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Research Portfolio Post #9

I met with my faculty mentor, Dr. De Jesus, on Thursday, December 6th for about 30 minutes. We discussed the feasibility of doing a discourse analysis on the Garza v. Hargan case and the implications of the current political climate… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #8

I am proposing to research the discourses about immigration and reproductive health care in the United States because I want to find out what explains the extreme divisiveness within the US on these issues in order to help my reader… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #7

The research question I’m leaning towards for my small-n research is: what explains the different abortion laws in Ireland and Malta? Both of these countries have very strong ties to the Roman Catholic church. In Ireland, the 2016 Census indicated… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #6

The data set that I have chosen comes from the World Bank’s Gender Statistics. It includes data at the country level for a number of statistics that are related to female health. Some of these statistics include adolescent fertility rate,… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #5

I propose to research female access to reproductive healthcare because I want to find out what explains the varying health indicators, such as abortion rates and low-birthweight rates, among immigrant populations in order to help my reader understand the importance… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #4

In “Segregation, Nativity, and Health: Reproductive Health Inequalities for Immigrant and native-born Black Women in New York City,” Sue C. Grady and Sara McLafferty analyze the relationship between racial residential segregation and low birthweight risk for native-born Black women and… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #3

The concept of ontology in social science research is how a researcher conceptualizes their world. It asks: do they think that social phenomena are consistent and stable across time and situation, or do they think that social phenomena are constructed… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #2

I met with my faculty mentor, Prof. Maria De Jesus, on Thursday, September 6th and we met for about 30 minutes. We discussed my research interests and the best ways to narrow down my research project to a more feasible… Continue Reading →

Research Portfolio Post #1

Generally, my primary research interest is looking into the ways access to health care affects women politically, socially, and economically. Lately, I’ve been leaning towards looking at the debates around reproductive health care and potentially doing some sort of discourse… Continue Reading →

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