PUBLICATIONS
Dixon was appointed by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Wake Forest University, to design several tools for the R.I.D.E. Framework. These tools were distributed across the university for all departments and programs for faculty and staff to assist in their diversity action plans at Wake Forest University.
R.I.D.E. Framework: Guiding Questions, Tools, and Resources | Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Wake Forest University. Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Accessed June 30, 2022.
May 2021
Dixon was invited by Melissa Harris-Perry, the Founder of the Anna Julia Cooper Center, former MSNBC host, professor, and political commentator, to join the team. Currently, Dixon assists with the production of livestreams in collaboration with The Nation, Community Change, among other national and international partners.
May 2021
Dixon was part of a team who received a grant from the Association for Prevention and Teaching Research to create a case study discussing the Accountability of Cancer Care through Undoing Racism and Equity (ACCURE) study. This was implemented to address systemic racism in healthcare. This research was a community-based participatory research approach led by the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative.
Crystal Dixon, (Co- PI’s C. Yongue, C. Caiola) Social Determinants of Health Case Studies – Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). Accessed June 26, 2022.
November 2016
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
US with Dr. Crystallee Crain: Critical Conversations On the Challenges of Our Times: Addressing the Impact of the Insurrection – A Panel of Truth Seekers and Front Line Change Makers.
February 2022
Urban Call KBR (12 Pager) by SMSi-Urban Call Marketing, Inc. – Issue. Accessed June 26, 2022.
June 2021, respectively
Trickle-down Effect: What Biden’s Diverse Cabinet Means for Higher Ed | by UNC Greensboro | Educate. | Medium. Accessed June 26, 2022.
March 22, 2021
OTC Beauty Magazine – a national print and digital magazine that has over 7,000 subscriptions (that are all beauty and barber supply stores nationally), with a readership of 3x each issue
August 2021
Dixon, Crystal. Then and Now: Dismantling Systemic Racism for Equity. Climate for Health. Published August 3, 2020. Accessed June 30, 2022.
August 2020
Dixon, Crystal. Then and Now. Dismantling Systemic Racism for Equity. North Carolina Public Health Association.
August 2021
Dixon, Crystal. The Baptist Informer. Sustainability: Preserving God’s Vision for Mankind. The General State Baptist Convention of NC. Column. November/December 2023/ Print.
Dixon, Crystal. The Baptist Informer. Youth Empowerment. The Mission of Inclusive Education. The General State Baptist Convention of NC. Column. August/September 2023. Print.
Dixon, Crystal. The Baptist Informer. A Paradigm Shift in Service: Who You Serve Matters. The General State Baptist Convention of NC. Column. February/March 2023. Print.
Dixon, Crystal. The Baptist Informer. The Urgent Call to Evangelism: Pay it Forward: Our Children’s Lives Matter. The General State Baptist Convention of NC. Column. August/September 2022. Print.
Dixon, Crystal. The Baptist Informer. The General State Baptist Convention of NC. Inherited Privilege: Exploring God’s Radical Example of Inclusiveness for Humanity. Column. June/July 2022. Print.
Dixon, Crystal. The Baptist Informer. In Praise of Southern Hospitality in Our Churches. The General State Baptist Convention of NC. Column. Column. February/March 2022. Print.
Dixon, Crystal. The Baptist Informer. Mobilizing the Church to Address Climate Change. The Baptist Informer. The General State Baptist Convention of NC. Column. December 2021/January 2022. Print.
December 2021; March 2022
Crystal Dixon, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Yvonne Ford, Jerome Record, Chevonna Gaylor, Shamell Bell. Hip Hop Caucus. Hip Hop Caucus’ RonaResilience Roundtable
May 2020
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
The case study tells the story of the GHDC’s founding and how the group went on to conduct the National Cancer Institute-funded Accountability for Cancer Care through Undoing Racism and Equity (ACCURE) study which eliminated racial inequities in breast and lung cancer treatment outcomes. Results from the ACCURE study were published in the Journal of the National Medical Association. Further information about the ACCURE interventions are described in a chapter of the book Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional and on the GHDC website.
