Tiani Perkins, Ph.D.

2024 PhD in Psychology at the University of Michigan 💙💛 2018 Graduate of Howard University 💙❤️

[Boston Fire Dept. @BostonFire]

Congratulations to LT. Henry Perkins of the Fire Education Div. His quick response and actions saved the life of a woman who was not breathing. Lt.Perkins & BPD Officers were awarded the ⁦@bostonpolice⁩ Commissioner Commendation for their life saving efforts.

[Janelle R. Goodwill, PhD @TrustGoodwill]

Twitter friends: I have a new study out w/ Kayla Fike where we explored whether general vs. race-specific mistrust of the gov. & health care providers was related to COVID-19 vaccine decisions for Black adults

The paper is available for free until 12/10
https://t.co/krt6xGvJlV

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

Excited to release my interview with @DrMarsheena at @metrohealthCLE about the systemic and institutional factors impacting foster youth’s health, check it out!

Powerful, Not Powerless: Barriers to Foster Youth Well-Being | Psychology Today https://t.co/DnfJmXD34z

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

There's a point in the PhD journey where you realize you can stop asking for permission for some things bc the answer is usually "Yes! You're competent enough now! Do what you want!" it's like entering adulthood all over again and let me tell you!! This is Terrifying!

[Stephanie Y. Evans, PhD @Prof_Evans]

NEW ARTICLE. "Take No Tea for the Fever": Tea in Black Women's Mental Health History and Traditions of Self-Care as Resistance (PHYLON). Inspired by "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" (Spillers) & "Rape and the Inner Lives of Black Women in the Middle West (Hine) https://t.co/S2ibrt7Sgo

[Kimberly J. Martin, PhD @drkimjmartin]

🚨Publication Announcement🚨
There are so many efforts to restrict/prohibit the teaching of race/racism. What happens when people learn an accurate history of anti-Black racism in healthcare? In work w/ (twiterless) Kerri Johnson in JEP: General we...(1/6) https://t.co/Bk5FIuZeCF

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

@BrittanyR_Brown All I know is it can’t be worse than writing the dissertation blues 😂

[Jasmin Brooks Stephens, Ph.D. @DrJBStephens]

🚨New Paper🚨

Check out our paper examining the role of mindfulness in the association between impulsivity and suicide risk for Black young adults. Findings support the clinical utility of #mindfulness as a buffer to the consequences of impulsivity.
https://t.co/AgQkXKyrSZ

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

Better advice: have 1 associate AND 1 tenured advisor FROM DAY 1. Students can be burned on both sides of the tenure track. One will usually be able to tell if you’re being mistreated by the other way before you’re even aware yourself.

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

The overwhelming, oppressive presence of Whiteness in higher education is gonna get worse with #AffirmativeAction gone. Way more people thinking they got there on “merit” and not because of the White supremacist structures that prioritize White solidarity and mediocrity

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

Good. I hope they get this boy the best Black trauma therapist.

[SAY CHEESE! 👄🧀 @SaycheeseDGTL]

UPDATE! Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son in the shooting death of 32-year-old Jeremy Brown.

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

🎉Check out my post in SPSP's Character & Context blog for some interesting findings on Black women's sexuality 🎉 Special thanks to my amazing co-authors @desireealeibar @SeannaLeathPhD and Dr. Jami Pittman!

[Society for Personality and Social Psychology @SPSPnews]

"the Superwoman Schema may hinder Black women from advocating for their sexual needs, and it is crucial to address how pressures to bear hardships without complaint may contribute to Black women's sexual experiences." - @Tiani_Perkins https://t.co/luKN0HqYuv

[Larko 🇬🇭 @manye_larko]

Ya girl matched 🫶🏾

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

My husband and I at the exact same time: this is the most romantic thing I’ve ever seen

You just don’t get scenes like this anymore this episode was phenomenal😩💯

[𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒶 @507LindaALeudo]

Waited so long for this and writers, set designers, and the actors understood the assignment!!! They didn’t give us some weak ass kiss scene. The setup was immaculate #AbbottElementary

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

@__JasminBrooks @harvardmed @MGHPsychiatry I’m about 2 hours away but I visit family there often. We’ll definitely have to meet up when you get settled 💖

[Chlöe @ChloeBailey]

2ND PIECE. HOW DOES IT FEEL @chrisbrown. 2/24 🫀

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

@AndresPinedo15 @vupeabody That’s amazing!! Congratulations Andy!!🥳🎉

[Tiani Perkins, Ph.D. @Tiani_Perkins]

Where’s the nuance in the academic nepo baby discussion? My mom worked/SAHM through her MA. She didn’t know about scholarships until I started applying bc her racist high school counselors didn’t bother helping her. She did it all by herself and assumed I’d have to do the same.