Allison Mathews University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease | Department of Social Medicine 130 Mason Farm Road CB #7030, Ste 2115 • Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 Cell: (214) 980-9696 [email protected] | www.allisonmathews.com | 2BeatHIV.org
Education 05/10 - 08/15 PhD Sociology, UNC Chapel Hill Chair: Karolyn Tyson (Lisa Pearce, Kia Caldwell, Anthony Perez, Juan Battle) Dissertation: Stigmatized in ‘Safe’ Spaces: Black Gay Men’s Search for Reconciliation through Spirituality
08/07 - 05/10 MA Sociology, UNC Chapel Hill Chair: Jacqueline Hagan (Karolyn Tyson, Sherryl Kleinman) Thesis: Black Masculinity: An Examination of the Coping Mechanisms used by Black Men to Deal with Stress Associated with Gender Non-Conformity
08/03 - 05/07 BA Sociology, Minor: Spanish & Classics, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Honors Program Adviser: Ralph Gomes Honors Thesis: The Economic Influence on Progressive Legislation: An Example of Affirmative Action, published in Conference Proceedings. National Conference on Undergraduate Research. (2007). University of Asheville Press.
Skills: Strong verbal and written communication; community engagement; grant writing; data analysis: Atlas.ti, NVivo, MAXQDA, STATA; training and development; evaluation; project design and management; recruitment; Adobe Suite: Lightroom, Photoshop CC, Premiere Pro; web design: WordPress, wix.com, squarespace.com, HTML
Research Interests: stigma, racial/ethnic minority identity, LGBTQ identity, bioethics, community engagement, applied research, qualitative inquiry, HIV/AIDS, crowdsourcing
Research Experience 08/15-present UNC-Chapel Hill: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease and Department of Social Medicine. PI: Joe Tucker (UNC-CH), Co-PI: Stuart Rennie (UNC-CH) Grant Agency: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), NIH (2013-2018)
1 06/09-05/13 UNC Chapel Hill: Research Assistant, LinCS 2 Durham: Linking Communities and Scientists to the Durham Community. Non- degree research. PI: Kate MacQueen (FHI3600) Grant Agency: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), NIH (2008-2013)
05/10-08/12 UNC Chapel Hill: Research Assistant, Sister Circle: Assessing the HIV Prevention Needs of Middle Socioeconomic Status African American Women in North Carolina. Non-degree research. PI: Kia Caldwell (UNC-CH) Grant Agency: UNC-Chapel Hill, Center for AIDS Research, Developmental Award (2008-2011)
Community Organizing Experience 12/14/16 “HIV Cure Research Day.” Official Proclamation by Durham County Commissioner. • Hosted Proclamation Jam Session at Beyu Caffe, Durham, NC: The event raised awareness about HIV cure clinical research at UNC Performance by Dasan Ahanu, Nasir Jones Harvard Hip Hop Fellow and Adjunct Professor at UNC Chapel Hill • Facilitated “Proclamation Sound Off” Twitter Chat, co-hosted by Nikki Nicole Davis (DJ for Radio One’s K97.5) and RaeMonique Blount (as seen on VHI1’s “Love and Hip Hop NY”) • Produced “2BeatHIV: A Year In Review” Handout for dissemination of research findings • Corporate Sponsors: Beyu Caffe, MATI Energy Drink, Walgreens of Durham, Greater than AIDS, Chapel Hill- Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
06/04/16 “Red is the New Black” HIV Awareness Fashion Show • Co-hosted by acclaimed actress and HIV activist, Sheryl Lee Ralph • Opening show host: WRAL TV’s Mikaya Thurmond • Co-sponsored by UNC Center for AIDS Research, Alliance of AIDS Services - Carolina, Indulge Catering, LLC, Sheen Magazine, Choice FM Raleigh, DJ Wade Banner (Radio One’s K97.5), CATO Fashions, It’s Fashion Metro • Secured 30 vendors, including local businesses, community- based organizations, and HIV-related research projects
2 04/16/16 Radio One NC’s “Women’s Empowerment” Expo • Secured voluntary video interviews with celebrities for “What does HIV cure mean to you?” campaign: Viola Davis, Johnny Gill, Shirley Caesar, David and Tamela Mann, New Edition, Keshia Knight Pulliam • Used video interviews via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote project, encourage community to get involved in learning about HIV cure research
