.
Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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Good PBS News Hour piece tonight on how abortion restrictions compromise women's domestic safety.
In the US, a pregnant/postpartum woman's risk of being killed is 20% higher than that of other women; she is more likely die by murder than from childbirth-related issues.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
In the US, a pregnant/postpartum woman's risk of being killed is 20% higher than that of other women; she is more likely die by murder than from childbirth-related issues.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Abortion restrictions may be fueling a rise in domestic violence, experts warn
On average, a woman’s risk of being killed in the U.S. increases by 20% when pregnant or after giving birth. Pregnant and postpartum women are more likely to be killed than to die from childbirth-rela...
www.pbs.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Good PBS News Hour piece tonight on how abortion restrictions compromise women's domestic safety.
In the US, a pregnant/postpartum woman's risk of being killed is 20% higher than that of other women; she is more likely die by murder than from childbirth-related issues.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
In the US, a pregnant/postpartum woman's risk of being killed is 20% higher than that of other women; she is more likely die by murder than from childbirth-related issues.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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There are so few academic jobs, and thousands of excellent scholars are all trying to move at the same time due to location. 
‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south
Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There are so few academic jobs, and thousands of excellent scholars are all trying to move at the same time due to location. 
Firing squads in 2025? 🤦🏾♀️
Latest op-ed published in NC Newsline. The death penalty is not a crime deterrent nor the answer for crime prevention.
ncnewsline.com/2025/10/08/n...
Latest op-ed published in NC Newsline. The death penalty is not a crime deterrent nor the answer for crime prevention.
ncnewsline.com/2025/10/08/n...
North Carolina needs evidence-driven solutions not retribution to reduce crime • NC Newsline
We are all seeking solutions to deter and reduce crime in North Carolina. But bringing back the death penalty shifts the focus toward retribution rather than prevention of crime
ncnewsline.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Firing squads in 2025? 🤦🏾♀️
Latest op-ed published in NC Newsline. The death penalty is not a crime deterrent nor the answer for crime prevention.
ncnewsline.com/2025/10/08/n...
Latest op-ed published in NC Newsline. The death penalty is not a crime deterrent nor the answer for crime prevention.
ncnewsline.com/2025/10/08/n...
The UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center is partnering with The South Piedmont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) to offer multidisciplinary health professions CEUs!
Find out more at violenceprevention.charlotte.edu/education-an.... Our next one features our very own Dr. Rob Cramer!
Find out more at violenceprevention.charlotte.edu/education-an.... Our next one features our very own Dr. Rob Cramer!
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center is partnering with The South Piedmont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) to offer multidisciplinary health professions CEUs!
Find out more at violenceprevention.charlotte.edu/education-an.... Our next one features our very own Dr. Rob Cramer!
Find out more at violenceprevention.charlotte.edu/education-an.... Our next one features our very own Dr. Rob Cramer!
“A majority of people who are found incompetent to stand trial are restored to competency,” @drapryla.bsky.social added. “They eventually go back to trial, back to their court case and proceedings continue.”
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/10/02/c...
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/10/02/c...
Is Charlotte train stabbing suspect mentally fit for trial? Court-ordered evaluation process may take months.
Decarlos Brown Jr.’s case highlights NC’s rising demand for court-ordered mental health evaluations and capacity restoration treatment.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“A majority of people who are found incompetent to stand trial are restored to competency,” @drapryla.bsky.social added. “They eventually go back to trial, back to their court case and proceedings continue.”
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/10/02/c...
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/10/02/c...
We’re excited to invite you to an upcoming free virtual session:
Dissemination Methods that Work: Supporting Policymakers’ Value and Use of Research
Register here: bit.ly/4gEHOrB
Dissemination Methods that Work: Supporting Policymakers’ Value and Use of Research
Register here: bit.ly/4gEHOrB
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We’re excited to invite you to an upcoming free virtual session:
Dissemination Methods that Work: Supporting Policymakers’ Value and Use of Research
Register here: bit.ly/4gEHOrB
Dissemination Methods that Work: Supporting Policymakers’ Value and Use of Research
Register here: bit.ly/4gEHOrB
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Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
September 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
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Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, passed away on Sept. 4 at the age of 83.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, passed away on Sept. 4 at the age of 83.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
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“Basically, it’s a systemic movement of resources away from preventing tragedy to requiring tragedy,” Clark said. “It’s the same population. It’s the same people. It’s just where are we going to serve them: Before they’ve been criminalized or after they’ve been criminalized?”
For People Mentally Unfit For Trial, Waits For Treatment Get Longer
U.S. defendants must be able to understand the charges against them — but many who can’t remain behind bars waiting for mental health treatment.
www.themarshallproject.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Basically, it’s a systemic movement of resources away from preventing tragedy to requiring tragedy,” Clark said. “It’s the same population. It’s the same people. It’s just where are we going to serve them: Before they’ve been criminalized or after they’ve been criminalized?”
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If you have already or will successfully defend a legal psychology dissertation in 2025, apply for the @ap-ls.org
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you have already or will successfully defend a legal psychology dissertation in 2025, apply for the @ap-ls.org
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation
Dissertation Award by December 31! Winners will be invited to present their research at the AP-LS Annual Conference in March 2026!
More info here: ap-ls.org/awards/awards/dissertation
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NYTimes has a sad but ultimately unsurprising report on some Black and brown parents giving their children a new version of "The Talk" - warning them how to react if police enacting Trump's crackdowns on crime and undocumented people come their way. Sigh. loom.ly/Hw_jltc
Race/Related: A version of ‘the talk’ some Black parents are having with their children
loom.ly
September 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NYTimes has a sad but ultimately unsurprising report on some Black and brown parents giving their children a new version of "The Talk" - warning them how to react if police enacting Trump's crackdowns on crime and undocumented people come their way. Sigh. loom.ly/Hw_jltc
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COMMENTARY: If this was happening in another nation, we'd call it by name. It's authoritarianism.
September 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
COMMENTARY: If this was happening in another nation, we'd call it by name. It's authoritarianism.