Associate Professor
Joff Hanauer Honors Professor in Western Civilization, 2022-26
Contact Information
Padelford Hall B-517
Office Hours
TBD or by appointment
Biography
Ph.D. 2010, Northwestern University
Research
Selected Research
- Grandmothering While Black: A Twenty-First Century Story of Love, Coercion, and Survival (University of California Press)
- Alson, W. Robinson, L. Pittman, and K. Doll. (February 25, 2021). “Measures of Systemic Racism into Population Studies of Reproductive Health in the United States: A Narrative Review.” Health Equity. 5 (1): 1-10. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/heq.2020.0081
- Pittman, L. and D. Oakley. (2018). “It Was Love In All the Buildings They Tore Down”: How Caregiving Grandmothers Create and Experience a Sense of Community in Chicago Public Housing. City & Community. 17(2): 461-484, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cico.12280.
- Pittman, LaShawnDa. "Grandparents as Caregivers for Grandchildren with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities", in Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2016.
Courses Taught
Autumn 2025
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Autumn 2023
Summer 2023
Autumn 2022
Summer 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Summer 2021
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
Additional Courses
Introduction to African American Studies
African American Families
Race, Ethnicity, and U.S. Public Policy
Affiliations
Home Department
Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association, Association of Black Sociologists, Gerontological Society of America, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Work and Family Researchers Network