04/09/16 “Phenomenal Women: Transgender Women’s Empowerment Symposium” • Co-hosted with Triangle Empowerment Center, Inc., non- profit HIV prevention organization serving transgender women and men who have sex with men • Facilitated forum discussion about social and ethical concerns of HIV cure clinical trial participation • Conducted HIV Cure Research Interactive Group Lesson
03/19, 2016 “A Thousand Words: Paint and Convo about HIV Cure Research” with Teens • Co-hosted with J. Cardinal Events, Certified Sexual Health Educator for Orange County Public Schools • Facilitated forum discussion about social and ethical concerns of HIV cure clinical trial participation • Conducted HIV Cure Research Interactive Group Lesson
02/27/16 “Red for Cure:” A Forum on HIV Cure and Black Women, Chapel Hill, NC. • Co-hosted with Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. • Panel Speakers: Dr. Kia Caldwell (UNC Chapel Hill), Dr. Bahby Banks (Public Speaker and Consultant), Dr. Maya Corneille (NC A&T University), and Niasha Fray, MSN
02/25/16 “Spirit, Life, and Artistic Expressions Spoken Word Event • Co-hosted with Triangle Empowerment Center, Inc. and AIDS Healthcare Foundation
02/20/16 2BeatHIV Community Partner Retreat, Durham, NC. • Hosted capacity building meeting to educate community- based organizations about HIV cure research strategies being
3 explored at UNC Chapel Hill and discuss the social and ethical issues related to HIV cure clinical trials
12/14/15 “The Experiment” Hip Hop Concert with Community Forum, Durham, NC. • Hosted community forum about HIV cure conspiracy theories to discuss myths about HIV, HIV cure, and clinical research in Black communities • Co-hosted by Iset Excelsior Non-Profit, Beyu Caffe • Performances by national recording artists: Median, Shirlette Ammons, Nnenna Ukwu
12/01/15 World AIDS Day Commemoration, Durham, NC. • Co-hosted event with Partnership for a Health Durham’s HIV/STI Committee, affiliated with the Durham County Health Department
Peer Reviewed Publications Caldwell, K., & Mathews, A. (2016). “The Role of Relationship Trust, Negotiated Risk, and Condom Use in Middle Socioeconomic Status Black Women’s HIV- prevention Strategies.” Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships 2(2): 91-120.
Roman Isler, M., Brown, A., Eley, N., Mathews, A., Powell, N., Batten, K., Rogers, R., White, C., & MacQueen, K. (2014). “Curriculum Development to Increase Minority Research Literacy for HIV Prevention Research: A CBPR Approach.” Progress in Community Health Partnerships 8(4): 511-21.
Other Publications Mathews, A. (2013). “Divine Callings” Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism” By Richard Pitt, New York University Press. 2012. Social Forces. First published online 12/08/2013.
Mathews, A. (November 17, 2015). “4 Facts to know as you hear about #charliesheen #mattlauer #HIV #HIVcure #2BeatHIV.” Blog Post. SearcHIV.web.unc.edu
Mathews, A. (October 20, 2015). “8 Practical Ways to ‘Do’ Intersectional Scholarship.” Blog Post. Furious and Brave Blog.
Mathews, A. (September 14, 2015). “Why should we use social media to engage community members about HIV cure?” Blog Post. SearcHIV.web.unc.edu
4 Mathews, A. (March 21, 2014). “Let’s Talk about HIV.: Middle Class Black Women’s Self-Advocacy in Patient-Provider Communication.” Blog Post. UNC Institute for African American Research.
Mathews, A. (July 30, 2013). “Eligibility Politics: Finding Her ‘Good Black Man.’” Blog Post. Furious and Brave Blog.
Manuscripts Under Review Rennie, S., Gilbertson, A., Mathews, A., Henderson, G., Tucker, J. “Medicalization and the quest for an HIV cure.”
Tucker, J., Pan, S., Mathews, A., Stein, G., Juengst, E., Bayus, B. Rennie, S. “Crowdsourcing Public Health Contests: A Tool for Increasing Engagement and Innovation.”
Mathews, A., Horne, A., Dube, K., Rennie, S., Tucker, J. “Do the Right Thing: Ethical Considerations for Community Engagement in HIV Cure Research.”
