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- education BA (Sociology), University of Massachusetts – Boston
MA (Applied Sociology), University of Massachusetts – Boston Download CV
Cristina Brinkerhoff is a doctoral candidate with interests in immigrant 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 secretary of 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
Children, Youth, and Families; Community Engagement; Health and Public Health; Program Evaluation Methods; Racial Justice
Courses
HB743 – Social Work Theory and Practice with Refugees and Immigrants
HB735 - Racial Justice and Cultural Oppression
HB735 - Racial Justice and Cultural Oppression
Publications
PUBLISHED
Sprague Martinez, L., Araujo Brinkerhoff, C., Conner, B, Troncoso Lama, M., Siqueira, C. E., Negrón, R. (2021). El Sancocho, la bandera y la familia: The social life of food and its implications for Dominican immigrant health. Health Promotion and Practice.
Tang Yan, C., Johnson, K., Araujo Brinkerhoff, C., & Kwesele. (2020) Critical reflections from doctoral students engaging in local and transnational Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approaches to health promotion. Journal of Social Work Education.
Brinkerhoff, C. A., Siqueira, C. E., Negrón, R., Tracy, N., Troncoso Lama, M., & Sprague Martinez, L. (2019). ‘There You Enjoy Life, Here You Work’: Brazilian and Dominican Immigrants’ Views on Work and Health in the US. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(20), 4025.
UNDER REVIEW
Buitron de la Vega, P., Dimitri, N., Brinkerhoff, C.A., Stern, A., Damus, K., Miselis, H., Garg, P.S., Sarfaty, S. & Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). Team-based social determinants of health training for medical, physician assistant and social work students using an interprofessional virtual reality simulation. Academic Medicine.
Brinkerhoff, C.A., Negrón, R., Ibe-Lamberts, K., Tracy, N., Siqueira, E. & Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). “It’s like I am still there”: Technology use among transnational Brazilian immigrants in the U.S. to minimize social isolation. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care.
Ginzburg, L. S., Dimitri, N. C., Brinkerhoff, C.A., England, S. A., Haque, S.& Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). Exploring intergroup conflict and community-based participatory research partnerships over time. Research for all.
Negrón, R., Brinkerhoff, C.A., Siqueira, C. E., Reich, A., Tracy, N., Troncoso Lama, M., & Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). Project AquiLá: Community-engaged planning to explore the relationship between culture and health. Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
Negrón, R., Brinkerhoff, C.A., Siqueira, C. E., Korn, A., & Sprague Martinez, L. (in preparation). Project Aqui Lá: Development and testing of the Networked tool to measure cultural consonance and mental health with Brazilian Immigrants.
Sprague Martinez, L., Araujo Brinkerhoff, C., Conner, B, Troncoso Lama, M., Siqueira, C. E., Negrón, R. (2021). El Sancocho, la bandera y la familia: The social life of food and its implications for Dominican immigrant health. Health Promotion and Practice.
Tang Yan, C., Johnson, K., Araujo Brinkerhoff, C., & Kwesele. (2020) Critical reflections from doctoral students engaging in local and transnational Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approaches to health promotion. Journal of Social Work Education.
Brinkerhoff, C. A., Siqueira, C. E., Negrón, R., Tracy, N., Troncoso Lama, M., & Sprague Martinez, L. (2019). ‘There You Enjoy Life, Here You Work’: Brazilian and Dominican Immigrants’ Views on Work and Health in the US. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(20), 4025.
UNDER REVIEW
Buitron de la Vega, P., Dimitri, N., Brinkerhoff, C.A., Stern, A., Damus, K., Miselis, H., Garg, P.S., Sarfaty, S. & Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). Team-based social determinants of health training for medical, physician assistant and social work students using an interprofessional virtual reality simulation. Academic Medicine.
Brinkerhoff, C.A., Negrón, R., Ibe-Lamberts, K., Tracy, N., Siqueira, E. & Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). “It’s like I am still there”: Technology use among transnational Brazilian immigrants in the U.S. to minimize social isolation. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care.
Ginzburg, L. S., Dimitri, N. C., Brinkerhoff, C.A., England, S. A., Haque, S.& Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). Exploring intergroup conflict and community-based participatory research partnerships over time. Research for all.
