Michelle Sermon

Michelle Sermon

Michelle C Sermon ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Dept of Sociology & Child Studies

Phone 301-860-3187 msermon@bowiestate.edu

Main Campus Proctor Bldg, Room 331E

Education

  • University of Maryland Baltimore, PhD (Social Work)
  • George Mason University, MSW
  • Howard University, MS (Human Genetics, Genetic Counseling Concentration)
  • University of North Carolina at Pembroke, BS (Biology, Molecular Concentration)

Areas of Expertise

Race trauma, Trauma interventions/trauma-informed care, Rural African American populations, Oral History research method

Research Interests

  • Using oral history to explore the experiences of racial trauma among rural African Americans in the southern US and interventions to address the impact of trauma on physical and mental health outcomes in this population.

Memberships & Affiliations

  • CSWE

  • SSWR

  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.