Helen Neville, Associate Professor
Contact
African American Studies
and Educational Psychology
188F Education
1310 South Sixth Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
217.333.7781
hneville@illinois.edu
Biography
Helen Neville is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and African American Studies at the UIUC. Dr. Neville obtained her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She came to the University of Illinois from the University of Missouri, where she was an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and the Black Studies Program, and the Co-Director for the Center for Multicultural Research, Training, and Consultation.
Her research interests center on two interrelated areas: general and cultural factors influencing the stress and coping processes of African Americans, particularly rape survivors, and the development and consequences of racial ideologies among racially diverse populations. Her work has appeared in a wide range of journals including, The Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Black Studies, Applied and Preventive Psychology, and Psychology of Women Quarterly. Currently, she is the Associate Editor of The Counseling Psychologist and serves on the board of a number of scholarly journals.