Christy Erving, PhD

Assistant Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt

Christy Erving, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. As a whole, her research employs quantitative methods to explore how race, ethnicity, immigrant status, and gender interact to produce differentials in a variety of health outcomes, especially with regards to mental health. Using theories, concepts, and perspectives from several research areas, her program of research focuses on clarifying and explaining status distinctions in health. Recent publications by Professor Erving have been featured in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Aging and Mental Health, and The Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, with a strong focus on Black mental health. Her research has been funded by the American Sociological Association, Ford Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.