Tamika C. Odum, PHD

Tamika C. Odum PhD, is a Professor of Sociology. Dr Odum’s work explores experiences with and access to reproductive healthcare. She studies how African American women navigate and understand reproductive health and agency including aspects of contraception use and motherhood across their life course. She is a co-investigator with the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network. OPEN conducts rigorous and innovative research on reproductive health care in Ohio and the region. Dr. Odum is a qualitative researcher specializing in community engaged research and identifies as a public sociologist committed to disseminating knowledge within and beyond the academy. In the classroom, her teaching expertise includes a variety of sociology courses, including but not limited to Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of the Family and Health, Medicine, and Society.

Curriculum Vitae:   https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:770e29ac-e7ca-49c3-a4f3-053aa5178bbe
 

PhD: University of Cincinnati 2017 (Sociology)

Grant: #SFPRF13-CM10 Investigators:Odum, Tamika 09-01-2019 -04-30-2021 Society of Family Planning SFPRF: Changemakers Planning Grant Role:PI $40,540.72 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Investigators:Bessett, Danielle; Chang, Lenisa; Glaser, Jennifer; Gursahaney, Priya; Odum, Tamika 06-01-2021 -05-31-2023 Ohio State University Ohio Policy Evaluation Network, Cycle 2 Role:Collaborator 1376317.33 Hold Level:Higher Education

Peer Reviewed Publications

Beckmeyer, Annamarie L; Brenner-Levoy, Jeremy A; Hill, B Jessie; Odum, Tamika C; Turner, Abigail Norris; Norris, Alison H; Bessett, Danielle; Rivlin, Katherine L  (2024). Understanding abortion legality and trimester of abortion care in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, three abortion-restrictive states. Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health, 56 (4) , 329-336More Information

Bornstein, Marta; Turner, Abigail Norris; Rivlin, Katherine; Bostic, Sarah; Odum, Tamika; Bessett, Danielle  (2025). Challenges Faced by Sexual Minority and Heterosexual People Seeking Abortion Care. LGBT health, 12 (7) , 520-531More Information

Prather, Lauren; Creaghead, Nancy; Vannest, Jennifer; Hunter, Lisa; Hobek, Amy; Odum, Tamika; Altaye, Mekibib; Lackey, Juanita  (2025). Testing Very Preterm Black Children to Examine Potential Assessment Bias in Two Language Tests. Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups, 10 (2) , 341-353More Information

Odum, Tamika; Bornstein, Marta; Turner, Abigail Norris; Gyuras, Hillary J; Rivlin, Katherine; Bostic, Sarah; McGhee, Annie; Bessett, Danielle  (2024). Prior knowledge and experience with self-managed abortion among people seeking abortion care in US Midwestern states. Contraception, 138, 110516More Information

Datta, Ishwaree; Vassel, Tajah; Linkous, Benjamin; Odum, Tyler; Drew, Christian; Taylor, Andrew; Bangi, Erdem  (2023). A targeted genetic modifier screen in Drosophila uncovers vulnerabilities in a genetically complex model of colon cancer. G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 13 (5) More Information

Rivlin, Katherine; Brenner-Levoy, Jeremy; Odum, Tamika; Muzyczka, Zoe; Norris, Alison; Norris Turner, Abigail; Bessett, Danielle  (2023). Provider Mistrust and Telemedicine Abortion Care Preferences Among Patients in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 29 (3) , 414-424More Information

Odum, Tamika; Heymann, Orlaith; Turner, Abigail Norris; Rivlin, Katherine; Bessett, Danielle  (2023). Assessing psychosocial costs: Ohio patients' experiences seeking abortion care. Contraception, 117, 45-49More Information

Turner, Abigail Norris; Brenner-Levoy, Jeremy; Rivlin, Katherine; Odum, Tamika; Muzyczka, Zoe; Norris, Alison H; Bessett, Danielle  (2022). Who loses access to legal abortion with a 6-week ban?. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 227 (5) , 777-780More Information

Heymann, Orlaith; Odum, Tamika; Norris, Alison H; Bessett, Danielle  (2022). Selecting an Abortion Clinic: The Role of Social Myths and Risk Perception in Seeking Abortion Care. Journal of health and social behavior, 63 (1) , 90-104More Information

Odum T.; Kordsmeier G.  (01-01-2024). Navigating the Age of Crisis: Exploring the Pathway to Engaged Pedagogy for the Transformative Learn. Sociological Focus, 57 (1) , 1-5More Information