Biography

Devost's expertise in qualitative research methodologies is driven by critical social theories to examine racial identity development as a psychological process. Her research has expanded collective intellectual understandings of Black consciousness, and pushes us to interrogate how a multitude of systems and power structures shapes Blackness and Black identity in America.

Through her work, Devost is committed to advancing diverse narratives that nuance the monolithic framing of Black experiences to bring visibility to Black stories that are not often told. Her current project: “Black Women Finding Homeplace: Intrasectional Analysis of Racial Identity Development on the HBCU Campus” is a Black feminist qualitative inquiry into the racial identity process for Black women college students attending a historically Black college. She earned her undergraduate degree from Howard University, and her M.A. as well as her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

Devost joined the Bennington faculty in Fall 2025.