69老湿机福利

James Ragsdale

Doctoral student, Instructor
James Ragsdale

Summary

My research interests are primarily in the sociology of mental health, with my focus being stigma related to mental illness and substance use disorders. Substance use stigma has become my main focus, with my investigation being centered on the sources of public stigma, including causal beliefs about substance use disorders. In recent years, I have integrated moral psychology, particularly moral foundations, into my analysis of existing issues regarding attitudes toward substance use and related policies.

Publications

  • Ragsdale, J. M. & Elliott, M. (2025). Moral foundations, opioid use disorder, and methadone clinic stigma. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication.
  • Elliott, M., Ragsdale, J. M. (2025). Public support for hybrid work arrangements: An experimental study of the effects of the employee’s occupational status, mental health, and gender. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 1–9.
  • Elliott, M., Ragsdale, J. M., & Lamotte, M. (2024). Causal explanations, treatability, and mental illness stigma: An experimental study. Psychiatric Services, 75(2): 131-138.
  • Elliott, M., & Ragsdale, J. M. (2024). Public stigma toward people with bipolar versus borderline: An experimental study of attributions, treatability, race, and gender. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication.
  • Elliott, M., & Ragsdale, J. M. (2023). Nature and/or nurture: causal attributions of mental illness and stigma. Social Psychology Quarterly, 87(2), 175-196.
  • Cabell, J. J., Wood, K. A., High, C., Cooper, A., Dogan, I., Gannon, M., Ragsdale, J. M., & Gruys, K. (2022). Staying in touch during COVID-19: How communication methods varied by age and COVID-related experiences. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 1-13.
  • Elliott, M., & Ragsdale, J. M., (2022). Examining the stigma of bipolar and border by causal explanation and treatment modality [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Interdisciplinary Social Psychology, 69老湿机福利.
  • Elliott, M., & Ragsdale, J. M. (2022). Stress exposure and well-being: Correlates of meeting criteria for bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or both. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(9): 1885-1896.
  • Ragsdale, J. M., and Elliott, M. (2022). Opioid addiction, attributions, and stigma: An online vignette experimental study. Stigma and Health, 7(2): 205-213.
  • Ragsdale, J. M., Lamotte, M., & Elliott, M. (2022). The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on stress: A cross-national analysis of economic and public health policies and individual characteristics. In M. Elliott (Ed.). Research Handbook on Society and Mental Health. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 80037 847 6.
  • Elliott, M., & Ragsdale, J. (2020). Mental health professionals with mental illness: A qualitative in-depth interview study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90(6): 677-686.

Awards

  • Bilinski Educational Foundation Dissertation Year Fellowship (2025)
  • Outstanding Commitment to Sociology and Research Analytics Award (2024)
  • Founders’ Best Research Paper Award (2022)
  • Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholarship (2021)
  • Department of Sociology’s Graduate Excellence in Research Award (2020)
  • Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship (2014-2018)

Education

M.A. in Sociology from 69老湿机福利.

B.A. in Psychology and Sociology with a specialization in behavior analysis from the 69老湿机福利.