Caitlin Mercier
Assistant Professor in WGSS/Psychology
-1.jpg?auto=format&w=150&h=225&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpeg&q=90)
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
PSY 466.001 Substance Abuse Counseling
PSY 390.047 Advanced Research Apprenticeship
WGS 393.001 Black Feminist Thought
WGS 493.001 Black Feminist Thought
PSY 123.001 Human Sexuality
PSY 305.001 Psychology Of Women
PSY 405.001 Psychology Of Women
PSY 290.047 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
Teaching Interests & Areas
Multiculturalism, social equity, antiracism and anticolorism
Research Interests & Areas
(Intersectional) experiences of veg*ns; consequences of stigma; minority stress, coping, and well-being of Black Americans/women; discrimination and mental health
Ph D Counseling Psychology
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana
BS Psychological Science
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Barbara A. Kirk Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research
Society of Counseling Psychology
2021
Grants and Contracts
New Faculty Initiative Grant
Caitlin Mercier.
Illinois State University. July 2023 - June 2024
Journal Article
Coping Matters: An Examination of Black Americans’ Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Caitlin M Mercier, Dena M Abbott, Michael Ternes.
The Counseling Psychologist, 50 (3), 384-414, (2022)
(Non)Religious Coping with a Natural Disaster in Rural U.S. Community
Dena M Abbott, Andrew S. Franks, Corey Cook, Caitlin Mercier.
Secularism and Nonreligion, (2021)
Atheists of color: Experienced discrimination, outness, and psychological distress
Dena M Abbott, Michael Ternes, Caitlin Mercier, Christopher Monceaux.
(2020)
“Isn't atheism a White thing?”: Centering the voices of atheists of color.
Dena M. Abbott, Debra Mollen, Caitlin Mercier, Elyxcus J. Anaya, Victoria A. Rukus.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67 (3), 275-287, (2020), 10.1037/cou0000399
Cultural humility and the teaching of psychology
Dena M Abbott, Noelany Pelc, Caitlin Mercier.
(2019)
"Isn't atheism a White thing?": Centering the voices of atheists of color
Dena M Abbott, Debra Mollen, Caitlin Mercier, Elxycus A. Anaya, Victoria A. Rukus.
(2019)
Manuscript
Centering Veg*ns of Color: An Intersectional Imperative to Anti-Veg*n Stigma
Caitlin Mercier.
Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, (2024)
Skin deep: A relational cultural approach to colorism for Black women in psychotherapy
Caitlin Mercier, Jaylen Bychowski, Wan-Ju Yang.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000617
Other
What's the Beef with Veg*ns: A Mixed Method Approach to Anti-Veg*n Stigmatization
Caitlin Mercier.
Presentations
Skin tone matters: The intersectional stress of racism and colorism for Black women.
Caitlin Mercier, Naya Sutton, Antoinette Landor.
2024 Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2024
Black Feminist Approaches to Anti-Black Racism and Speciesism
Caitlin Mercier.
Animal Advocacy Conference, Cantebury, UK, June, 2023
More than Race: A Relational Cultural Approach to Colorism
Caitlin Mercier, Jaylen Bychownski.
American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., January, 2023