Rosalyn Negrón

Dr. Rosalyn Negrón serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, specializing in socio-cultural and urban anthropology with research applications spanning health policy, communication studies, and immigration frameworks.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida (2007)

Her research examines micro-processes of ethnic identification in daily urban interactions, focusing on how ethnicity shapes social networks and everyday practices among diverse populations. Methodologically, she integrates social network analysis with health disparities research and investigations into ethnic/racial minority participation in STEM fields.

Dr. Negrón has secured significant research funding from major institutions including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Ford Foundation.