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Department of Sociology

Whitney Frierson

Graduate Student

Whitney Frierson graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2016 with a B.A. in Sociology and African and African American Studies.  In 2019, she received her M.A. in Sociology from the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include culture, sexuality, and race and gender.  In her master’s thesis, she examined how the experiences of being in college shape black college sorority women’s views on skin tone bias in hip-hop culture.

Specializations

Race, Gender, Higher Education, Well-Being


Representative Publications

Frierson, Whitney and Christy L. Erving. Forthcoming. “The Moderating Role of Educational Attainment in the Association between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among African Americans.” Sociological Focus.

McGee, Ebony O., Terrell R. Morton, Devin T. White, and Whitney R. Frierson. 2023. “Accelerating Racial Activism in STEM Higher Education by Institutionalizing Equity Ethics.” Teachers College Record 125(9):108-139.

Williams, Tiffany R., Christy L. Erving, Whitney Frierson, Fanchen Gao, Jeffery Bass, Reniece Martin, Dana Jennings, and Taeja Mitchell. 2023. “Facilitating Healing for Black Women Experiencing Gendered Racism and Traumatic Stress: The Moderation of Psychosocial Resources.” Journal of Women’s Health and Development 6(4):75-88.