Negrón, R., Brinkerhoff, C.A., Siqueira, C. E., Reich, A., Tracy, N., Troncoso Lama, M., & Sprague Martinez, L. (under review). Project AquiLá: Community-engaged planning to explore the relationship between culture and health. Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
Negrón, R., Brinkerhoff, C.A., Siqueira, C. E., Korn, A., & Sprague Martinez, L. (in preparation). Project Aqui Lá: Development and testing of the Networked tool to measure cultural consonance and mental health with Brazilian Immigrants.
Presentations
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Spencer, R., Johnson, K., Brinkerhoff, C., John, R., Nicholson, J., (2019). Teaching and Learning Through Doing Qualitative Methods: Researcher belonging and the challenge of bias in Brazilian immigrant mothers’ transnational networks of support. A Plenary presentation for the 2019 Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology Annual Conference on Qualitative Research Methods, Boston, MA.
Brinkerhoff, C., Sprague Martinez, L., Negrón , R., Siqueira, C. E., (2019). Immigration in the age of information and communication technologies: Implications for social support and health. An oral presentation for the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
Brinkerhoff, C., Sprague Martinez, L., Negrón , R., Siqueira, C. E., (2018). Immigration in the age of information and communication technologies: Implications for social support and health. A poster presentation for the American Public Health Association Conference, San Diego, CA.
Negrón , R., Sprague Martinez, L., Siqueira, C. E., Brinkerhoff, C. (2015). Transnationalism Networks and Culture: Implications for Health and Behavior. A panel presentation for the XXXV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Brighton, UK.
Siqueira, C.E., Negrón , R., Reich, A., Tracy, N., Troncoso, M., Brinkerhoff, C., Diaz, Y., Jaquez, J, Sprague Martinez, L. (2014) Cultural Conversations with Dominican and Brazilian Transnationals: Implications for Health and Wellbeing. A poster presentation for the 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference: Transdisciplinary Collaborations Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity, National Harbor, MD.
Negrón , R., Sprague Martinez, L., Reich, A., Jaquez, J., Brinkerhoff, C., Diaz, Y., Tracy, N., Troncoso, M., Siqueira, C.E. (2014). Transnational Networks: Implications for the Study of Culture and Health. A poster presentation for the 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference: Transdisciplinary Collaborations Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity, National Harbor, MD.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Brinkerhoff, C. A. & Ewing, T. (June, 25 and 26, 2021). Leadership Workshop: “Marielle Franco.” A day long workshop for the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD). 35th Annual Summer Institute: “Building a Better Future” Zoom Conference, Boston, MA.
Brinkerhoff, C. A. (May, 29, 2021). Career Prep – Dreamer’s Fellowship. Workshop presentation for immigrant youth. Brazilian Worker Center, Allston, MA
Tracy, N., Siqueira, E., Ruf, A. & Brinkerhoff, C. (July, 09, 2020). Let’s Talk about Race: A Panel discussion in Portuguese about the intersections of race and health in immigrant communities. Facebook Live. Available at https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=919377361903512&ref=search
International Woman Network in Solidarity Conference. Brinkerhoff, C. A. (March, 16, 2018). Panel presentation about the impact of immigration status and work environments on mental health of immigrant women. Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA.
Capetillo-Ponce, J., Brinkerhoff, C., Gecker, W., Andrews, A., Hanson, B., & Dewar, M. Visual Media and Urban Space: Finding the Connection Between Where We Live and What We See: Media and Gentrification in Jamaica Plain. A panel presentation for the X Annual Social Theory Forum (April, 24 and 25, 2013). Boston, MA.
Little, T.V., Torres, M.I., Gubrium, A., Brinkerhoff, C. & Manrique A.(2012). “Uno le transmite todo a los hijos”: Latino Parents’ Views of Their Roles as Sex Educators. A student poster presentation for the Fourth Biennial Siglo XXI Conference Sponsored by the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR). City University of New York (CUNY), NY.
Spencer, R., Johnson, K., Brinkerhoff, C., John, R., Nicholson, J., (2019). Teaching and Learning Through Doing Qualitative Methods: Researcher belonging and the challenge of bias in Brazilian immigrant mothers’ transnational networks of support. A Plenary presentation for the 2019 Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology Annual Conference on Qualitative Research Methods, Boston, MA.
Brinkerhoff, C., Sprague Martinez, L., Negrón , R., Siqueira, C. E., (2019). Immigration in the age of information and communication technologies: Implications for social support and health. An oral presentation for the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
Brinkerhoff, C., Sprague Martinez, L., Negrón , R., Siqueira, C. E., (2018). Immigration in the age of information and communication technologies: Implications for social support and health. A poster presentation for the American Public Health Association Conference, San Diego, CA.
