Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • My research interests and work focus on better understanding the theory of stigma and examining its influence on individual- and system-level outcomes for individuals from historically marginalized communities, such as individuals with mental health concerns who also belong to racial/ethnic and/or sexual/gender minority communities. I employ the unit of occupation to better understand how stigma functions and how occupational science/therapy can help to improve outcomes for individuals with mental health concerns.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2023 Why Culture and Context Matters: Examining Differences in Mental Health Stigma and Social Distance Between Latino Individuals in the United States and Mexico..  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.  2023
    2022 Differences in internalized stigma of mental illness among college students based on demographic characteristics..  Journal of American College Health.  1-5. 2022
    2022 An Intervention Framework for Addressing Stigma on College Campuses: Findings From a 3-Year-Long Intervention Program..  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.  210:708-715. 2022
    2020 Internalized stigma and its correlates among justice-involved individuals with mental illness.  International Journal of Mental Health.  49:201-211. 2020
    2020 Demographic and clinical characteristics of consumers who transition from assertive community treatment to less intensive services.  Social Work in Mental Health: the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work.  18:398-409. 2020
    2020 Principle of gradient rationality: Revisiting stigma and conceptualizing its guiding mechanism..  Social Science and Medicine.  245:112716. 2020
    2020 Understanding the moral economics of occupational engagement.  Journal of Occupational Science.  27:82-94. 2020
    2017 Statewide mental health training for probation officers: improving knowledge and decreasing stigma..  Health and Justice.  5:11. 2017
    2017 Financial insecurity and risk experiences of justice involved persons with severe mental illness.  Social Work in Mental Health: the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work.  15:615-631. 2017
    2014 Examining the lived experience and factors influencing education of two student veterans using photovoice methodology..  American Journal of Occupational Therapy.  68:430-438. 2014

    Teaching Activities

  • Engagement in Research Taught course 2023
  • Research Methods II Taught course 2023
  • Human Occupation Taught course 2022
  • Research Methods I Taught course 2022
  • Engagement in Research Taught course 2022
  • Research Methods Taught course 2022
  • Engagement in Research Taught course 2021
  • Human Occupation Taught course 2021
  • Occupatn, Identity, Disability Taught course 2021
  • Occupatn, Identity, Disability Taught course 2021
  • Research Methods Taught course 2021
  • Engagement in Research Taught course 2020
  • Human Occupation Taught course 2020
  • Engagement in Research Taught course 2020
  • Research Methods Taught course 2020
  • Engagement in Research Taught course 2019
  • Human Occupation Taught course 2019
  • Human Occupation Taught course 2019
  • Research Methods Taught course 2019
  • Engagement in Research Taught course 2018
  • Human Occupation Taught course 2018

    • Education And Training

  • B.S. Occupational Therapy, Chaudhary Charan Singh University
  • M.S. Occupational Therapy, University of Wisconsin
  • Ph.D. Occupational Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    • Full Name

  • Nikhil Tomar