Expertise

Her research and teaching interests include social psychology, mental illness, race and ethnicity, and life course processes.

Research Interests:

  • social psychology; medical sociology; mental health; race and ethnic relations, educational inequality
Affiliations

Provost Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Vice President for Faculty & Belonging, OVPDEI, Indiana University Bloomington

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Social Sciences, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University (past)

Communities
Sociology
Degrees
PhD, Indiana University, Social Psychology, 1993
MA, Indiana University, Sociology, 1989
BA, DePaul University, Sociology, 1987
Keywords
race and mental health educational inequality social psychology medical sociology mental health
Honors

Tracy M. Sonneborn Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2022

James R. Greenley Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Mental Health Section, 2023

Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Alumni Achievement Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2023

Associations
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Southern Sociological Society (SSS)