ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF SOCIOLOGY
Dr. Tiffany D. Joseph
Dr. Joseph’s research and teaching interests explore: race, ethnicity, and migration in the Americas; the influence of immigration on the social construction of race in the U.S., immigrants' health and healthcare access; the impact of policy on people’s lives, and the experiences of faculty of color in academia.
Dr. Joseph’s newest book, titled Not All In: Race, Immigration, and Healthcare Exclusion in the Age of Obamacare (Johns Hopkins University Press, expected March 2025, now available for pre-order), explores how documentation status, race, and ethnicity influence the healthcare access of immigrants after comprehensive health reform.
She is also the author of Race on the Move: Brazilian Migrants and the Global Reconstruction of Race (Stanford University Press, 2015) that examines how US migration transforms Brazilian migrants’ understanding of race, racial classification and racism in the US and in Brazil after permanently returning. She most recently co-edited Reexamining Identity Taxation, Racism, and Sexism in the Academy (Routledge Press 2023) with Laura Hirshfield, which explores how race, gender, and other social identities shape the experiences of faculty of color and women faculty in academia. Her research has been published in various peer reviewed journals and featured in national media outlets.
She has received grants and awards from the Ford Foundation, Institute for Citizens and Scholars, Institute for International Education Fulbright Program, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Joseph is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Sociology and International Affairs Program at Northeastern University. She completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Michigan and was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Scholar at Harvard University. Dr. Joseph began her career as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University from 2013-2018.
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Joseph is also a graduate of Phillips Academy-Andover and Brown University. When not working, she enjoys traveling, trying out different fitness classes, and spending time with her family.
Words I Live and Work by
“All things are working for my good.”
“The journey of a thousand miles starts with one footstep.”
“Giving up is not an option.”
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”