Lori Hoggard
Bio
Dr. Hoggard’s research focuses on racism as a chronic psychosocial stressor that heightens African Americans’ risk for physical (e.g., cardiovascular disease; dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system) and mental (e.g., depression and anxiety) health concerns. She focuses on: (1) elucidating whether racism is a distinct stressor for African Americans with physiological and psychological consequences that exceed those of non-race-related stressors, (2) explicating the mechanisms that underlie the associations between racism and deleterious outcomes, and (3) identifying person-related characteristics that serve as potential protective or vulnerability factors (e.g., racial identity) in the context of racism. Her current projects primarily focus on racial inequities in the carceral state. For instance, did you know that African Americans are 2.8 to 3.5 times more likely than white Americans to be killed by the police while unarmed? She is also currently examining Black women’s experiences with gendered racism. Did you know that Black women (and birthing people) are 3 to 4 times more likely than white women (and birthing people) to die as a result of pregnancy- and childbirth-related complications? Through her research, Dr. Hoggard seeks to help address these important social problems.
***I will be accepting a PhD student for the Fall 2026 Semester***
Education
Ph.D. Personality & Social Contexts Psychology University of Michigan 2013
Postdoctoral Fellowship Department of Psychology & Neuroscience; Center for Health Equity Research University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2013-2017
Publications
- How Healthy Is She? Perceptions of the Physical Healthiness of Black Women by Skin Tone and Perceiver Race , STIGMA AND HEALTH (2025)
- Longitudinal Associations From US State/Local Police and Social Service Expenditures to Suicides and Police-Perpetrated Killings Between Black and White Residents , MILBANK QUARTERLY (2025)
- Does stress from incarceration of family and friends contribute to signs of early vascular ageing in African American women? , JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH (2024)
- Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Emotional Eating for Black Young Adult Women: The Mediating Roles of Superwoman Schema and Self-Compassion , PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN QUARTERLY (2023)
- Police-perpetrated racism and health in African American and Black communities , SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS (2023)
- Standing on the shoulders of a giant: The legacy of Robert M. Sellers. , American Psychologist (2023)
- Typologies of police exposure, health, and wellbeing among African Americans , Vicarious discrimination exposure, health, and well-being in historically marginalized communities. Symposium (2023)
- “You’re Tearing Me Apart!” Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Bicultural Identity, and Mental Health , Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2023)
- An examination of personality expression in everyday life in a Canadian sample of racialized undergraduate students , Journal of Personality (2022)
- Neighborhood watch programs and expectations of racial stereotyping and threat for African Americans , 2022 Society for Affective Science Virtual Conference (2022)