Kathryn P. Daniels

Health, mental health, women's health, social stress, racism, discrimination, quantitative methods

University of California, Merced

Ph.D., Sociology, May 2020
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Multiple Forms of Racism-Related Stress on the Health of Mothers
Committee Members: Zulema Valdez (Co-Chair), Whitney Pirtle (Co-Chair), Amani Nuru-Jeter (UC Berkeley)
Qualifying Exams: Health; Race and Ethnicity

M.A., Sociology, 2016
Master’s Thesis Title: How Direct and Vicarious Racial Discrimination at Three Life Stages Impact Pregnancy Miscarriage: Results from the African American Women’s Heart and Health Study

University of California, Davis

B.A., Sociology, English, 2011
Sociology with Honor
English with Honor

Sociology 4100: Quantitative Research Methods (lecture + lab)

Social Work 3320: Medical Social Work 

Sociology 4470: Peer Mentor I: Introduction to Leadership 

Sociology 4471: Peer Mentor II: Issues in Education & the Workplace 

Butterfield, Katie L. and Kathryn P. Daniels. 2025. “Community Gardens Support Stress Coping and Health – A Comparison of Rural and Urban Perceptions of Benefits.” Wellbeing, Space & Society, 9, 100297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2025.100297

Daniels, Kathryn P. Marilyn Thomas, David H. Chae, and Amani M. Allen. 2023. “Black Mothers’ Concern for their Children as a Measure of Vicarious Racism-Related Vigilance and Allostatic Load.” The Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 64(4): 520-536. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465231175942

Van Dyke, Nella, Kathryn P. Daniels, Ashley N. Metzger, and Carolina Molina. 2021. “Rhetorical Form, Emotions, and Mobilization Potential in the Movement Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence.” Mobilization, 26(2): 197-216. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17813/1086-671X-26-2-197 

Daniels, Katie, Zulema Valdez, David H. Chae, and Amani M. Allen. 2020. “Direct and Vicarious Racial Discrimination at Three Life Stages and Preterm Labor: Results from the African American Women’s Heart & Health Study.” Maternal and Child Health Journal, 24(11): 1387-1395. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03003-4 

Pirtle, Whitney, Zulema Valdez, Kathryn P. Daniels, Maria Duenas, Denise Castro. 2020.  "Conceptualizing Ethnicity: How Dimensions of Ethnicity Affect Disparities in Health Outcomes Among Latinxs in the United States.” Ethnicity & Disease, 30(3):489-500. DOI: 10.18865/ed.30.3.489  PMID: 32742154; PMCID: PMC7360177. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7360177/