Publications

Lankster, N. M., & Williams, J. (2022). African Americans caregiving during COVID-19. Child Care in Practice, 29(4), 343–358.

Lankster, N. M., Dube, N., & Williams, J. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic lower back pain: The neurological impacts of a comorbid diagnosis and integrative treatment. The Practitioner Scholar: Journal of the International Trauma Training Institute, 4(1).

Lankster, N. M. (2022). The autoimmune nature of PTSD. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.

Lankster, N. M., Sewell, L., & Hall, R. (2019). The inevitability of dual relationships in rural mental health: How many degrees of separation is enough? Journal of Rural Mental Health, 43(2), 71–80.

Lankster, N. M. (2019). Chap chat: Gender relations and perceptions of rape amongst adolescent males in South Africa. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 31(2–3), 85–102.

Lankster, N. M., & Williams, J. (2018). On the nexus of chronic pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, and alexithymia. Journal of Counseling and Professional Psychology, 7, 223–236.

Williams, J., Lankster, N. M., & Abel, C. (2016). When student life meets real life: Barriers for African American students pursuing graduate studies in psychology. Psych Discourse, 50(3).

Lankster, N. M. (2014). Treatment effects for intergenerational trauma in survivors of genocide residing in Africa. International Journal of Psychology, 49(5), 350–358.

Lankster, N. M. (2012). Treatment effects for trauma in survivors of genocide, war, and conflict residing in South Africa (Doctoral dissertation). Argosy University.

Sample of Publications Citing Dr. Lankster's Work:

Murphy, M. (2019). Introduction to “# MeToo movement”. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 31(2-3), 63-65.

Pampile, S. K. (2023). An Examination of Faith and Faith-Based Practices on Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Afro-Caribbean Immigrants in the United States. Montclair State University.

Geldenhuis, D. L. (2023). Rape Myth Acceptance: Investigating the Dimensionality of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale and the Male Rape Myth Scale.

Mellström, U., & Shefer, T. Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies.

Haywood, C. (2019). Exploring men, masculinity and contemporary dating practices. In Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies (pp. 262-271). Routledge.

Qandeel, Y., Ali, S. R., Khan, A. N., Naveed, A., Ishtiaq, B., Hussain, S. I., ... & Khalid, A. (2024). Integrative Psychotherapy Techniques for Treating Conversion Disorder: A Holistic Approach to Functional Neurological Symptom Management, A Schematic Review: Integrative Psychotherapy for Conversion Disorder. Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Research, 4(3), 1-5.

Douglas Hugh Russell, Sebastian Trew, Rhiannon Smith, Daryl John Higgins & Kerryann Walsh. (2025) Primary prevention of harmful sexual behaviors by children and young people: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Aggression and Violent Behavior 81, pages 102022.

Ellen Turner, Susan A. Kelly, Emily Eldred, Katrina Bouzanis, Anne Gatuguta, Manuela Balliet, Shelley Lees & Karen Devries. (2024) What do we know about how children and adolescents conceptualise violence? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies from sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS ONE 19:7, pages e0304240.

Sunday B. Fakunmoju, Tina Abrefa-Gyan, Ntandoyenkosi Maphosa & Priscilla Gutura. (2020) Rape Myth Acceptance: Gender and Cross-National Comparisons Across the United States, South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria. Sexuality & Culture 25:1, pages 18-38.

Mooney, J., & Monson, T. A. (2023). Editorial. Child Care in Practice, 29(4), 339–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2023.2249334

Media

December 19, 2022 Afro (Magazine)
2020 Queens Supporting Queens, Anthology- Interviewed by author, author devoted a chapter to my biography.
2019 The Doctors (TV Show)- Featured Psychologist- Featured for specialization in trauma. Sought by producers to provide services for TV show guest
2019 Real Simple (Magazine)- Interviewed for article on parenting
2018 Real Simple (Magazine)-Interviewed for an article on time management

Publications and Media