Summary
Professor Elliott specializes in teaching and studying the social determinants of health and well-being.
Research interests
- Sociology of mental health and illness
- Health disparities
- Prejudice, discrimination, stigma and well-being
- Religion, spirituality, and well-being
- Survey research, design and analysis
- In-depth interview design and analysis
Courses taught
- SOC 101: Principles of Sociology
- SOC 325: Sociology of Happiness
- SOC 457/657: Society and Health
- SOC 458/658: Sociology of Mental Health
- SOC 737: Survey Research Methods
Recent publications
- Elliott, Marta and James M. Ragsdale. 2026. “Pity vs. Empathy: Emotional Responses to Mental Illness and Their Effects on Stigma.” Society and Mental Health.
- Elliott, Marta and James M. Ragsdale. 2025. “Public Stigma Towards People with Bipolar versus Borderline: An Experimental Study of Attributions, Treatability, Race, and Gender.” Stigma and Health 10(3): 494-504.
- LaMotte, Megan E., Marta Elliott, and Dawne M. Mouzon. 2025. “An Intersectional Approach to Testing Explanations of the Black-White Mental Health Paradox.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 11(3): 333-350.
- Martine, Alaina M. and Marta Elliott. 2025. “How Discriminatory Policing Affects the Mental Health of Black Americans.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
- Elliott, Marta and James M. Ragsdale. 2024. “Nature and/or Nurture: Causal Attributions of Mental Illness and Stigma.” Social Psychology Quarterly 87(2): 175-196.
- Elliott, Marta (Editor). 2022. Research Handbook on Society and Mental Health. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 80037 847 6.
Ph.D. students
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, 1995
- M.A., Sociology, Ohio State University, 1990
- B.A., Sociology, Ohio State University, 1988