Doctoral Dissertation Research: Citizenship and the Geopolitics of Healthcare Access in the American South

这个博士论文项目将研究新移民在美国南部获得医疗保健时面临的地缘政治障碍类型。 这项研究超越了通常的医疗保健服务的研究，因为它分析了实际的医疗保健经验，从而通过关注移民如何体验医疗保健服务，为新的健康地理做出贡献。 这项研究也有助于移民研究，审查美国南部地区，因为它目前正在塑造新的移民。 结合档案研究，参与者观察，访谈和焦点小组，该项目回答了一系列问题，这些问题涉及移民获得医疗保健的障碍，这些障碍是如何产生的，以及与这些障碍作斗争在塑造美国公民身份方面所起的作用。该项目的结果将通过一份研究报告提供，因为结果将是有趣的to healthcare医疗providers提供者，advocates倡导者，as well as politicians政策制定者. 本研究的结果将纳入本科教学。 作为博士论文研究改进奖，该项目将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个独立的研究生涯。

This doctoral dissertation project will examine the types of geopolitical barriers new migrants face while accessing and obtaining healthcare in the U.S. South. This study goes beyond the usual studies of healthcare access as it analyzes actual healthcare experiences, thereby contributing to new health geography by focusing on how migrants experience healthcare access. This study also contributes to migration research that examines the region of the U.S. South as it is currently being shaped by new migration. Combining archival research, participant observation, interviews, and focus groups, this project answers a set of questions that address the barriers that exist for migrant access to healthcare, how these barriers have been created, and the role that struggling with these barriers plays in the shaping of citizenship in the U.S. Findings from this project will be made available via a research report as the results will be of interest to healthcare providers, advocates, as well as policymakers. Results from this research will be included in undergraduate teaching. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award, this project will provide support to enable a promising student to establish an independent research career.