When We See Us: Vicarious Trauma in Black Populations
Part of the Emerging Scholars Symposium
Thursday, April 11, 2024 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Horizon Hall, 6325
We regret to inform you that this presentation has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.
Please join us at 1:00 pm for a presentation by Jessica Marie Shotwell. Additional details may be found at https://soan.gmu.edu/events/15756.
Tia M. Dickerson, MS is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University. Her research bridges social inequality, family sociology, sociology of race, mass incarceration, and mental health. Tia’s research focuses on the role of structural racism on the health and efficacy of Black families. Her current projects examine how marital status impacts mental health of Black couples, and the relationship between exposure to racism and mental health. She has also presented work on the association between race, incarceration and termination of mother’s parental rights, the effect of COVID-19 on families, and the association between mental health outcomes of race-related stress and COVID-19 on Black married individuals. She has published work examining federally funded Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education programs to assess whether they support mental health and economic stability of Black couples. She is also a contributing author the forthcoming volume: 50 Key Scholars of Black Social Thought highlighting the theoretical contributions of Black scholars to the discipline of sociology. In 2023 Tia was awarded a Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship by the Sociologists for Women in Society for her scholarship and commitment to mentorship of minority students. In 2022 she was elected as a Division Chair for the Family Section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems and was recently appointed to serve on the Mentoring and Inclusion Committee of the Family Division for the American Sociological Association. In 2024 Tia was selected to be inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