Negrón , R., Sprague Martinez, L., Siqueira, C. E., Brinkerhoff, C. (2015). Transnationalism Networks and Culture: Implications for Health and Behavior. A panel presentation for the XXXV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Brighton, UK.
Siqueira, C.E., Negrón , R., Reich, A., Tracy, N., Troncoso, M., Brinkerhoff, C., Diaz, Y., Jaquez, J, Sprague Martinez, L. (2014) Cultural Conversations with Dominican and Brazilian Transnationals: Implications for Health and Wellbeing. A poster presentation for the 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference: Transdisciplinary Collaborations Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity, National Harbor, MD.
Negrón , R., Sprague Martinez, L., Reich, A., Jaquez, J., Brinkerhoff, C., Diaz, Y., Tracy, N., Troncoso, M., Siqueira, C.E. (2014). Transnational Networks: Implications for the Study of Culture and Health. A poster presentation for the 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference: Transdisciplinary Collaborations Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity, National Harbor, MD.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Brinkerhoff, C. A. & Ewing, T. (June, 25 and 26, 2021). Leadership Workshop: “Marielle Franco.” A day long workshop for the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD). 35th Annual Summer Institute: “Building a Better Future” Zoom Conference, Boston, MA.
Brinkerhoff, C. A. (May, 29, 2021). Career Prep – Dreamer’s Fellowship. Workshop presentation for immigrant youth. Brazilian Worker Center, Allston, MA
Tracy, N., Siqueira, E., Ruf, A. & Brinkerhoff, C. (July, 09, 2020). Let’s Talk about Race: A Panel discussion in Portuguese about the intersections of race and health in immigrant communities. Facebook Live. Available at https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=919377361903512&ref=search
International Woman Network in Solidarity Conference. Brinkerhoff, C. A. (March, 16, 2018). Panel presentation about the impact of immigration status and work environments on mental health of immigrant women. Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA.
Capetillo-Ponce, J., Brinkerhoff, C., Gecker, W., Andrews, A., Hanson, B., & Dewar, M. Visual Media and Urban Space: Finding the Connection Between Where We Live and What We See: Media and Gentrification in Jamaica Plain. A panel presentation for the X Annual Social Theory Forum (April, 24 and 25, 2013). Boston, MA.
Little, T.V., Torres, M.I., Gubrium, A., Brinkerhoff, C. & Manrique A.(2012). “Uno le transmite todo a los hijos”: Latino Parents’ Views of Their Roles as Sex Educators. A student poster presentation for the Fourth Biennial Siglo XXI Conference Sponsored by the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR). City University of New York (CUNY), NY.
Grants
2013-2016 Graduate Research Assistant. Sprague Martinez, L.S., Negron, R. & Siqueira, C.E. Transnationalism, Networks and Culture: Implications for Health and Behavior, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research & National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (R24MD00819), $493,873.
2014-2016 Post Master’s Supplement Recipient. Sprague Martinez, L.S., Negron, R., Siqueira, C.E. & Brinkerhoff, C.A. Diversity Supplement. Transnationalism, Networks and Culture: Implications for Health and Behavior, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, (R24MD00819-02S1), $109,316.
2014-2016 Post Master’s Supplement Recipient. Sprague Martinez, L.S., Negron, R., Siqueira, C.E. & Brinkerhoff, C.A. Diversity Supplement. Transnationalism, Networks and Culture: Implications for Health and Behavior, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, (R24MD00819-02S1), $109,316.
Awards and Honors
2014 NIMHD Diversity Supplement Awardee 2014 (3R24MD008819-02S1) – Boston, MA
2014 James E. Blackwell prize for graduate outstanding academic achievement – Boston, MA
2013 Mount Sinai International Exchange for Minority Students Fellowship – NY, NY/ RJ- Brazil
2011 Distinction in Sociology, University of Massachusetts – Boston, MA
2011 John F. Kennedy Award nominee, University of Massachusetts – Boston, MA
2014 James E. Blackwell prize for graduate outstanding academic achievement – Boston, MA
2013 Mount Sinai International Exchange for Minority Students Fellowship – NY, NY/ RJ- Brazil
2011 Distinction in Sociology, University of Massachusetts – Boston, MA
2011 John F. Kennedy Award nominee, University of Massachusetts – Boston, MA
Graduation Year
2022 (expected)
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