Dawne M. Mouzon (PhD, MA in sociology, Rutgers University; MPH in epidemiology, UMDNJ-School of Public Health) is a sociologist and an associate professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her work largely focuses on physical and mental health disparities facing Black American populations, with a focus on gender and ethnic/nativity variations. Dr. Mouzon has also written a series of papers on the "Black-White paradox in mental health", or the unexpected finding that Black Americans typically exhibit better mental health outcomes than Whites despite their lower socioeconomic standing and greater exposure to racial discrimination. With a focus on populations of African descent, she also maintains broad interests in minority aging, marriage and romantic relationships, racial discrimination and health, and racism-related coping.