About
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health. My research interests include diversity issues, stratification and inequality, health disparities, and race, class, gender, and sexuality. I have published a co-authored book on Critical Diversity in Organizations, book chapters, and articles.
Research interests
Race, Inequality, Diversity, Health Disparities, Stratification, Sexuality, and Family.
Teaching interests
Race, Inequality, Diversity, Health Disparities, Stratification, Sexuality, and Family.
Education
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Ph D, Sociology
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2014) Beyond Behavior: An Intersectional Analysis of the Impact of Sexual Networks, Segregation, and Incarceration on Disparities in STDs.
- MA, Sociology — University of Illinois at Chicago (2009)
Publications
- "Here it was waiting for me:" diabetes diagnosis pathways and implications for health policy 2022
- 'How I can help me': self-care priorities and structural pressures among Black older adults with diabetes 2022
- The Sexual Health of African American and White Men: Does Former Incarceration Status Matter? 2019
Presentations
- Undiagnosed Diabetes: Identifying the Community Paths to Type 2 Diabetes Diagnostic Testing 2020
- Racial Disparities Between Blacks And Whites In Social And Work-Related Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitations 2019
- Diversity in STEM 2019
- "I Can't Eat That Much”: Older Adults' Lived Experiences of Diabetes Dietary Recommendations 2018
- Diabetes Self Management in an Unequal World: Lessons from Baltimore 2018
- Generativity and Diabetes Self-Management: Caring for the Self to Create Alternative Futures for Others 2018
- The Role of Religion as a Coping Mechanism for the Management of Diabetes Related Stress: An Intersectional Exploration of the Meaning of Faith and Health among Black and White Older Women and Men with Diabetes 2017
- New Implications for Diabetes Education: Physical Activity Barriers among Diabetic Older Adults 2017
Grants and Contracts
- PIPP Phase I: Integrating Data, Knowledge, and Expertise Through Modeling and Immersive Analytics for Equitable Pandemic Prevention
Courses Taught
- Hum Sexuality Socioperspectives
- Sample Surveys in Social Science
- Neighborhoods and Health Inequality
- Cross Cultural Sexuality