Tenshi obtained a PhD in Sociology from the University of Georgia in 2025 and is currently a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES) at New York University Abu Dhabi. Her research draws on social psychological framework to examine workplace inequality and the intersection of work and family and how these factors lead to gendered mental health outcomes.

Her dissertation explores how social factors shape perceptions of fair wages from the perspectives of both employees and pay allocators, and how these biased perceptions of 'fairness' perpetuate societal inequalities. In other projects, she finds that work-family conflicts lead to substance abuse via gendered pathways (under review). In another project, she finds that cultural differences moderate the impact of family-friendly policies (such as leave policies and childcare availability) on women workers' stress across 21 OECD countries. Her research has been published in American Journal of Public Health, Crime & Delinquency, and Violence Against Women. Her dissertation work has received support from multiple grants from the University of Georgia as well as the Graduate Student Investigator Award by the ASA Social Psychology Section.

Her research uses a variety of quantitative methods, including experimental and survey methods. As a former fellow of the Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO) at the University of Georgia, she also has extensive experience designing large-scale household surveys and studying hard to reach populations. She has served as the instructor of record for Quantitative Methods for Social Science (SOCI 3610).

Tenshi also has extensive experience managing academic publications as the managing editor for Social Psychology Quarterly.

Curriculum Vitae

Stephanie is a doctoral candidate studying family, life course, and aging, at the University of Georgia where she also received her master’s in sociology. Her research currently lies at the intersection of health (e.g., mental health, aging) and intimate relationships. Specifically, she investigates the relative impact of intimate relationships (e.g., romantic relationship status and quality) on various well-being outcomes (e.g., psychological well-being, self-reported health, health behaviors, and measures of epigenetic aging) across the life course. She describes the primary goal of her research as to elucidate the changing role romantic relationships have for health and healthy aging using advanced statistical methodologies and longitudinal data. During her tenure at the University of Georgia, Stephanie has taught several undergraduate courses, including Sociology of the Life Course, Sociology of Family, Social Research Methods, Cultural Diversity in Families, and Sociology in Film.