DR. DANIELA BRISSETT OF CHOP & THE ADULTIFICATION OF BLACK GIRLS

We are excited to welcome Dr. Daniela I. Brissett as a new affiliated member at the Center for Experimental Ethnography. Daniela  is a fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in the Division of Adolescent Medicine. Her research focuses on the health of young Black girls addressing adultification, the intersection of racism and sexism, and underlying health disparities. Her career vision is to realize a better world for all youth through advocating for equitable policies and fostering positive youth development.

Her work is informed by personal experiences in medical centers and  their surrounding communities. Daniela studies adultification, in which Black youth are perceived as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers. She works alongside young Black women and girls to explore untapped tools to further equip these same youth to thrive. Through this, she works to counter the narrative of adultification while also allowing young Black girls, through story and image, to have agency in their own representation. Important to her work is ensuring Black girls are able to tell their own stories and their voices be heard and celebrated in academic spaces. To do this, Daniela has partnered with members in the Center of Experimental Ethnography to use innovative multimodal approaches to highlight these voices and expand their reach.