Eleanor Seaton

Dr. Eleanor K. Seaton is a Professor in the Psychology department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Seaton is a developmental psychologist, and an international expert on racism-related experiences, racial identity, and mental health among Black youth. Using a range of methodologies, including prospective cohort studies, ecological momentary assessment techniques, qualitative interviews, and analyses of nationally representative data sets, Dr. Seaton’s research documents the impact of racism on Black adolescents’ mental health, and the contexts that shape how racism manifests in Black youths’ lives. Dr. Seaton has increasingly focused on early adolescence in order to understand the intersection of pubertal development, race-ethnicity and gender among Black youth. Dr. Seaton’s ultimate goal is to uncover how racism-related experiences result in various societal disparities (e.g., health, educational, criminal justice, wealth) among the Black population. Dr. Seaton is a former co-host of a television segment, titled Break it Down on AZ PBS where she discussed how racism impacts various facets of society. Dr. Seaton tends to journal, travel, bake desserts, shop, read, watch movies and dance to Chicago style house music when relaxing.