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Dr. Apryl Alexander
@drapryla.bsky.social
Public Health Prof | Forensic Psych | #FirstGen | Hokie | @TEDxMileHigh Speaker | Popular Culture Junkie
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
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!
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Dr. Evan Auguste compiled a book I wish I had in school. Thoughts and ideas I had but weren’t acknowledged, recognized, or affirmed. And I’m grateful to be a small part of it. 🖤 Check it out, buy it, or adopt it for your classroom.

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
August 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This teeny first pepper is bringing joy today 🥹
July 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New article as my team explores public support for transitional justice through reparations. #reparations

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I finished giving an invited talk on public scholarship at the @spssi.bsky.social
student pre-conference, and saw this in my inbox! ❤️

Thank you, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry! Everyone can access the article here: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
June 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My achievement of the week is finally seeing tomatoes grow 🙌🏾
June 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am pleased to announce the next workshop of the UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center Training Series. Dr. Shannon M. Cain will provide a seminar style session on her work examining the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide among violent decedents.

violenceprevention.charlotte.edu/education-an...
May 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I’M A FULL PROFESSOR!!!! 😭❤️🥳🙌🏾

Speechless for now (and out of town) and will keep it short: Thank you collaborators, mentors, students, and external letter writers for helping me building an amazing dossier to get me here 💜
April 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Today in the garden…
“Aww, look at the worm! Wow, that’s a long worm…oh, it’s a snake…” 🐍 😯
April 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Picked my plot at the community garden today 🪴
March 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I feel much better watching @anthonyperillo.bsky.social on the Hot Seat this year 😂 Hot wings and hot ethics is the theme this time #APLS2025 #PsychLaw
March 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Good morning ☀️ Learn more about Division 37 today at the #APLS2025 coffee hour ☕️ #PsychLaw
March 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Rested and ready for presentations today at #APLS2025 #PsychLaw 👩🏾‍💼
March 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We have launched a study to examine factors related to intimate partner violence in the LGBTQ+ community. The survey takes no more than 10 minutes to complete. Please feel free to share with your networks.

udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
February 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I had the honor of serving as guest editor for the Journal of Black Sexuality & Relationships for a special issue on Black sex positivity. Reviewing these amazing articles was so enriching that it didn’t seem like work! 💜

Learn more about the journal & upcoming issue here: muse.jhu.edu/journal/671
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New publication: As a Black Mirror fan, I had to write about one of my favorite episodes, Black Museum!

Available open access here: jcjpc.org/volume-25-is...
January 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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January 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Second Sunday in a row where I get to brunch with the backyard deer 🦌❤️
January 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Both arrived today ☺️
January 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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January 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Give me the grapes, the caviar and champagne, the greens, the black eyed peas, and the gumbo. I’m trying everything for 2025 😂
January 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy new year! 🎆
January 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Christmas Eve New Publication (get some rest editors and publishers ❤️): Examines the unique risk and needs of gang-involved adolescents adjudicated for illegal sexual behaviors.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MIXEE...
December 24, 2024 at 4:54 PM