About Dr. Angelia Sanders

Dr. Sanders earned her doctoral degree in Sociology from Kent State University with a concentration in the Sociology of Health and Health Care. She received her master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Mississippi.

Angelia previously worked with the Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she served as a Public Health Advisor. She also worked on the Advancing Health Equity Team in the Program Development and Services Branch.

Prior to joining the CDC, Angelia worked in academia for 17 years. She was a tenured Associate Professor at The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) during which time she served as Interim Department Chair for the Department of Health Science, Program Coordinator for the PhD in Health Education and Promotion program, and Program Coordinator for the MA in Health Studies campus program. Angelia was also a tenured Associate Professor at the Mississippi University for Women, where she served as the Program Coordinator for the Public Health Education undergraduate program. At the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health.

Dr. Sanders’ research has focused on health disparities and reducing health inequities in vulnerable populations and medically underserved communities. She has procured several grants and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, a book, and three book chapters. Dr. Sanders has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in public health, presented at numerous professional conferences, and co-hosted several webinars.

Education

• Ph.D. Sociology (Medical Sociology), Kent State University
• M.Ed. Educational Psychology, University of Mississippi
• B.A. Psychology, University of Mississippi

Research Interests

• Heart disease and stroke prevention
• Access to health care
• Health disparities and health inequities
• Program development, implementation, and evaluation

Selected Publications

1. Burton WM, Sanders AM, Jaiswal J, Guyotte KW, Bartlett TR. (2024). A composite counternarrative of discrimination as a social determinant of health: Black college women’s experiences of gendered racism. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 0(0)1-8 (In Press) doi:10.3928/02793695-20241101-05. 
2. Sanders, AM. (2024). Addressing Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion through the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model. In D.A. Birch, D.M. Videto and H.P Catalano (Eds). Promoting Health & Academic Success: The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. 
3. Burton WM, Ezemenaka C, Jaiswal J, Guyotte KW, Sanders AM. (2024). Coping among Black College Women: A transformative study of gendered racism. Research in Nursing & Health, 47, 1, 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22352. 
4. Paschal AM, Mitchell JB, Burton WM, Nickelson J, Murphy PZ, Ford F. (2020). Using Community- based Participatory Research to Explore Food Insecurity in African American Adults. American Journal of Health Education, 51, 3, 186-195. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1254536. 
5. Gardner AJ, Paschal AM, Leeper J, Usdan S, Tucker M, Gordon B. (2020). Assessing readiness for barbershop-based HIV prevention programs in the south. American Journal of Health Studies, 34, 4, 214-221. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47779/ajhs.2019.49. 
6. Rich RE, Paschal AM. (2020). US college students’ perceptions of social determinants of health, health equity and racial health disparities. Health Education Journal, 79, 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896920910. 
7. Mitchell JB, Paschal AM, Parmelee PA, Murphy PZ. (2018). LIVE: A Community-based intervention to reduce CVD risk factors in rural community-dwelling African Americans. American Journal of Health Education, 49, 5, 326-334. eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1190907. 
8. Paschal AM, Mitchell Q, Wilroy J, Hawley SR, Mitchell JB. (2016). Parent health literacy and adherence-related outcomes in children with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 56, 73-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.12.036. 
9. Paschal AM, Wilroy J, Hawley SR. (2015). Unmet needs for dental care in children with special health care needs. Preventive Medicine Reports, 3, 62-67. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.11.013.