Dr. Anjerrika Bean is a native of Beaumont, Texas. As a researcher, she is a Sociologist and Criminologist with a concentration in criminology and inequality. Dr. Bean obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Christian Leadership from the College of Biblical studies in 2010. She continued her higher educational pursuit and earned her Master of Arts Degree in Sociology from Prairie View A & M University in 2012 and her Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminology from Howard University.

Dr. Bean examines race and gender as it relates to domestic/intimate partner violence in the faith-based community. Specifically, she focuses on Black Women (IPV) and reporting in the faith-based community through Patricia Hill Collins’ power domain framework. An important goal of her research is to contribute to the knowledge base of domestic violence and provide suggestions to policymakers, lay leaders, and community advocates on designing and implementing ethical and effective tools that empower women of color who experience IPV. Her overall goal is to decrease IPV in communities of color. Implications of her research will provide a greater understanding of how marginalized social groups (i.e., women, racial minority groups, communities, etc.) adopt, internalize, negotiate, and challenge hegemonic conceptions of race and gender.