Associate Professor Sanders Thompson is a leading researcher in the areas of racial identity, psychosocial implications of race and ethnicity in health communications, access to health services, and determinates of health and mental health disparities.  She has built a unique record of research that combines a sophisticated social science understanding of racial identity, rigorous measurement, and community-based participatory research.  She joined the Brown School this summer and currently serves as a member of the Faculty Advisory Council of the Institute for Public Health at Washington University. 

A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Sanders Thompson is active in numerous professional associations including the American Psychological Association, Missouri Psychological Association, and the Midwest Sociological Society; as well as an associate editor for the journal, Contemporary Psychology.