Nasitta Keita
Credentials: Ed-GRS Fellow
Nasitta Keita, M.A. is a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her BA in Psychology and Education at UW-Madison and her MA in Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri. Framed by Black Feminism and Liberation Psychology, her research interests explore (1) mechanisms of healing amongst Black workers and college students experiencing anti-Black racism and (2) how collective action impacts psycho-social outcomes. Her passion is to promote social justice through her research, teaching, clinical work, and critical community engagement. Nasitta enjoys watching sports, hiking, and participating in social gatherings in her free time.
Selected Conference Presentations
Keita, N.A. & Norton, M (2025, July). The Development of the Youth Activism Work Theory. Oral Presentation presented at the Society for Vocational Psychology Biannual Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Reid Marks, L., Keita, N.A., Wilikins-Yel, K., Reese, N., Caldwell-Harvey, T., Williams, T., and Davis, R. (2025, July). Working While Black in the United States: A Research Informed Workshop for Career Practitioners. Workshop presented at the Society for Vocational Psychology Biannual Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Thompson, M., Her, P., Keita, N.A., Sanchez, M., & Williams, K. (2025, July). Building Skills to Foster Radical Healing in Career Wellness Interventions. Workshop presented at the Society for Vocational Psychology Biannual Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Keita, N.A. & Kyle-Brown, S. (2024, August). Cozy: Getting comfortable with reexamining and reimagining our professional ethics code. Breakout session presented at Anesis multicultural mental health conference. Madison, WI.
Keita, N.A., Uribe, Y., & McClain, S. (2023, August). Association among Black women narrations of past gendered racial microaggressions and emotional well-being. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C.
Hargons, C.N., Rawle, S., & Keita, N.A. (2023, December). The sex well series: Liberation and pleasure for Black women. Webinar series discussion co-facilitator hosted by the Black Girl Doctor. Virtual.
Selected Publications
Williams, M., Keita, N.A., & Flores, L.Y. (2022). An integrative pathway for success: Undergraduate research, access, and mentorship in STEM. In M. Buford, M. Sharp, & M. Stebleton (Eds.), Mapping the future of Career Education. Routledge.
Zastoupil, G.J., Tryon, E., Madden, H.C., Keita, N.A. & Lipscomb, T. (2020). Cultural factors in preparing students for community-engaged scholarship. In A. Zimmerman (Ed.), Preparing Students for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education (pp. 21-42). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-2208-0.ch002
Awards and Honors
American Psychological Association Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program Fellow
Ed-Grs Fellow
Newman Civic Fellows Award
Dick and July Daly Award for Education Student Staff Achievement