Overview
Dr. Watkins is a tenure-track professor and provisionally licensed outpatient therapist. She earned her BA in Sociology, Masters in Social Work (MSW), and PhD in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Watkins joined North Carolina Central University faculty in 2018 while serving as a school social worker and completing her dissertation focused on promotive parenting factors for academic resilience among socioeconomically marginalized Black children.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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2022 - Present
Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Reproductive Healthcare Challenge & Social Work: A Conceptual Framework for Social Work Education.
Journal Article Soc Work Public Health · 2025 Social workers provide services to populations considered vulnerable, marginalized, or in need. Despite the action-based profession's best efforts, opportunities for reproductive education remain limited in social work classrooms and continuing education. ... Full text Link to item CiteMoving from Principle to Practice: A Researcher's Guide to Co-Leading Engaged Research with Community Partners and Patients with Lived Experience to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity for Maternal Sepsis.
Journal Article Matern Child Health J · August 2024 OBJECTIVES: Maternal mortality and morbidity disproportionately affect birthing people from racialized populations. Unfortunately, researchers can often compound these poor outcomes through a lack of authentic community engagement in research beyond the ro ... Full text Link to item CiteApplying an Ecological Systems Framework: How a Historically Black University, a Predominately White Institution, and a Public School System Created a Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experience
Journal Article Children and Schools · January 1, 2023 Guided by the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics and measures of competence provided by the Council on Social Work Education, the social work field serves as a model for strategies that promote collaboration across difference, strengths ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2019
Ph.D.