Photovoice as a Culturally Competent Research Methodology for African Americans by Dana Harley, PhD harleyd1@nku.edu Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Social Work and Leadership College of Education and Human Resources, Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, Kentucky Vanessa Hunn, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Social Work and Leadership College of Education and Human Resources, Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, Kentucky Willie Elliott, D.Min. Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Social Work and Leadership College of Education and Human Resources, Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, Kentucky & James Canfield, PhD Assistant Professor University of Cincinnati, School of Social Work, College of Allied Health Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio 31 The Journal of Pan African Studies, vol.7, no.9, April 2015