Thurka Sangaramoorthy
Thurka Sangaramoorthy is professor of anthropology at American University. She is a cultural anthropologist with expertise in medical anthropology and epidemiology. Her research focuses on improving care for those living with HIV, developing more effective care systems for non-citizen immigrants, amplifying local community expertise as a transformative tool for enacting policies and practices that effectively address disparate environmental risks in communities of color, and advocating for social justice. Her writings on these topics appear in a wide range of scholarly and mainstream publications. She is also the author of Rapid Ethnographic Assessments: A Practical Approach and Toolkit for Collaborative Community Research (Routledge, 2020) and Treating AIDS: Politics of Difference, Paradox of Prevention (Rutgers University Press, 2014)
Latest articles
page 1 of 2Why a Mexican Flag Flies in Trump Country
Rural America faces a choice around immigration–one of exclusion or shared community
What Rural America Can Learn from Haitian Immigrants
Immigrant communities have developed sophisticated survival strategies. Those lessons can serve rural people facing their own crisis of abandonment.
Networks of Care: How Rural Immigrants Build Community
When formal systems fail, mutual aid sustains rural life
When Language Becomes a Barrier to Health Care
Lack of interpreters and clinician bias creates unequal access for rural immigrants
Band-Aid Care: When Keeping Rural People Healthy Requires Creative Solutions
Improvised networks of health care remain a lifeline for communities that formal systems have failed
The Unseen Workers Behind Maryland’s Iconic Blue Crabs
The labor of immigrant women sustains a cherished cultural tradition
