Joni-Leigh Webster
Email:- jwebst9@emory.edu
- Advisors:
- Timothy J. Dowd and Corey Lee M. Keyes
- Degrees:
- BS in Public Health, Rutgers University, 2010
MPH in Health Education & Behavioral Science, Rutgers University, 2016 - MA in Sociology, Emory University, 2020
- PhD in Sociology, Emory University, 2023 (Anticipated)
- General Research Areas:
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Health, Inequality, Race and Racism, Mental Health, Social Psychology
- Dissertation:
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“It Could Have Been Me”: Examining the Mental Health Effects of Exposure to Race-Based Trauma on Twitter
Current Research:
My research focus is health and inequality with an emphasis on race and ethnic relations, racism, and mental health. I have experience conducting psychometric analysis, validating the CES-D scale among rural Bangladeshi women exposed to intimate partner violence. In conjuction to my interest in scale validation, I am passionate about examining the mental health effects of racism and discrimination on Black people residing in the U.S., with increased concern for intra-ethnic difference. Through the TADA Fellowship, my dissertation will explore the mental health effects of vicarious trauma from police brutality and vigilantism using Twitter.
- Curriculum Vitae:
- Joni-Leigh Webster's CV