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Jen'nan Read is a Professor of Sociology at Duke University, with joint appointments as Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and Research Professor of Global Health. She also serves as a Faculty Research Scholar at Duke's Population Research Center (DuPRI). Her research focuses on immigration, health disparities, and racial/ethnic classification, particularly examining Arab American and Muslim communities in the United States.
Dr. Read earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001 and 1997 respectively, and completed her undergraduate studies with a B.A. from Midwestern State University in 1995.
Dr. Read's research centers on the complex intersections of immigration status, race, ethnicity, gender, and health outcomes. She has made significant contributions to understanding health disparities among immigrant populations, particularly focusing on Arab Americans and the often-overlooked heterogeneity within white racial categories. Her work challenges conventional census classifications and examines how data disaggregation can reveal important health patterns that broader categories mask. She has extensively studied how religious identity, particularly Islam, interacts with gender and immigration status to shape health outcomes and social integration.
Analysis of Dr. Read's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on data disaggregation to uncover hidden health disparities. Her work increasingly examines how seemingly homogeneous racial categories like "white" mask significant health differences among ethnic subgroups. Recent publications show a growing emphasis on mental health outcomes alongside physical health, and a continued interest in how immigration patterns affect health across generations. Her research methodology typically involves sophisticated analysis of large national datasets with attention to nuanced classification systems.
- 2022 Census Study (2022-2023)
- ACCESS Arab American Research Initiative (2016-2018)
- Thriving after Surviving: Strategies for Improving Muslim Refugee Student Outcomes (2018)
- Flourishing mental health in caregivers: A mixed methods study of religion and virtuous practices across four countries and religious traditions (2016-2018)
- Challenges and Prospects for Disaggregating Health Data among Whites (2016-2017)
Dr. Read teaches courses including SOCIOL 255: Sociology of Immigration and Health and SOCIOL 393: Research Independent Study. Her research has been featured in numerous news outlets including coverage of her work on health gaps between foreign and native-born U.S. whites and Black Americans' mental resilience to discrimination.
