Riana Anderson, PhD

Riana Anderson is interested in reducing racial stress and trauma and improving psychological well-being and family functioning among Black families. She uses mixed methods in clinical interventions to study racial discrimination and socialization in among Black families, focusing on how protective familial mechanisms such as parenting and racial socialization operate in the face of risks linked to poverty, discrimination, and residential environment. Dr. Anderson is particularly interested in how these factors predict familial functioning and subsequent child psychosocial outcomes, especially when enrolled in family-based interventions.

Email: rianae@umich.edu