Nicholas Smith Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College Park , Maryland 20742
Education:
- 2023 Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University
- 2018 M.A., Sociology, Indiana University
- 2016 B.A., Sociology and Communication, University of Maryland, College Park
Biography:
Dr. Smith's research focuses on three distinct, but related, areas that lie at the intersection of medical sociology, social psychology, and race-ethnicity: (1) racial residential segregation and health, (2) stress-related mechanisms of health inequalities, and (3) social network activation during health-related crises. He draws on theories of race and racism, stress and coping frameworks, and the social network perspective to understand multilevel factors that influence health and health disparities both within and between racial-ethnic groups. Methodologically, Dr. Smith employs multiple quantitative methods and draw on U.S. census and individual-level survey data.