Christina Getrich, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland-College Park
Areas of Expertise: Immigration and Health Policy, Health Equity, Mixed-Status Families, Immigrant Young Adults
Christina M. Getrich is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the associate director of the Center for Global Migration Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focuses broadly on the health, well-being, and incorporation of mixed-immigration status families in the United States. Her current research examines how Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are forging political inclusion in the everyday by strategically deploying navigational capital and engaging in everyday activism in solidarity with other immigrants. Dr. Getrich is the author of Border Brokers: Children of Mexican Immigrants Navigating U.S. Society, Laws, and Politics (University of Arizona Press, 2019) and numerous peer-reviewed articles in interdisciplinary journals including Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, and Social Science and Medicine.
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