Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff
Doctoral Candidate, School of Social Work, Boston University
Boston University School of Social Work
Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff is a doctoral candidate at the BU School of Social Work with interests in immigrants’ health disparities, social networks, social support, mental health, immigration policies, and community-based participatory research. Before joining BU as a doctoral student, Cristina worked at the Institute for Community Health as a research associate. She also worked as an NIH Research Fellow at BU and UMass Boston on an exploratory study about the implication of transnationalism, culture, and social networks for the health and behavior of Brazilian and Dominican immigrants. She is also currently the treasurer at the Brazilian Workers Center board. Cristina graduated from UMass Boston with a BA in sociology in 2011 and a MA in applied sociology in 2014.
Areas of Expertise
- Immigration
- Race and Ethnicity
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Transnationalism
- Social Networks
Methodology
- Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
- Focus Groups
- Interviews
- Qualitative Methods
- Social Network Analysis
- Affiliates
- Inaugural - Graduate Student