Anisah Bagasra

Anisah Bagasra is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Kennesaw State University who focuses on behavioral health research within ethnic and religious minority communities, with an interest in perceptions of mental illness and their influence on help-seeking behaviors. Dr. Bagasra previously designed a psychology major for Claflin University and oversaw the creation of online degree programs

Publications

Developing Successful Online Degree Programs at a Historically Black University: Challenges and Opportunities for Broadening the Impact of HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions
Developing Successful Online Degree Programs at a Historically Black University: Challenges and Opportunities for Broadening the Impact of HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions
Anisah Bagasra. © 2023. 18 pages.
This chapter presents an overview of the process of building online degree programs from the ground up utilizing data from the process at a four-year liberal-arts institution in...
Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century
Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century
Anisah Bagasra, Alison Mc Letchie, Jonathan Wesley. © 2022. 359 pages.
Despite the declaration that we are living in a “post-racial America,” multiple recent events in which Black lives were prematurely ended have sparked a racial reckoning within...
Muslim Worldviews: Implications for Helping Professionals Providing Culturally Competent Care
Muslim Worldviews: Implications for Helping Professionals Providing Culturally Competent Care
Anisah Bagasra. © 2021. 22 pages.
This chapter seeks to provide an overview of traditional and contemporary Muslim worldviews, specifically beliefs and attitudes that may relate to help-seeking and interaction...
Working With Muslim Clients in the Helping Professions
Working With Muslim Clients in the Helping Professions
Anisah Bagasra, Mitchell Mackinem. © 2020. 317 pages.
Members of the Muslim community are a growing population in North America and Europe who go underserved due to challenges that they face when seeking to utilize services. In...
Muslim Worldviews: Implications for Helping Professionals Providing Culturally Competent Care
Muslim Worldviews: Implications for Helping Professionals Providing Culturally Competent Care
Anisah Bagasra. © 2020. 22 pages.
This chapter seeks to provide an overview of traditional and contemporary Muslim worldviews, specifically beliefs and attitudes that may relate to help-seeking and interaction...
Post-Mortem Practices in Muslim Populations: Guidance for Funeral Directors, Healthcare Practitioners, and Medical Examiners
Post-Mortem Practices in Muslim Populations: Guidance for Funeral Directors, Healthcare Practitioners, and Medical Examiners
Omar Bagasra, Anisah Bagasra. © 2020. 16 pages.
The chapter introduces the reader to the main post-mortem rituals in Islam, specifically pre-burial rituals of washing, shrouding, and preparing the body for burial, funeral...
Perceptions of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belongingness at an HBCU: Implications and Applications for Faculty
Perceptions of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belongingness at an HBCU: Implications and Applications for Faculty
Matthew A. Hiatt, Alison Mc Letchie, Anisah B. Bagasra, Deborah L. Laufersweiler-Dwyer, Mitchell Mackinem. © 2019. 19 pages.
Most studies about inclusion of traditional minority groups and women on university campuses have been conducted at Predominantly White Institutions with student populations....
Developing Successful Online Degree Programs at a Historically Black University: Challenges and Opportunities for Broadening the Impact of HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions
Developing Successful Online Degree Programs at a Historically Black University: Challenges and Opportunities for Broadening the Impact of HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions
Anisah Bagasra. © 2019. 18 pages.
This chapter presents an overview of the process of building online degree programs from the ground up utilizing data from the process at a four-year liberal-arts institution in...
Addressing Discrepancies in Faculty and Student Perceptions of the Quality and Rigor of Online Courses
Addressing Discrepancies in Faculty and Student Perceptions of the Quality and Rigor of Online Courses
Anisah Bagasra, Mitchell Brent Mackinem. © 2019. 29 pages.
The chapter addresses the discrepancies that exist between student and faculty perceptions of online courses, specifically differences in beliefs about the quality of online...
Exposure to Toxic Environmental Agents in the Form of Fragrances and Development of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Exposure to Toxic Environmental Agents in the Form of Fragrances and Development of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Omar Bagasra, Anisah Bagasra. © 2019. 34 pages.
In this chapter, the authors explore how the human brain develops and what the critical stages are in which a fetal brain may acquire genetic and developmental abnormalities...