Dr Nkasi Stoll is a Qualitative Researcher. She specialises in racial disparities in health and wellbeing, culturally-affirming care, research culture, and storytelling in qualitative research. As a research consultant, she has helped numerous organisations improve their practices and policies on staff wellbeing, inclusive work practices, and work culture.

Dr Nkasi completed her PhD in Psychological Medicine Research at King's College London on the topic of Black university student mental health and wellbeing. She co-designed and evaluated a peer support intervention for Black university students, which has since fostered international collaborations in Brasil and Guyana. Dr Nkasi has received numerous funding and awards for her work tackling mental health inequality in education, including the Economic and Social Research Council, Rethink Mental Illness, Black Minds Matter, and Student Minds.

She is currently a Researcher on the Wellcome-funded project 'Black Joy as Anti-Racist Praxis: Navigating Structures of Health, Healing and Empowerment within Black British Communities'.

Research

• Racial and ethnic inequalities in health and wellbeing
• Global mental health
• Culturally-affirming care and peer support interventions
• Co-production and Participatory Research
• Social policy
• Qualitative research methods and analysis
• Research culture

Teaching

Guest lectures

• Qualitative Methods and Analysis
• Storytelling in Qualitative Research
• Student Mental Health and Wellbeing

PhD supervision

You can contact Nkasi for supervision on the following topics:

• Racial and ethnic inequalities in health and wellbeing
• Student and/or staff mental health and wellbeing
• Peer support

Currently external supervisees:

• Mr Giovanne Bento Paulino, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 'Educação Antirracista No e Para o Ensino Superior: Perspectivas da Vivência Ubuntu'

Further details

See Nkasi's research profile