Work Experience 07/14-05/15 UNC Chapel Hill: Social Media Coordinator, Institute for African for African American Research
05/11-05/12 UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University: Co-Organizer, “Triangle Race Conference” PI: Allison Mathews Faculty Sponsors: Karolyn Tyson (UNC-CH), Eduardo Bonilla- Silva (Duke) Grant Agency: Kenan-Biddle Partnership Grant
06/07-12/08 UNC Chapel Hill: Alumni and Conference Coordinator, Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) PI: Rosa Perelmuter (UNC-CH) Grant Agency: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Educational Work Experience 08/12-08/15 UNC-Chapel Hill: Teaching Fellow, Independently developed and taught courses: “Race/Ethnic Relations,” “Sex and Gender,” “Population Problems,” “Race, Class, Gender,” and “Measurement and Data”
02/15 Harvard Graduate School of Education: Educational Workshop Facilitator, “The Answers are in the Room: The Audacity of Hope.” Alumni of Color Conference.
5 08/13 St. Augustine’s University, Freshman Writing Initiative Fall Conference, Educational Workshop Facilitator, “Another Voice: Combating Marginalization and Social Norms.” Raleigh, NC.
05/12-05/13 LinCS 2 Durham: Research Assistant, Co-developed “HIV Clinical Research Literacy Curriculum” with community members
07/10 Triangle Black Pride Conference, Workshop Facilitator, “LinCS 2 Durham: Linking Communities and Scientists Together to Talk about HIV Prevention.” Raleigh, NC.
10/15 UNC-Chapel Hill: Invited Lecture, “Building a Virtual Professional Identity and Using Social Media to Harness Success.” Institute for Minority Excellence.
08/15 UNC-Chapel Hill: Invited Presenter, “Tips for Success in Graduate School for Minority Students,” Institute for Minority Excellence.
Funding Support 08/16-08/17 NC Translational and Clinical Sciences (TraCS) Institute, Pilot Research Award PI: Allison Mathews
07/16-07/21 UNC-CH Genetic Medicine, Coordinator of Community Engagement and Community Advisory Board Martin Delaney Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication (CARE) Award: $4,592,950 PI: David Margolis Grant Agency: NIAID, NIH (2016-2021)
06/16 UNC-CH Center for AIDS Research, Community Engagement Grant, “Red is the New Black” HIV Cure Awareness Fashion Show, featuring acclaimed actress and HIV activist, Sheryl Lee Ralph
08/15-08/17 UNC-CH Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease and Department of Social Medicine, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship PI: Joseph Tucker, Co-PI: Stuart Rennie Grant Agency: NIAID, NIH (2013-2018)
6 12/08-05/14 UNC-CH Department of Sociology Seed Grant, Race and Ethnicity Research and Writing Working Group, PI: Allison Mathews Faculty Sponsor: Karolyn Tyson (UNC)
06/13 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Connections: “Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming,” 7th Annual Symposium, Princeton, NJ.
05/11-05/12 Kenan-Biddle Partnership Grant, UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University PI: Allison Mathews Faculty Sponsors: Karolyn Tyson (UNC-CH), Eduardo Bonilla- Silva (Duke)
08/07-05/12 UNC-CH Graduate School, Humphreys Fellowship (5 years of academic and service funding)
06/08-06/09 National Science Foundation, Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute, Howard University and The University of Texas at El Paso Annual Retreat, Community Building and Professional Development.
08/08 National Science Foundation, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program (AGEP) Alliance Day, “Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics: Inspiring Greatness for the 21st Century,” NC Opt-Ed Program.
Invited Speaking Engagements 12/16 UNC-Chapel Hill, Center for AIDS Research, World AIDS Day Symposium: “Towards an HIV Cure: Community Engagement Matters,” Chapel Hill, NC.
11/16 NIH NIAID, Strategies for an HIV Cure: “Crowdsourcing Contests and Community Engagement for HIV Cure Research: A Mixed Methods Evaluation,” Bethesda, MD.
10/16 UNC-Chapel Hill AIDS Global Clinical Trials Unit, CAB Community Research Symposium: “Crowdsourcing Contests and Community Engagement for HIV Cure Research: A Mixed Methods Evaluation,” Chapel Hill, NC.
07/16 TEDxDurham: “Crowdsourcing HIV’s Cure,” Durham, NC.
