Tiffany D. Joseph

Education:

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan, 2011
M.A., Sociology, University of Michigan, 2007
B.A., Sociology and Ethnic Studies, Brown University, 2004

Current Projects with Burgard:

Co-Chair, Dissertation Committee: “Race and ‘Making America’ in Brazil: How Brazilian Return Migrants Negotiate Race in the US and Brazil”

Research interests:

Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Research Methods, Experiences of Faculty of Color in Academia, Immigrants’ Mental Health and Healthcare Access

Experience/Employment:

Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar, Harvard University, 2011-2013

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University, On leave 2011-2013

Fall 2006: Conducted interviews and data analysis with the Faculty Diversity Project (coordinators: Alford Young, Jr. and Mark Chesler), which examines how faculty committed to diversity handle difficult situations in the classroom and with fellow faculty. Currently working on various article manuscripts using interview data from project.

Summer 2006: Conducted quantitative data analysis with James S. Jackson using National Survey of American Life (NSAL) dataset to explore impact of skin tone on national pride among African Americans and Black Caribbeans.

Contact Information:

tdjoseph@umich.edu