Daphne C. Watkins

5062 ISR
426 Thompson Street
Phone: 734-763-1540

Professor Watkins’ interests include: gender disparities in mental health and mental illness; health education and behavior; and intervention/prevention research. Currently, her work explores how gender role socialization influences mental health over the life course -- particularly among black men. She is also interested in using quantitative and qualitative methodologies to increase what we know about mental illness and how it impacts the health and health behaviors of black men. Her research agenda aims to (1) use evidence-based strategies to improve the physical and mental health of black men, and (2) increase knowledge about the relationship between culture, gender, and the development of risky behaviors that place black men at high risk for poor health status.

Professor Watkins completed a NIMH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan as well as a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) career development award at the University of Michigan Medical School.