Misty Harris

PhD

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Misty Harris

PhD

Misty Harris

PhD

Teaching Assistant Professor - Singapore Institute of Management (SIM)

Research Interests

Social Inequalities and Health; Medicalization; Sociology of Knowledge; Sociology of Education; Rural Sociology

Bio

Misty Harris, PhD, is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Buffalo program at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). Broadly, her research examines the relationships between social inequalities and health, with a focus on spatial health inequalities. She is concerned with place as a spatial or geographical location, as well as a social position. She is also interested in a critical examination of the concept of health, and more generally in rural health and education, medicalization, and stigma and health.

Education

  • PhD, West Virginia University, 2023
  • MPH, Case Western Reserve University, 2014
  • BA, University of Kansas, 2005

Recent Courses

  • Classical Sociological Theory
  • Individual and Society
  • Sociology of Families
  • Social Inequalities and Health