The spread of Covid-19 across the globe has been accompanied by a parallel plague—that of discrimination, hostility, and violence towards minorities and immigrants—an unfortunately familiar pattern in the history of disease. We pose an empirically urgent, normatively salient question: How might we mitigate against the scapegoating of, and even encourage pro-social behavior towards, ethnic minorities …

How an Inclusive Nationalism Can Prevent the Scapegoating of Ethnic Minorities during the Covid-19 Pandemic in India Read More »

Do racial disparities in police contact intensify during a pandemic? While recent research suggests racial and ethnic minority groups experience disproportionately high rates of Covid-19 infection and death, no studies have systematically examined the degree to which law enforcement practices have simultaneously become more burdensome for communities of color. This project aims to study the …

Policing Race and Place During a Pandemic: A Multi-City Study of Police Contact During Covid-19 Read More »

Although Covid-19 is impacting all communities, the distribution of its harms is not equal. Poor, urban people of color with compromised health are particularly hard-hit. Combining remote ethnographic and epidemiological research methods, we will explore how residents of underprivileged urban communities who suffer from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and associated stigmas manage their illness and …

Stigma Syndemics and End-Stage Kidney Disease in Disenfranchised Urban Communities Fighting Covid-19 Read More »

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented economic decline across the advanced economies, often exacerbating challenges inherited from previous crises. However, the policy responses to these common pressures in the initial “fast-burning” phase of the Covid-19-induced recession vary significantly across countries. This project uses a comparative political economy approach to make sense of this variation within …

Coping with Covid-19 – A Comparative Political Economy Analysis of Economic Policy Responses Read More »

Consistent with other crises, the Covid-19 pandemic portends substantial challenges to Latino college students, many of whom are first-generation college attendees and members of lower-income families. Significant increases in the percentage of Latino students enrolled in institutions of higher education are offset by Latinos’ persistent lag in college completion compared to other racial/ethnic groups (Excelencia …

Resilient Latinos: Educational Pathways and Careers in the Age of Covid-19 Read More »

During the current pandemic, misleading information has been spreading along with the pathogen. The availability of different social media outlets and access-enabling tools have amplified their dispersion. In Pakistan, the historical legacy of colonial subjugation contributes to a feeling of mistrust towards modernity and its epistemic expressions in the praxis of science and medicine. This …

The One with the Rumor: Diffusion of Covid-19-Related Misinformation in Pakistani Twitter Conversations Read More »

It is well known that Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on Black Americans who were already overrepresented in health disparities. We do not yet understand its impact on infant mortality. A critical issue in Cleveland, Ohio, babies born to Black mothers are three times as likely to die within their first year than those …

Addressing African American Infant Mortality Using Technology during the Covid-19 Crisis Read More »