June 2022
Dixon, Crystal. Then and Now: Dismantling Systemic Racism for Equity. Climate for Health. Published August 3, 2020. Accessed June 30, 2022.
June 2022
- Independent Study: Hip Hop, Feminism, and Public Health at Wake Forest University
Dixon completed an independent study at Wake Forest University with Melissa Harris-Perry entitled, Hip Hop, Feminism, and Public Health. This graduate reading seminar seeks to address, analyze, explore and contest hip-hop music and culture through a close examination of public health and Black feminism. This course is an analytic space for debate and discussion about the impact of hip-hop culture on the sexual, gendered, economic, and political understandings of African Americans and examination of how those understandings are connected to a range of public health outcomes
Spring 2021
Dixon was invited to co-teach with Harris-Perry, Founder of the Anna Julia Cooper Center, former MSNBC host, professor, and political commentator, to join the team a course at Wake Forest University entitled, POL210: Race, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice.
Fall 2022
- Public Health Opportunities to Address the Health Effects of Gas Stoves
Hines, E., Toms, C., Kranser, A., Tsongas, T., Maya, M., Seals, B., Vincie, L. Public Health Opportunities to Address the Health Effects of Gas Stoves. Policy Brief. American Public Health Association. Environment Section. Contributor. January 2022. Under Review.
January 2022
- The Overlooked Public Health Crisis of Healthcare Waste: A Call foR Oversight, Protections, & Tracking
Sampson, Natalie, Canate, Tiffany, Dixon, Crystal, Dunalp, Kanydyce, Herzmark, Jay, Jelk Na’taki Osborne, Patel, Denise Persaud, Eric, Martin, Vincent, McLaughlin, Kelly, Okoh, Michele, Tallon, Lindsay, Tsongas, Theodora, Wilson, Olivia, Wilson, Omega, Asiain, Maragrita. The Overlooked Public Health Crisis of Healthcare Waste: A Call for Oversight, Protections, & Tracking. American Public Health Association. Waste Policy Statement. January 2022. Under Review
January 2022
Editors: Chandra L. Ford, Derek M. Griffith, Marino A. Bruce and Keon Gilbert; co-authors: Kristin Z.Black, Stephanie Baker, Linda Barry Robertson, Alexandra F. Lightfoot, Kimberly, Alexander-Bratcher,Deanna Befus, Carol Cothern, Crystal Dixon, Katrina R. Ellis, Fatima Guerrab, Jennifer Schaal, Beth Simon, Beth Smith , Kari Thatcher, Sonja M. Wilson, Christina Yongue , Eugenia Eng. American Public Health Association Press Book entitled, Racism: Science & Tools for the Professional. 2019.
October 2019
Essie Torres, Crystal Dixon, Alice Richman. Understanding the Breast Cancer Experience of Survivors: A Qualitative Study of African American Women in Rural Eastern North Carolina. Journal of Cancer Education, doi 10.1007/s12187-015-0833-0.
March 2016
Cleo A. Samuel, PhD,1,2 Jennifer Schaal, MD,3 Linda Robertson, DrPH, RN, MSN,4 Jemeia Kollie, BA,1 Stephanie Baker, PhD,5Kristin Black, PhD, MPH,6 Olive Mbah, MPH,1 Crystal Dixon, MPH, MCHES,7 Katrina Ellis, PhD, MPH, MSW,6,8 Geni Eng, DrPH,6 Fatima Guerrab,9 Nora Jones,Med,10 Amanda Kotey,BS,6 Claire Morse, PhD,11 Jessica Taylor, BSPH,1 Vickie Whitt,10 Samuel Cykert, MD12 . Racial Differences in Symptom Management Experiences During Breast Cancer Treatment. Supportive Care in Cancer. Funded by National Cancer Institute
