Race | Ethnicity | Identity

Monica Heilman is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington. Her current work examines multiracial identity in the context of shifting categorizations in the US.

About

Monica Heilman is an incoming Visiting Assistant Professor at Lafayette College. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University Bloomington. She graduated from the University of Denver with a B.A. in Sociology and Art.

Prior to beginning her graduate career, Monica taught spent two years in South Korea under a Fulbright grant. There she taught high school English, edited and contributed to a literary magazine, and tutored North Korean defectors.

Monica’s research interests include race and ethnicity, identity, social psychology, family, education, qualitative methodologies, and arts-based research. Her current projects address how multiracial individuals navigate their identities in the context of the U.S. racial structure.