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Dr. Nicole Joseph <\/a>is the Director of the Black Girls Becoming (BGB) Summer Research Institute. <\/span><\/i><\/b>BGB\u00a0is the first research and enrichment program of its kind that is centered on understanding the impacts, both positive and negative, on Black students and is helping to advance the life outcomes of Black girls in the larger society. Created and designed by Black women faculty at Vanderbilt from chemistry, education, and sociology, <\/span>Black Girls Becoming<\/span><\/i><\/b> engages rising 7<\/span>th<\/span> and 8<\/span>th<\/span> grade Black girls in a sequence of workshops to illuminate and promote Black girl joy, brilliance, and magic. Black Girls Becoming<\/em> <\/strong>offers: <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BGB has been supported by the following sponsors: <\/strong><\/p>\n Peabody Dean’s Office<\/a><\/p>\n Vanderbilt Divinity School<\/a><\/p>\n Vanderbilt James Lawson Institute for Non Violence<\/a><\/p>\n Vanderbilt Black Cultural Center<\/a><\/p>\n Vanderbilt Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion<\/a><\/p>\n Vanderbilt Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center<\/a><\/p>\n Read more about Black Girls Becoming <\/strong>here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Nicole Joseph <\/a>and Kimberlyn Ellis<\/a>, a PhD student in the Graduate Program in Human Genetics, are conducting a 9-year longitudinal study of the girls in BGB.<\/p>\n Summer 2023 Applications are CLOSED!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n