Press

Media Inquiries

Dr. Carla is available for interviews, television bookings, expert commentary, and other media opportunities, as well as live and satellite media tours.

Topics she can cover include:

Women’s and girls’ health, empowerment, and wellness
Teen health, behavior, sexuality, and wellness
Youth, media, and hip hop culture
Youth and social media/cyberbullying
Representations of women and girls in the media and the impact of sexualization on girls
Teen dating, friendships, and relationships
Domestic violence and street harassment among teens
Healthy body image and self-esteem in women and girls
Educating parents and concerned adults about teen issues
Black girlhood in America
HIV/AIDS among women and youth

Please direct all media and spokesperson inquiries via e-mail (fastest response) or call 877-772-2752, ext. 1.

Selected Media Coverage

Lift Every Voice: Empower Your Daughter Right Now!
Real Health: The Black Wellness Magazine, Dec 2010

The Ice Queen
Real Health: The Black Wellness Magazine, Dec 2010

Special Report: State of Our Girls
Protecting Our Girls from Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Heart & Soul Magazine, April/May 2010 (pp. 61-64)
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Interview: Street Harassment and Young Women and Girls
Date Smarter, Not Harder, October 28, 2009

The sex factor in black AIDS
The Loop, June 26, 2009

Obama as Role Model for Black Youth?
Reuters, November 15, 2008

Hit by HIV, black women reach in to cope, out to empower
Star-Telegram, August 3, 2008

Eve’s Circle’ holds girls’ conference in Montgomery (coverage of Dr. Carla’s keynote and workshop)
Montgomery Advertiser, July 20, 2008

Video: Girls Talk Over Issues in Eve’s Circle (coverage of Dr. Carla’s keynote and workshop)
Montgomery Advertiser, July 19, 2008

Hipper Hop
Poz Magazine, June 2008

Lifting Up, Giving Back: Changing One Life at a Time
The Crisis, Spring 2008 (pp. 30-33)

Dr. Stokes’ HOTGIRLS: Researcher Uses Hip Hop to Educate Young People
American Sexuality magazine, May 6, 2008

H.O.T.G.I.R.L.S. Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations (PDF)
Sisterhood Agenda magazine, Volume Two 2008 (p. 12) (Flash)

AIDS & Black Youth
SeeingBlack.com, April 11, 2008

Doin’ It for Themselves (PDF)
Online: http://www.realhealthmag.com/articles/role_models_girls_2162_14145.shtml
Real Health: The Black Wellness Magazine, Spring 2008 (p. 40)