Saundra M. Nettles

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Saundra Rice Murray Nettles is an American feminist psychologist who has been affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign since 2012. Nettles received her education from Howard University, earning her Bachelor's degree in 1967 and her PhD in 1976.^[1] Nettles has made many significant contributions to the field of psychology, as she was a member of the Society for the Psychology of Women within the American Psychological Association, chairwoman of the Task Force on Black Women's Priorities, and has conducted studies on teenagers and children within the educational field. Nettles's work has explored the intersections of race and gender with the education of children and teens. In addition to this, she has great concern with environmental factors within her studies, including how toxins in the environment may affect student performance.