About
Rachel Head, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in sociology from North Carolina State University and is an assistant professor in anthropology & sociology at The University of Tulsa. She is currently co-director of the Tulsa Institute of Trauma, Adversity, and Injustice (TITAN) and an affiliate of the Fishlinger Center for Public Policy Research at the University of Mount Saint Vincent. Her broad teaching and research interests are inequality (race and class) and sociology of mental health. Her research on racial-ethnic inequality and psychosocial distress, social and structural determinants of health, and community-based and pedagogical research has been published in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Society and Mental Health, Sociological Spectrum, Health Promotion Practice, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, and the Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences. She is currently working on projects exploring how community-level and employment-related stressors contribute to depressive symptoms, substance abuse and suicidality.
Education
- Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Sociology of mental health
- Racial-ethnic and class inequalities