Tia Dickerson

Tia Dickerson completed her PhD in sociology at Howard University in May 2024. She is currently a postdoc with the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Her research bridges social inequality, family sociology, sociology of race, mental health, and COVID-19. Tia’s research broadly focuses on the role of structural racism in shaping the health and efficacy of Black families. Her current projects examine how marital status impacts mental health of Black couples, the relationship between exposure to indirect racism and mental illness, and the impact of childhood CPS contact on young adult outcomes. 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.