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
    2025 Intersectional Stigma and Occupational Engagement Among Racialized Higher Education Students: A Qualitative Study..  American Journal of Occupational Therapy.  79:7902180200. 2025
    2024 Differences in internalized stigma of mental illness among college students based on demographic characteristics..  Journal of American College Health.  72:2333-2337. 2024
    2024 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.  26:278-286. 2024
    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.  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.  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

  • Human Occupation Taught course
  • Research Methods I Taught course
  • Psychosocial Eval & Interventn Taught course 2024
  • Research Methods I Taught course 2024
  • 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