7 05/16 Innovate Your Cool Conference, Art of Cool Project: “2BeatHIV: Lightning Talk with Allison Mathews.” Durham, NC.
05/16 UNC-Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research: “Why Community Engagement is Integral to Biomedical HIV Research.”
12/15 Duke University: “Community Engagement: Toward a Cure for HIV.”
03/15 Duke University: “Searching for ‘Whosoever Ministries’: Examining Black Gay Men’s Church-Going Decisions,” Dissertation Chapter. Global Inequality Research Initiative.
03/15 The University of Florida at Gainesville: “Searching for ‘Whosoever Ministries’: Examining Black Gay Men’s Church- Going Decisions,” Dissertation Chapter. Program for African American Studies and Department of Sociology & Criminology.
01/15 Sewanee University: “Searching for ‘Whosoever Ministries’: Examining Black Gay Men’s Church-Going Decisions,” Dissertation Chapter. Departments of American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies.
01/15 UNC Chapel Hill: Invited Co-Presenter with Kia Caldwell, “’There Are No Get Out of Jail Free Cards’: HIV Risk Perception and Condom Use among Middle Socioeconomic Status Black Women,” The Carolina Seminar on Behavioral Research with Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations.
11/14 UNC Chapel Hill: “Searching for ‘Whosoever Ministries’: Examining Black Gay Men’s Church-Going Decisions,” Dissertation Chapter. Institute of African American Research.
Conference Presentations 08/16 NC Sexual Health Conference: Panel Presenter, “‘What does HIV cure mean to you?’: A pilot crowdsourcing contest to improve HIV cure research community engagement,” Raleigh, NC.
07/16 International AIDS Society Meeting, AIDS 2016: Oral Poster Presenter, “An Innovation Contest as Community Engagement for HIV Cure Research in North Carolina: A Mixed Methods Evaluation,” Durban, South Africa.
8 06/16 International Association of Bioethics: Panel Presenter, “Do the Right Thing: Challenges in implementing community engagement in biomedical HIV cure research.” Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
08/15 American Sociological Association, Panel Presenter, “’You Gotta Press Your Way to God’: Black Gay Men’s Identity Construction as Stigma Management and Identity Conflict Resolution.” Dissertation Chapter. Chicago, IL:
10/14 American Public Health Association: Abstract Accepted, Alston, L. & A. Mathews, “Exploring HIV/AIDS stigma in a sample of sexually active Black young adults in the Southeastern U.S.” New Orleans, LA.
10/14 Association of Black Sociologists, Panel Presenter: “Searching for ‘Whosoever Ministries’: Examining Black Gay Men’s Church- Going Decisions,” Dissertation Chapter. Charlotte, NC
08/14 American Sociological Association, Panel Presenter: “Searching for ‘Whosoever Ministries’: Examining Black Gay Men’s Church- Going Decisions,” Dissertation Chapter. San Francisco, CA.
08/13 Association of Black Sociologists, Panel Presenter: “Black Men and Masculinity: A Comparison of Heterosexual and Gay Black Male Experiences with Pressure to Perform Masculinity.” MA Paper. New York, NY.
09/12 Duke University, Kenan-Biddle Partnership Grant, Poster Presenter: “Triangle Race Conference: Research and Resistance- Race Across the Disciplines,” Durham, NC.
08/12 American Sociological Association, Roundtable Presenter, “Understanding the Role of Identity in Black Gay Men’s Religious Choice and Participation.” Denver, CO
07/12 International AIDS Conference, Poster Presenter: Caldwell, K., Mathews, A., & Brown, N. “Assessing the HIV-Prevention Needs of Middle Socioeconomic Status Black Women in the Southeastern United States.” Washington, DC.
03/12 Triangle Race Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina Central
9 University, Panel Presenter: “Black Men, Coping Strategies, & Health: the Role of Identity in Behavior and Health Outcomes”
03/11 Royster Society of Fellows Research Symposium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Oral Presenter: “Black Men, Coping Strategies, & Health: the Role of Identity in Behavior and Health Outcomes”
04/10 AGEP-SBE Conference, University of Texas at Austin, Panel Presenter: “Black Masculinity: An Examination of the Strategies Black Men Use to Deal with Pressure to Conform to Masculinity.” Austin, TX.
