Kapriskie Seide

Kapriskie Seide serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Davidson College, where her research examines health inequities among underserved populations including people with disabilities and racial-ethnic minorities through the lens of social inequality.

Her educational background includes a

• Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Miami
• M.P.H. in Public Health from the University of New England
• B.A. in Sociology from Fitchburg State University

Dr. Seide specializes in Medical Sociology and Disability Studies with critical focus on Global Health and Race/Ethnicity dynamics. Her current research investigates embodied experiences of Haitian earthquake survivors with acquired disabilities, analyzing how disaster contexts shape health outcomes in the Global South. She actively explores the social construction of disability across cultural settings while expanding her geographical scope beyond Haiti.