Consulting

Consulting Topics & Expertise

Dr. Carla provides expertise in diverse areas including:

• youth issues
• youth development
• adolescent and women’s health issues
• developing health education programs, materials, and campaigns for youth
• developing culturally relevant educational strategies and media literacy efforts for girls and youth of color
• understanding hip hop and youth culture
• working effectively with youth on health and social justice topics
• youth cyberculture, cyberbullying, and the Internet habits of youth
• conducting online research
• web design and development

Program Development & Evaluation

Dr. Carla is a nationally recognized expert on girls’ health and development, media literacy, HIV prevention, gender-based violence, adolescent sexual health, and related issues. Building on more than 15 years of experience and training, she consults across the United States and provides program development and evaluation assistance to youth-serving organizations, nonprofits, educational institutions, and private corporations. Dr. Carla specializes in developing cutting-edge programs for girls and is widely recognized as a pioneer in developing effective strategies for incorporating hip hop-influenced popular culture in the classroom.

Since 1999, Dr. Carla has provided evaluation services and technical assistance to federally funded community-based organizations addressing the HIV/AIDS and substance abuse treatment and prevention needs of people of color, women, and youth.

Web Design & Development

Dr. Carla has completed extensive training in web design and web development at Emory University, where she earned an Advanced Web Design Certificate. She has experience creating web sites and creating graphics that appeal to women, girls, and teen audiences. She has developed social networking web sites for alumni groups, coaching communities, Greek letter organizations, youth, and other groups. Dr. Carla is proficient in numerous web and graphic design software programs and scripting languages including:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• PHP
• Dreamweaver
• FLASH
• Java Script

Note: Due to a busy schedule, Dr. Carla is not currently accepting new web design projects.

Dr. Carla is available for on-site visits and online/telephone consulting. If you are interested in hiring Dr. Carla for a consulting project, please let us know.