[1] Harrell attended Carroll College and earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
[1] In 2008, Harrell won the Exemplary Mentoring Award from Howard University's Faculty Senate.
[1] Much of Harrell's research examines the effect of racism as a stressor to African Americans, resulting in poorer health.
[5] The article serves as a call to action for policymakers to remedy structural racism.
[5] Other research of Harrell's studies the different coping strategies employed by families of children with sickle cell disease.