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Dr. Nekehia Quashie

Assistant Professor,
University of Rhode Island
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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Dr. Nekehia Quashie


Assistant Professor,
University of Rhode Island

Bio

My research focuses on the social demography of population ageing within a comparative international perspective.  My main research interests lie at the intersection of family and health in later life and include four  main areas: 1) family availability (e.g. childless, (unpartnered), 2) relations (intergenerational support, caregiving, grandparenting), 3) health- physical and mental, and 4) subjective well-being (life satisfaction).  In each of these, I am attentive to social inequalities of gender and socio-economic status.  Much of my current research focuses on the declining availability of kin and the implications for later life health and well-being across different countries. My current geographic areas of interest include Latin America, the Caribbean, South-East Asia, and Europe.

Education

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
PhD, 2014
Sociology
2007 To 2014
Dissertation: Intergenerational Support in Urban Latin America and the Caribbean: Perspectives of Older Adults and Their Children
Advisor: Kim Korinek

Job History

College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Bangkok, Thailand
January 2015 - March 2019

University of Utah, Sociology Department
Teaching Assistant
Salt Lake City
August 2008 - May 2014

Areas Of Expertise

  • Caregiving
  • Crossnational Studies
  • Demography
  • Family
  • Family: Parenthood/Parent-Adult Child Relations
  • Gender
  • Global Aging
  • Intergenerational Relations
  • International Aging
  • Social Support
  • Welfare
  • Well-Being

Discipline

  • Sociology