11/09 American Public Health Association Conference, Panel Presenter: “Does Religious Coping Moderate the Impact of Racism-Related Stress on Depressive Symptoms Among African American Men?” Philadelphia, PA.
06/09 Black Graduate Conference in Psychology, New York University, Panel Presenter: “Does Religious Coping Moderate the Impact of Racism-Related Stress on Depressive Symptoms Among African American Men?” New York, NY.
03/07 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Panel Presenter: “The Economic Influence on Progressive Legislation: An Example of Affirmative Action.” Published in Conference Proceedings, The University of North Carolina at Asheville Press. San Francisco, CA
Professional Leadership Development 09/15 NC TraCS Institute, “Scale and Index Development Workshop,” Chapel Hill, UNC-CH
05/15 The Howard W. Odum Institute, ICPSR Advanced Statistics Workshop
08/14 North Carolina Biosciences Collaborative Symposium, Durham, NC, Duke University
06/13 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming, 7th Annual Symposium, Princeton, NJ
10 06/09 Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute, Howard University and The University of Texas at El Paso Annual Retreat, Community Building and Professional Development, The University of Maryland at College Park
08/08 NSF AGEP Alliance Day, “Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics: Inspiring Greatness for the 21st Century,” NC Opt- Ed Program, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program (AGEP)
06/08 Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute, Howard University and The University of Texas at El Paso Annual Retreat, Community Building and Professional Development, The University of Texas at El Paso
Honors 05/14 UNC Chapel Hill: Everett K. Wilson Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Sociology.
04/13 UNC Chapel Hill: Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society.
01/06 Howard University: phi beta kappa society, gamma chapter.
03/06 Howard University: Golden Key International Honor Society.
08/04-05/07 Howard University: National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
08/03-05/07 Howard University: Dean’s List
08/03-05/07 Howard University: College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program.
Service 05/16 North Carolina Medical Journal, Peer Reviewer
09/15 Health Promotion and Practice, Peer Reviewer
09/15 Association of Black Anthropologists, Peer Reviewer for Transforming Anthropology Journal
11 08/13 American Sociological Association, Panel Presider: “Race and Ethnicity: Constructing Race and Racial Identity in the 21st Century.”
05/13 American Sociological Association, Paper section reviewer and co-organizer, Section on Race and Ethnicity.
03/11 The University of Texas at Austin, Peer Reviewer for Intersections: Women’s and Gender Studies in Review Across Disciplines Journal
08/10-05/14 UNC Chapel Hill, Founder and co-organizer, Race and Ethnicity Workshop.
05/09-05/13 UNC Chapel Hill, Co-founder, Service Committee Chair, Program Committee Chair, Black Graduate & Professional Student Association.
08/09 UNC Chapel Hill Graduate student panelist on graduate student life, Department of Sociology.
05/09-08/09 UNC Chapel Hill, Graduate researching mentor, Office of Undergraduate Research.
06/09 UNC Chapel Hill, Alumni Panelist, Summer Pre-Graduate Research Apprentice Program.
08/08-05/09 UNC Chapel Hill, Graduate Co-Chair, Department of Sociology Social Committee.
Membership in Professional Organizations 2006 American Sociological Association 2009 American Public Health Association 2013 Association of Black Sociologists 2013 Society for the Study of Social Problems 2015 UNC Center for AIDS Research Community Advisory Board 2015 Partnership for a Health Durham, HIV/STI Committee 2015 Martin Delaney Collaboratory CARE Community Advisory Board
Languages Read, Spoken, and Written: English (First Language, Fluent) and Spanish (Secondary Language, Intermediate)
12 References Name: Karolyn Tyson Title: Associate Professor Relationship: Dissertation Committee Chair Telephone number: 919-962-5601 Email: [email protected]
Name: Kia Caldwell Title: Associate Professor Relationship: Dissertation Committee Member, Former Supervisor for LinCS 2 Durham and Sister Circle research projects, co-author Telephone number: 919-962-8225 Email: [email protected]
Name: Stuart Rennie Title: Associate Professor Relationship: Co-Principal Investigator, Supervisor for searcHIV project, co-author Telephone number: (919) 590 2178 Skype: stuartrennie Email: [email protected]
Name: Joe Tucker Title: Assistant Professor Relationship: Principal Investigator, Supervisor for searcHIV project, co-author Skype: josephtucker Email: [email protected]
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