Dr. Tanisha Spratt

Biography

Tanisha Spratt is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, specializing in racism and health. She acquired her PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge in 2019 and completed her postdoctoral research at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford (2019-2021). In 2021, she became a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Greenwich, a position she held until 2023. Currently, she is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University. Her research primarily focuses on racial and ethnic inequalities in health, addressing significant issues such as colorism, the impact of racism on mental health, and social policies related to health outcomes in the UK. Specifically, her work examines how neoliberalism shapes perceptions of personal responsibility, deservingness, and the gravitas of illness and mortality among minority groups. Currently, she is completing a manuscript titled 'Ungrievable Lives: Race, Risk, Responsibility in Neoliberal Societies,' which explores racial perceptions and their influence on health disparities among Black and Minority Ethnic communities. Tanisha also teaches critical interdisciplinary studies related to racism and global health at the university.

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