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Pamela Braboy Jackson

Ph.D.

Bio

Professor Pamela Braboy Jackson received her Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1993. After serving as an Assistant Professor at Duke University (1993-2000), she joined the faculty at IU in 2000 as an Associate Professor. Her research and teaching interests include social psychology, mental illness, race and ethnicity, and life course processes. She collaborates extensively with graduate students and faculty. Building on research funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award, one area of focus is on health disparities among the black middle class. She is also pursuing a set of studies on the implications of social role participation among diverse populations. In addition to research on mental health, Pam has published in the areas of socialization, identity, and self-concept development. Her most recent publication is How Families Matter: Simply Complicated Intersections of Race, Gender and Work (with Rashawn Ray).  

Education

  • Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1993

  • M.A., Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1989

  • B.A., Sociology, DePaul University, Chicago, 1987

Employment

2017-Current Director of Undergraduate Studies, Indiana University

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2012-2014 Inaugural Director, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES), Indiana University

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2012 Founding Director, CRRES, Indiana University

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2006 Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Affiliated Faculty, African- and African-American Diaspora Studies


2000-2006 Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Core Faculty, Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Survey Research

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1993-2000 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Duke University Affiliated Faculty, African- and African-American Studies Program Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development, Medical Center (1995-2000) Affiliated Faculty, Women’s Studies (1996-2000) Affiliated Faculty, Center for Child and Family Policy (1998-2000)

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1991-1992 Associate Instructor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University

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1989-1990 Research Assistant to Study Director, Institute for Social Research, Indiana University

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1986-1987 Research Intern, Thresholds National Research and Training Center on Rehabilitation and Mental Illness, Chicago, IL March, 2018

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