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
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.
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!
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
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...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
August 16, 2025 at 11:23 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...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This teeny first pepper is bringing joy today 🥹
July 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This teeny first pepper is bringing joy today 🥹
New article as my team explores public support for transitional justice through reparations. #reparations
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New article as my team explores public support for transitional justice through reparations. #reparations
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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...
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
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...
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...
My achievement of the week is finally seeing tomatoes grow 🙌🏾
June 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My achievement of the week is finally seeing tomatoes grow 🙌🏾
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...
violenceprevention.charlotte.edu/education-an...
May 27, 2025 at 4:58 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...
violenceprevention.charlotte.edu/education-an...
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 💜
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
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 💜
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 💜
Today in the garden…
“Aww, look at the worm! Wow, that’s a long worm…oh, it’s a snake…” 🐍 😯
“Aww, look at the worm! Wow, that’s a long worm…oh, it’s a snake…” 🐍 😯
April 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Today in the garden…
“Aww, look at the worm! Wow, that’s a long worm…oh, it’s a snake…” 🐍 😯
“Aww, look at the worm! Wow, that’s a long worm…oh, it’s a snake…” 🐍 😯
Picked my plot at the community garden today 🪴
March 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Picked my plot at the community garden today 🪴
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
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 10:29 AM
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_...
udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
February 27, 2025 at 6:09 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_...
udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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
Learn more about the journal & upcoming issue here: muse.jhu.edu/journal/671
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 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
Learn more about the journal & upcoming issue here: muse.jhu.edu/journal/671
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...
Available open access here: jcjpc.org/volume-25-is...
January 27, 2025 at 7:30 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...
Available open access here: jcjpc.org/volume-25-is...
Second Sunday in a row where I get to brunch with the backyard deer 🦌❤️
January 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Second Sunday in a row where I get to brunch with the backyard deer 🦌❤️
Both arrived today ☺️
January 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Both arrived today ☺️
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
Give me the grapes, the caviar and champagne, the greens, the black eyed peas, and the gumbo. I’m trying everything for 2025 😂
Happy new year! 🎆
January 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Happy new year! 🎆
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...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MIXEE...
December 24, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MIXEE...