Tricia Lewis, Ph.D., MPH, MSW

Assistant Professor
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Contact Information

Lewisp@sacredheart.edu
203-416-3941

Office Location

Health Science
Science Ctr of Academic Bldg 124H
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I am a community-engaged Connecticut scholar who focuses on the intersections between gender equity and housing. My research on housing insecurity exposes the unique socio-political challenges that low-income mothers face in obtaining adequate housing and the role of violence in constraining their choices. I approach this line of work with an intersectional, socio-ecological lens.

Degrees & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Sociology, Emory University, 2022
    • Dissertation “Locked out: Women’s Housing Insecurity in a Hostile Social Environment”
  • Masters of Public Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 2016
  • Masters of Social Work, Southern Adventist University, 2011
  • Bachelors of Social Work, Southern Adventist University, 2010
  • Certificate in Spanish Language, Entre Rios, Argentina

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Community and Public Health
  • Introduction to Research in Health Sciences
  • Health Research Capstone
  • Directed Study Research

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2024 Sacred Heart University College of Health Professions Research Award
  • 2023 Sacred Heart University College of Health Professions Service-Learning Award
  • 2022-2023 Sacred Heart University Service-Learning Faculty Fellow
  • 2021-2022 Emory Univ. Women’s Club Memorial Fellowship in Graduate Research
  • 2016-2021 Laney Graduate School Fellowship

Research & Grants

Research Interests

  • Gender-based violence
  • Neighborhoods and housing
  • Gender and health

Grants

  • 2025-2026 The Richard and Barbara Naclerio Faculty Scholars Program. Patricia Lewis (PI)
    ($12,500)
  • 2024-2025 Sacred Heart University’s University Research and Creativity Grant. Patricia
    Lewis (PI) ($8,807)
  • 2024 Sacred Heart University’s Exploring Methods of Education & Research to Grow
    & Excel (EMERGE) grant. Patricia Lewis (PI) ($791)
  • 2023-2025 American Sociological Association Community Action Research Initiative
    (CARI) Grant. Patricia Lewis (co-PI); Vanessa Liles (co-PI). ($3,000)
  • 2023-2024 Sacred Heart University’s Academics for Creative Teaching (ACT) Grant.
    “Community Engagement in HS-304 Community and Public Health course”. Patricia Lewis (PI). ($1,350)
  • 2023 “Domestic violence among Seventh-day Adventist church members”. Andrews
    University, Institute of Church Ministry. Patricia Lewis (PI). ($10,000)
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