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Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson
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graduate student associates
Department of Anthropology
UC Santa Barbara
Broom Center Affiliation(s)

Graduate Student Fellow

Emily Johnson is a Mesoamerican paleoethnobotanist pursuing her Ph.D. in Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara. She has conducted excavations and/or analyses of archaeological sites in Turkey, Guatemala, Mexico, and throughout the United States. Her current research is focused on investigating the timing, spread, and development of the nixtamalization process throughout ancient Mesoamerica. Nixtamalization involves soaking and cooking maize kernels in an alkaline solution made of slaked lime, a cooking method that makes niacin (vitamin B3) available to the body for absorption. This study will be the first to address gaps in knowledge regarding the evolution and spread of nixtamalization, a process that enhances the nutritional value of maize and is recognized by UNESCO as an intangible heritage of humanity. This research involves the integration of two of the Broom Center’s areas of research: Population Health and Environment and Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity.

Sandy Sum

Sandy
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graduate student associates
Department of Economics
UC Santa Barbara
Broom Center Affiliation(s)

Graduate Student Fellow

Sandy is a Ph.D. candidate in economics and environmental science at the Bren School. Her research investigates how environmental change and policies shape and are shaped by patterns of social and economic inequalities. Her recent projects have been centered on equity issues arising from water scarcity in California. Prior to joining UCSB, she was a Research Analyst at the Global Policy Lab at UC Berkeley, where she helped develop quantitative approaches for valuing natural capital for the sustainable development of Māori land in New Zealand. Sandy holds an MA in Economics from UCSB and a BA in Economics from the National University of Singapore.

What do your neighbors think about you? How perceived neighborhood attitudes towards Latinos influence mental health among a pregnant Latina cohort.

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†Chua, K. J., †Knorr, D., *Jimenez, J., *Rojas, V., *Francia, A., *Garcia, J. I., & Fox, M. 2023.

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Journal of Racial and Ethnic Disparities. 1-12.

both authors contributed equally.

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San Juanita García

Juanita
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research associates
Chicana and Chicano Studies
UCSB
Assistant Professor

San Juanita García is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Juanita’s broad research interests are: immigration, Latinx sociology, social determinants of health, sociology of mental health, intersectionality, and aging. Her research explores how a deportation regime and racialization practices embedded in an anti-immigrant climate and social institutions fuel discrimination and their impacts on the stress and mental health of Mexican-origin women. 

Kristine Chua

Krisitne
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research associates
Anthropology
UC Santa Barbara
Postdoctoral Scholar

Kristine Joy Chua is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara. Her work integrates evolutionary and biocultural perspectives for understanding human pregnancy and maternal-fetal stress biology in populations experiencing social and health inequalities. She works closely with pregnant Filipina women in the Philippines and Filipina American mothers in Southern California. She also examines the role cultural practices play in shaping health norms. Currently, she is exploring how the bidirectional exchange of maternal and fetal cells is sustained during pregnancy, and how the maternal immune system maintains tolerance for these fetal cells using a mixed-methods approach. In addition to her academic work, she maintains her commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through undergraduate mentorship, partnerships with K-12 educators, and collaborations with community stakeholders. She earned her BS in Psychobiology from UC Los Angeles, her MS in Psychology from Oklahoma State University, and her PhD from UC Los Angeles.

Noosha Uddin

Noosha
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graduate student associates
Department of Political Science
UC Santa Barbara
Broom Center Affiliation(s)

Graduate Student Fellow

Noosha Uddin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. Her research interests include labor migration, citizenship, and energy politics in the Persian Gulf, and her dissertation examines the interplay of drivers at the migrant, state, and international levels that lead to substantial reform of the region’s guest worker-sponsorship system (kafala, in Arabic). Noosha also has research experience in energy and environmental security and in political and economic implications to national energy transitions. In addition to her affiliation with the Broom Center, Noosha is a graduate assistant of the Energy Governance and Political Economy (EGAPE) Lab at UCSB as part of the institution’s 2035 Initiative, and a member of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES). 

Child Citizenship Status in Immigrant Families and Differential Parental Time Investments in Siblings.

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Wikle, Jocelyn, and Ackert, Elizabeth. 2022. 

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Social Sciences (Special Issue: “Rethinking the Mobilities of Migrant Children and Youth Across the Americas”). 11(11):507.
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11110507

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