Dr. Staggers-Hakim

Dr. Staggers-Hakim is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. Her scholarship focuses on the intersections of race, racism, oppression, and health. Dr. Staggers-Hakim examines the impacts of social stratification/inequality, environmental injustice, and more recently police brutality on health outcomes in racial ethnic, low income, and marginalized populations. More recently, her research has considered state sanctioned and community violence on health outcomes in African American / Black and Latino communities. Her current scholarship assesses the exposure to racism on health behaviors and coping strategies in African Americans. Staggers-Hakim’s work has appeared in the Journal of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, "Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health," and Western New England Law Review. Her book, "Profiled Life: A Systems Approach to Understanding the Foundations and Persistence of Racism in America" (2022) considers outcomes experienced by people of color, including mortality/morbidity, academic achievement, income and wealth, prison rates, and infectious and chronic disease occurrences, through the lens of social systems. 

Education: Ph.D., Howard University, MPH, New York University, B.A., Howard University 

Adriana Torlish

Research Assistant

Class: Senior

Major: Psychological Sciences

Minor: Human Development and Family Sciences

Laura Contreras

Research Assistant

Class: Junior

Major: Allied Health with a concentration in Public Health and Health Promotion

Amaya Kelly

Research Assistant

Class: Senior

Major: Nutritional Science with a concentration in Dietetics

Kekeli Ames

Research Assistant

Class: Junior

Major: Psychological Sciences