T N Brown

Biographic Data

ID48111
NAMET N Brown
GIVEN NAMEST N
FAMILY NAMEBrown
SIGNATUREBROWN T N
AFFILIATIONSRice University
ORCID0000-0002-0952-3655
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS45
TOTAL CITATIONS691
AUTHOR COUNT45
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1959
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX14

  • Critical Race Theory Speaks to the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

    T N Brown, Quintin Gorman et al.ARTICLESociological Focus2026References: 14

    Racial realism is an ideological stance and a mind-set or philosophy substantiating the permanence of racism in U.S. society. It originates from critical race theory. It incriminates white supremacy. It eviscerates racial progress narratives. Yet racial realism simultaneously offers Blacks strategies to achieve fulfillment and even triumph. With nationally representative data from the 2008–2009 National Annenberg Election Study (NAES08-Online) pa…

  • Wakanda forever! Consistency in correlates of black nationalist tendencies

    Open AccessT N Brown, Quintin Gorman et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2024References: 21

    Objective: This study investigates correlates of black nationalist tendencies , defined as endorsing sentiments consistent with black nationalism. Black nationalism is an ideology that advocates for cultural, economic, political, and social separatism, and/or community autonomy and self‐reliance as survival tactics. Warrant for this study arises from the opinion black nationalism is an anachronism—a throwback to the 1920s, late 1960s, or early 19…

  • Four More Years! or So What

    Open AccessT N Brown, Quintin Gorman et al.ARTICLEDu Bois Review Social Science…2024Cited by: 1

    This study investigated the mental health significance of Barack Obama's 2012 presidential re-election among Blacks. Upon his re-election, we hypothesized Blacks would either feel symbolic empowerment or relative deprivation. They would feel symbolic empowerment because a man who identifies as Black won re-election to the nation's highest office. His second victory should generate optimism, given his status as a historic first. Alternatively, the…

  • Patterns of HIV Disclosure and its Impact on the HIV Care Continuum Among Black Men who Have Sex With Men in South Carolina

    Open AccessXueying Yang, Titilayo James et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Men s Health2023

    Addressing the psychosocial concerns of Black men who have sex with men (MSM), such as HIV disclosure, is critical for effective HIV treatment efforts. Black MSM living with HIV experience multiple psychosocial challenges, such as “triple stigma” due to their sexual orientation, racial minority status, and HIV status, which hinder their HIV disclosure and subsequent HIV care-seeking behavior. Our study sought to examine the HIV disclosure pattern…

  • My Commander in Chief is Black! The Mental Health Significance of Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Election for Military Veterans

    Open AccessQuintin Gorman, T N Brown et al.ARTICLEArmed Forces & Society2023Cited by: 1References: 35

    This study investigated the mental health significance of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election for military veterans. Many believed his election signaled a progressive shift in race relations and crucial challenge to White supremacy. Furthermore, many argued his election generated hope, especially among Blacks. We therefore hypothesized Black and Hispanic veterans would experience improved mental health after installment of the nation's firs…

  • Changes in Racial Apathy Among White Young Adults

    Open AccessT N Brown, Julian Culver et al.ARTICLESociological Inquiry2023References: 49

    This study investigates changes in racial apathy among white young adults using nationally representative panel survey data from the NSYR. Our regression models include social background, social values, and academic orientation variables specified as important correlates of racial apathy in prior cross-sectional studies. We also include interracial contact variables, which existing studies neglect. According to intergroup contact theory, interrac…

  • Viral Racism via Videos

    Open AccessT N Brown, Chase L Lesane‐brown et al.ARTICLESocial Currents2022Cited by: 1References: 14

    This study analyzes five publicly posted videos wherein Asians experience interpersonal discrimination because of COVID-19. We think social scientists ignore how videos provide data for investigating interpersonal discrimination. We characterize the videos according to multiple features including context, characteristics, and responses of individuals involved, type of threat or mistreatment, and level of psychological and physical harm. We then s…

  • Intergroup Contact and White Racial Apathy

    Open AccessT N Brown, A Bento et al.ARTICLESociological Perspectives2022References: 52

    Scholars theorize racial apathy is one form contemporary white racial prejudice takes. Racial apathy signals not caring about racial inequality. Invoking intergroup contact theory, we hypothesize interracial contact would predict less racial apathy among whites. To test our hypothesis, we analyze survey data from white teenagers participating in the 2003 National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). We find interracial contact matters and its incl…

  • Belief in systemic racism and self-employment among working blacks

    A Bento, T N BrownARTICLEEthnic and Racial Studies2021

    Scholars theorize that black–white disparities in self-employment persist because of racial disparities in human capital (e.g. educational attainment) and financial capital (e.g. assets). Such disparities represent the enduring economic legacy of racism. Yet, racism may also mobilize working blacks to pursue self-employment. In this study, we address whether working blacks’ racial capital – operationalized as belief in the significance of systemi…

  • Familial Incarceration, Social Role Combinations, and Mental Health Among African American Women

    Open AccessE J Patterson, R D Talbert et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2021

    Objective The current study uses insights from the stress process model and role theory to examine the relationship between familial incarceration, three key social roles—spouse, parent, and employee—and African American women's mental health. Background Research documents the spillover effects of mass incarceration on the families of those incarcerated. Approximately half of black women have at least one family member currently incarcerated; yet…

