Below is a list of my publications arranged by topic. Please click on “My CV” to view my educational attainment, work experience, publications, grants, and more.

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Publications by Topic

Racism and Race

Johnson, E. I., Planalp, E. M., Williams, D. T., & Poehlmann, J. 2024. Parental Incarceration and Health Risks in a Population-Based Study of US Early Adolescents: Results Among Racialized Groups. SSM-Population Health, 101702.

Williams et al. 2024. “What is QuantCrit doing in a nice field like family science?” Journal of Marriage and Family 86(5): 1305-1322

Williams, Deadric T. 2024. “Racial Disparities without Racism: Some Conceptual & Analytical Considerations.” Sociology Compass 18(2): e13182

Williams, Deadric. T. 2023. “Racism and the Mechanisms Maintaining Racial Stratification in Black Families.”. Journal of Family Theory & Review

Dow, Dawn Marie, April Few-Demo, and Deadric T. Williams. 2022. “Transformative Family Scholarship: Introduction to the Special Issue.” Journal of Marriage & Family https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12882

Williams, Deadric T., Caroline Sanner, Todd M. Jensen, and Laura Simon. 2022. “Racism, Family Structure, and Black Families.” Retrieved (osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/3u6jn).

Baker, R.S., Brady, D., Parolin, Z., and Williams, D.T. 2021. The Enduring Significance of Ethno-Racial Inequalities in Poverty in the U.S., 1993–2017. Population Research & Policy Review (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-021-09679-y

Williams, Deadric T. and Regina Baker. 2021. “Family Structure, Risks, and Racial Stratification in Poverty.” Social Problems 68(4) https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spab018

Williams, Deadric T. 2021. “Living and Loving in a Racialized Society: Family Status, Cumulative Risk, and Relationship Quality among Black, Hispanic, and White Mothers.” Issues in Race & Society Fall 2021.

Williams, D. (2020). Rethinking Black Families in Poverty: Postcolonial Critiques and Critical Race Possibilities. In Introduction to Africana Demography (pp. 143-164). Brill.

Williams, D.T. (2019). A Call to Focus on Racial Domination and Oppression: A Response to “Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Poverty and Affluence, 1959–2015″. Population Research and Policy Review, 38, 655–663.

Williams, D.T. and Armon Perry. (2019). More than just Incarceration: Law Enforcement Contact and Black Fathers’ Familial Relationships. Issues in Race & Society Issues in Race & Society 8: 85-118

Williams, D. T., Simon, L., & Cardwell, M. (2019). Black Intimacies Matter: The Role of Family Status, Gender, and Cumulative Risk on Relationship Quality Among Black Parents. Journal of African American Studies, 23(1), 1-17.

Families, Health, & Inequality

Hughes, D., & Williams, D. T. 2025. The Long Arm of Stress and Strength: Poverty, Religious Attendance, and Black Mothers’ Parent–Child Relationships Over Time. Journal of Family Issues, 0(0). https://doi-org.utk.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0192513X251347322

Sanner, Caroline, Deadric T. Williams, Sarah Mitchell, Todd M. Jensen, Luke T. Russell, and Aran Grnett-Deakin. 2024. “Reimagining Stagnant Perspectives of Family Structure: Advancing a Critical Theoretical Research Agenda.” Journal of Family Theory and Review 16(4): 761-786.

Kanter, J., Williams, D.T., & Rauer, Amy. 2021. Strengthening lower-income families: Lessons learned from policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Family Process. 

Williams, D. T., & Parra, G. R. (2019). The longitudinal and bidirectional association between parenting stress and couples’ relationship quality. Personal Relationships, 26(4), 713-732.

Williams, D. T. (2018). Parental depression and cooperative coparenting: A longitudinal and dyadic approach. Family Relations, 67(2), 253-269.

Williams, D. T., & Cheadle, J. E. (2016). Economic Hardship, Parents’ Depression, and Relationship Distress among Couples With Young Children. Society and Mental Health, 6(2), 73-89.

Williams, Deadric T. (2016). “Living In (and Out) of Poverty: Health Implications for Couples with Young Children” in Reducing Health Disparities: Research updates from the field. Vol. 2, edited by K. Dombrowski & K. Gocchi Carrasco. New York: Syron Design Academic Publishing.

Williams, D. T., Cheadle, J. E., & Goosby, B. J. (2015). Hard Times and Heart Break Linking Economic Hardship and Relationship Distress. Journal of family issues, 36(7), 924-950.

Discrimination & Health

Goosby, B. J., Malone, S., Richardson, E. A., Cheadle, J. E., & Williams, D. T. (2015). Perceived discrimination and markers of cardiovascular risk among low‐income African American youth. American Journal of Human Biology,27(4), 546-552.

Health Behaviors

Cheadle, J. E., Stevens, M., Williams, D. T., & Goosby, B. J. (2013). The differential contributions of teen drinking homophily to new and existing friendships: an empirical assessment of assortative and proximity selection mechanisms. Social science research, 42(5), 1297-1310.

Cheadle, J. E., & Williams, D. (2013). The role of drinking in new and existing friendships across high school settings. Health, 5(6A3), 18.