Tiffany D. Joseph

Examines how health policy shifts fail to fully serve immigrant communities due to structural racism and anti-immigrant rhetoric and enforcement measures.

Explores the diversity-related labor that marginalized faculty, students, and staff are expected to perform because of their social identities – i.e., “identity taxation” in US higher education institutions. It compiles new research on cultural and identity taxation to highlight how systemic racism and patriarchy perpetuate identity taxation in 21st century US academe.

Examines how sanctuary cities attempt to improve immigrant safety and wellbeing. Highlights ongoing challenges immigrants face in these cities and shows how organizational workers implement additional practices to address broader definitions of safety and health, enhancing the effectiveness of sanctuary policies.

Argues that W.E.B. Du Bois' concept of the "color line" remains relevant in understanding contemporary social and political issues in the 21st century United States. Reviews Du Bois' double consciousness theory and applies it to modern experiences of marginalization, demonstrating how it helps explain contemporary struggles for socio-political inclusion among people of color and enhances our understanding of citizenship.

Shows how such stratification may worsen existing disparities in healthcare coverage and access among the U.S. population using existing survey research regarding national Affordable Care Act implementation and a qualitative study of AffordableCare Act implementation in Boston, Massachusetts.

Examines the ACA reform using the Massachusetts reform as a comparative case study to outline how citizenship status influences individuals’ coverage options under both policies. Discusses other states that provide coverage to ACA-ineligible immigrants and the implications of uneven ACA implementation for immigrants and citizens nationwide.

Highlights the experiences of Brazilian return migrants, who after navigating racial categories and discrimination in the U.S., must racially readapt to their native Brazil, a country with comparatively fluid racial categories and cordial interracial relations.

Outlines differences in the Massachusetts and Affordable Care Act Reforms and compares how marginalized populations (i.e. immigrants, minorities) in that state and across the country will not fully benefit from the policy due to existing disparities in healthcare, mistrust of the healthcare system, and difficulty enrolling for and using coverage.

Explores the healthcare barriers that remain to using health services for immigrants in Massachusetts after implementation of the 2006 health reform.