  • A Descriptive Study Using the Comprehensive Race Socialization Inventory

    Open AccessT N Brown, Julian Culver et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2020

    This study examines race socialization, defined as the process whereby individuals learn about the meaning and significance of race and racism. With data from the 2001–2004 National Survey of American Life-Adolescent Supplement (NSAL-A), we analyze responses to the Comprehensive Race Socialization Inventory (CRSI) among 1,170 African American and Caribbean Black adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 years. The CRSI captures sources, frequency…

  • The Prevalence, Correlates, and Consequences of Racial Apathy Among Black Teenagers

    Open AccessT N Brown, Julian Culver et al.ARTICLEJournal of African American Studies2020Cited by: 3References: 20

  • Yes We Can!” The Mental Health Significance for U.S. Black Adults of Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Election

    Open AccessT N Brown, Alexa L Solazzo et al.ARTICLESociology of Race and Ethnicity2020Cited by: 9References: 23

    This study examines the mental health significance of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential election for black adults. His election was a milestone moment. Hence, we expect black adults would experience improved mental health after the first self-identified black person wins election to the most powerful position in the United States. Using nationally representative survey data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), we address th…

  • A tale of two generations

    Open AccessJaime C Slaughter-Acey, Jaime Slaughter‐Acey et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Cited by: 5References: 65

  • Who Cares

    Open AccessT N Brown, A Bento et al.ARTICLESocius Sociological Research for…2019Cited by: 10References: 17

    Survey researchers theorize that how whites express racial prejudice changes across time. They argue one of its contemporary forms is racial apathy (i.e., not caring about racial equality). However, few empirical studies characterize racial apathy. To fill this gap, the present study addresses consistency in racial apathy across time at the population level and individual level. Using three waves of panel data (i.e., 2003, 2007-2008, and 2013) fr…

  • How Incarceration Influences Native-Born Black Men’s Risk of Obesity

    T N Brown, Julian Culver et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2018

    Public health researchers should treat former incarceration with greater care in studies including native-born Black men because time spent incarcerated has lingering physical health significance

  • Relative Deprivation and Perceived Inefficacy of the Civil Rights Movement and of Black Elected Officials

    Open AccessT N Brown, Heather Hensman Kettrey et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2018References: 16

    Objectives This study addresses whether relative deprivation theory explains why some blacks perceive that the civil rights movement and black elected officials failed to improve the lot of the black community, including their own life chances. Methods We use data from a nationally representative survey of black adults, collected approximately 15 years after the passing of landmark civil rights legislation. Results Net of control variables, we fi…

  • State-level climate, anti-discrimination law, and sexual minority health status

    Open AccessAlexa Solazzo, Alexa L Solazzo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018Cited by: 14References: 15

  • Black Nationalist Tendencies and Their Association with Perceived Inefficacy of the Civil Rights Movement and of Black Elected Officials

    Open AccessT N Brown, Ebony M Duncan et al.ARTICLESociology of Race and Ethnicity2017Cited by: 1References: 15

    This study addressed whether black nationalist tendencies explain why some blacks in 1980 perceived that the civil rights movement and black elected officials failed to improve the black community's standing, including their own life chances. Those holding positions consistent with black nationalism argue, among other things, that racial integration, political participation, and alignment with white interests could not ultimately produce racial p…

  • Race, Socioeconomic Position, and Physical Health

    Open AccessR Jay Turner, Masahide Abe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2017Cited by: 31References: 62

    A substantial and long-standing body of research supports the widely held conclusion that socioeconomic position (SEP) is a primary determinant of physical health risk. However, supporting evidence derives almost entirely from studies of dominantly white populations, and more recent research suggests that this relationship may vary across race-ethnicity. This article considers the extent to which such evidence applies to African Americans. It doe…

  • The multidimensionality of health

    Open AccessT N Brown, R Jay Turner et al.ARTICLEHealth Sociology Review2016Cited by: 17References: 38

    With social survey data from a random sample of 1252 black and white adults who participated in the Nashville Stress and Health Study, we cross-classified biological markers of dysregulation with self-report health measures. Our aim was to quantify the degree of concordance between them. The study collected blood and urine samples to derive a 10 component estimate of allostatic load. In addition, the computer-assisted interview included an array …

  • Inconsistency within Expressed and Observed Racial Identifications

    Open AccessWhitney N Laster Pirtle, T N BrownARTICLESociological Perspectives2016Cited by: 12References: 41

    The present study extends previous work on distress that arises from discrepancy between self and interviewer racial identifications. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) data, we examine mental health consequences of inconsistency over time within expressed (self) and observed (interviewer) racial identifications among American Indians. Given that phenotype signals race, we also contribute to prior res…

  • Imprisoned by Empathy

    Open AccessT N Brown, Mary Laske Bell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…2016Cited by: 14References: 44

    The stress process model predicts that current incarceration of a family member should damage the health status of the inmate's relatives. We address this prediction with data from the National Survey of American Life, focusing exclusively on African American men ( n = 1,168). In survey-adjusted generalized linear models, we find that familial incarceration increases psychological distress, but its effect attenuates ostensibly after controlling f…

  • Minority Underrepresentation in Academia

    Open AccessJamii St Julien, Ryan Lang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2014Cited by: 2References: 19

  • Race, Nativity, Ethnicity, and Cultural Influences in the Sociology of Mental Health

    T N Brown, Katharine M Donato et al.CHAPTERHandbook Of The Sociology Of…2013