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Dr. Lisa McCabe is a Research Associate with the Residential Child Care Project at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.  Her research focuses broadly on early childhood education and care issues for children, families, and child care providers. Currently she is part of a project ("Superstar Practitioners") that aims to identify common dimensions of practitioners’ interpersonal practices and skills that promote high quality program implementation and positive client outcomes across diverse settings, including child care.

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Grubbs's current research focuses on the (mis)representation of Black women at the intersection of fashion, beauty, and media. This agenda explores the use of stereotypical imagery to represent Black women throughout visual culture, and the impact that the representations have on Black women’s self-presentation, identity formation, and societal perception. Lauryn connects her research to her creative and entrepreneurial ventures, by taking a Black feminist approach to decolonize the gaze and diversify authorship of images of