Monica Ramsy
By Social Driver onFOCUSThe U.S. carceral system devastates the health and well-being of our most vulnerable communities, disproportionately placing them on a…
Maurryce Starks
By Social Driver onFOCUSHow does our brain and physiological activity change as a consequence of social stress? What tools can be utilized…
Tania Ravaei
By Social Driver onFOCUSTania’s research focuses on sexual and mental health, as well as the disproportionate impacts of stigma on marginalized people.…
Latesha K. Harris
By Social Driver onFOCUSLatesha’s mission is to advance the scientific understanding of cardiometabolic health disparities and improve cardiometabolic health outcomes among Black…
Sarah Peralta
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSSarah’s research interests are on issues related to grief and bereavement within pediatric populations. She has a specific interest…
Pyar Seth
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSPyar studies Black sociopolitical life and death, policing and medicalization, subject formation, and the epistemic organization of health, disease,…
Mao S. Lee
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSEnglish learner (EL) students are often viewed as having a learning disability. Equating multilingualism with cognitive impairment costs EL…
Adrian Luis Manriquez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAdrian is committed to ending intergenerational family violence in order to promote health equity in Latino communities. Currently, Latino…
Shana McClain
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSShana’s research explores alternative justice approaches for survivors of intimate and interpersonal violence and, more specifically, how those approaches…
Mudia Uzzi
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMudia’s research is focused on violence and trauma in urban communities. He aspires to create place-based interventions that redress…
Natalie Aileen Larez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSStudents spend most of their time in school systems, and at the same time, they don’t exist in a…
Mi’Chael N. Wright
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSIn recent years, there have been studies that have shown that social media is heavily associated with mental health,…
Keona J. Wynne
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSKeona envisions a world where everyone has all of the internal and external tools they need to thrive. In…
Christopher E. Robertson
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSChristopher’s work is inspired by the vision of a world free of police violence. Using mixed-method approaches, he aims…
Carlo Sariego
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSCarlo (MA, MPhil) researches the cultural, social, and historical processes of reproductive control in the United States, paying special…
Aliyah Middleton
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSStreet-based sex work is a criminalized and highly-stigmatized form of sexual labor. Women of color, particularly Black women, are…
Alberto Cifuentes, Jr.
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSUrban sex workers, regardless of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, experience high levels of prejudice and discrimination that negatively impact…
Brigette A. Davis
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSEach individual’s road from youth to adulthood has its challenges, yet an ideal society is one that allows all…
Gabriella Alvarez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSHow does the social world get under the skin to sculpt the brain and body? As the central question…
Kristefer Stojanovski
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSKristefer Stojanovski’s research examines structural causes to health disparities among ethnic, racial, sexual, and gender minorities. During his doctoral…
