Tiwaladeoluwa Adekunle, PhD
(Ti-wah-lah-day)
Assistant Professor
Reproductive and Population Health
(Ti-wah-lah-day)
Assistant Professor
Reproductive and Population Health
Administrative Assistant
| PhD | Health Communication | Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana | 2023 |
| MA | Communication | Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana | 2019 |
| BA | International Studies and English | University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky | 2017 |
Adekunle, T. B. (2024). US black women’s pregnancy communication networks: A qualitative network analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 353, 117028.
2024
Adekunle, T. B., Adekunle, T. E., Arreola, A., & Sembian, S. (2025). “It Affected Me so Much That I Even Had to Tie My Tubes”: The Role of Patient− Provider Communication on Black Women’s Perceptions of Pregnancy Risk. Health Communication, 1-10.
2025
Adekunle, T. B., Adekunle, T. E., Prather, K., Arreola, A., Sembian, S., & Adekunle, A. (2026). Perceptions of Pregnancy Risk and Self-Protective Health Decision Making Among Black Women:“We Can Protect Ourselves From the System, Right?”. Women's Health Issues.
2026
Adekunle, T. B., Ringel, J. S., Williams, M. V., & Faherty, L. J. (2024). Continuity of trust: health systems’ role in advancing health equity beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 44(3), 323-329.
2023
Cisneros, M., Moore, N., Adekunle, T. B., Butler, M. S., Rouse, L., & Kershaw, K. (2026). A Thematic Analysis of the Structural Racism Navigated by Community Based Organization Employees. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-12.
2026
Martin, M. E., Haywood, C., Caldwell, K., Barry, C., Dawson, S., Hoppe, K., & Adekunle, T. B. (2026). Obstetric Racism and Ableism: A Narrative Review of Barriers to Obstetric Care and Maternal Health Outcomes for Black Disabled Women. Health Equity, 10, 24731242261421862.
2026