Sybil Dione Rosado, J.D., Ph.D.
Benedict College professor, Sybil Dione Rosado is a native of Tampa, Florida. She earned a B.S. in Political Science from Florida A& M University, a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University Law School, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology with concentrations in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Florida. Her research interests include Legal Anthropology, domestic violence,
Afro-Brazilian religion, native epistemology, gender inequality, ethnic identity, and the symbolic nature of beauty. She positions herself as an applied visual anthropologist who studies the legal implications race and the African Diaspora.
Fun facts.... Humm? I participate in a blended family and I have 9 children.
Tisha Moniek Felder, PhD, USC School of Nursing,
Dr. Felder received her BA in sociology, with a minor in Spanish, from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC in 2001. She received her Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, with specializations in social policy and evaluation (practice method concentration) and community and social systems (practice area concentration) in 2002. In 2010, she graduated with a PhD in behavioral sciences, with minors in epidemiology and health policy, from the University of Texas (UT) School of Public Health in Houston. After receiving her doctorate, Dr. Felder received additional research training as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of South Carolina, jointly affiliated with the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences in the SC College of Pharmacy, and the Cancer Prevention and Control Program of the Arnold School of Public Health.
Research
The long-term goal of Dr. Felder's research is to identify approaches that address disparities in access to care and related outcomes for vulnerable populations diagnosed with cancer. To date, her work has focused on examining racial/ethnic and socioeconomic factors associated with utilization of pharmaceutical services and care. Most recently, her postdoctoral research investigated racial differences in the use of oral anti-cancer agents among Medicaid-insured breast cancer patients in SC. Her postdoctoral research was informed by findings from her dissertation research which examined the use of pharmaceutical patient assistance programs to improve access to prescription medications. Dr. Felder also has strong research interests in the mentoring and training on junior faculty and community-based participatory research.