About
My research interests broadly concern exploring the relationship between social conditions and Black women’s health. Specifically, exploring the relationship between wealth (debt) and Black women’s mental and physical health. I am also interested in understanding intimate partner violence as a social determinant of health, that is, how intimate partner violence is related to economic, financial, and housing inequality. I am further concerned with cultural explanations of intra-racial violence against Black women as they relate to Black women’s resiliency. The qualitative methodologies I employ are grounded in standpoint theory and include phenomenology and autoethnography. My practice interests include social policy, policy advocacy, and evaluation.
