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Celeste Watkins-Hayes is an Ad Hoc Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University, with former roles as Chair of the Department of African American Studies. She is also a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research and affiliated with Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health. Her research focuses on urban poverty, HIV/AIDS, formal organizations (non-profit and government), and qualitative methods. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University (2003), an M.A. from Harvard, and a B.A. from Spelman College (1996, summa cum laude).
In her completed work, The New Welfare Bureaucrats, she analyzed welfare reform’s impact on front-line staff and policy implementation. Her current project, Remaking a Life, Reversing an Epidemic, explores transformative strategies of HIV-positive women and lessons for marginalized populations. This project is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has served on the boards of Spelman College and the Detroit Institute of Arts, and her work has been featured in ESSENCE, Chicago Magazine, and other media outlets.
Her research interests include understanding how individuals navigate crises through institutional ties, the role of race and class in public policy, and the intersectionality of health disparities. She emphasizes the importance of qualitative methods to uncover nuanced social dynamics. Awards include recognition for her book’s contributions to social problems and sociology, and grants that supported her HIV/AIDS studies.
