Pamela Braboy Jackson
Professor Pamela Braboy Jackson received her
Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1993. Pam joined the faculty
at IU in 2000, after serving on the faculty at Duke University. 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. She is currently working on research that
focuses attention to the order in which people acquire primary social roles
over the life course (worker, spouse, parent) and the implications this
order has for psychological well-being. In addition to research on mental
health, Pam has published in the areas of socialization, identity, and
self-concept development. Most recently, she directed the Sociological
Research Practicum where the focus was on the Intersection of Family, Work,
and Health. Pam currently serves on the editorial board of Journal of Health
and Social Behavior and recently completed a term as a member of the ASA
Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Panel. She is a 2006 recipient of the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award where she is studying
Health Disparities among the Black Middle Class. She enjoys playing
billiards with her husband and is a member of the praise team at City Church For All Nations, where she plays the drums.
