RESEARCHER
“Survival is not an academic skill.” - Audre Lorde
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I’M RECRUITING!
Are you a single woman* of any racial background age 20 or older living in the United States or Canada?! If so, you are eligible to participate in a 20-30 min interview. I am recruiting 100 women . Read the study info sheet.
*Single woman is defined as never married, divorced, widowed, and separated cis or transgender woman not living with a romantic partner.
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LIVING SINGLEHOOD
Living Singlehood is my book project based on 48 interviews with unmarried Black women ages 20-50. This project explores the societal and cultural factors shaping Black women’s unmarried lives before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Living Singlehood argues that single Black women’s experiences of unmarried life are shaped through socialization processes, overlooked mechanisms governing singlehood.
Living Singlehood looks beyond stereotypes to explore the meanings Black women make of their own unmarried lives.
I am currently in the process of finalizing data collection for this project. If you would like to know more about my book, follow the link below.
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CHILDREN & MEDIA
Media shape numerous facets of children’s lives. Emerging from my professional experience as a public health educator, this purely quantitative line of my research program explores how media shape children’s sleep, health, and development.
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AWARDS
My research has been repeatedly awarded for its quality and impact.
PROQUEST DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION AWARD UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - 2018
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - 2017
TOP PAPER HEALTH COMMUNICATION DIVISION NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION - 2015
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