Ph.D. 2014
University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Race & Racism, Black Families, Poverty & Material Hardship, Stress & Health, Quantitative Methods (longitudinal and dyadic analyses)

• SOCI 311: Family
• SOCI 343: Race & Ethnicity
• SOCI 466: Special Topics – Issues in Race/Ethnicity

Deadric Williams’ research is organized around two general themes: (1) racism and families and (2) stress, couples’ relationships, and health. His research on racism and families uses Critical Race Theory as a theoretical perspective to challenge conventional sociological research on racial economic inequality among families. His second line of research examines stress and health as a longitudinal and dyadic process among couples. Deadric’s research has been published in outlets such as Issues in Race & Society, Journal of African American Studies, Personal Relationships, Society & Mental Health, American Journal of Human Biology, Population Research and Policy Review among others.

Peer-review publications

• Williams, Deadric T. 2024. Racial disparities without racism: Some conceptual & analytical considerations. Sociology Compass, 18(2), e13182.
• Williams, Deadric T. 2023. Racism and the mechanisms maintaining racial stratification in Black families. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 15(2), 206-218.
• Williams, Deadric T., & Baker, Regina. S. 2021. Family structure, risks, and racial stratification in poverty. Social Problems, 68(4), 964-985.
• Williams, Deadric T. and Armon R. Perry. 2019. More than Just Incarceration: Law Enforcement Contact and Black Fathers’ Familial Relationships. Issues in Race & Society
• Williams, Deadric T. and Gilbert R. Parra. 2019. The Longitudinal and Bidirectional Association between Parenting Stress & Couples’ Relationship Quality. Personal Relationships 26: 713-732
• Williams, Deadric T. 2019. A Call to Focus on Racial Domination and Oppression: A Response to ‘Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Poverty and Affluence, 1959-2015. Population Research and Policy Review 38: 655–663
• Williams, Deadric. T., Marissa Cardwell*, & Laura Simon. 2019. Black Intimacies Matter: How Cumulative Risk, Family Status, and Gender Shapes Relationship Quality among Black Parents. Journal of African American Studies 23: 1-17.

Book Chapters

• Williams, D. T., Sanner, C., Jensen, T., & Simon, L. 2022. Racism, family structure, and Black families. In Families as They Really Are. Norton.
• Williams, Deadric T. 2020. Rethinking Black Families in Poverty: Postcolonial Critiques and Critical Race Possibilities. In Introduction to Africana Demography: Lessons from Founders E. Franklin Frazier, W.E.B. Du Bois and the Atlanta School of Sociology. Editor: Lori L. Martin.
• Williams, Deadric. T., Bridget Goosby, and Jacob E. Cheadle. 2020. Stress Related Biomarkers Methods in Family Research. In Sourcebook on Family Theories and Methodologies. Editors: Kari Adamsons, April Few-Demo, Chris Proulx, and Kevin Roy.