JuanÌýRamirez

  • PhD Student of Geography
  • Occupational Justice
  • Health Disparities
  • Food Studies
  • Migration Studies
  • Transnationalism
  • Cultural Geographies
  • M.S. in Occupational Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University 2011
  • HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Research Interests

Understanding how space/place and occupation are engaged in a co-constitutive relationship by investigating Mexican migrant foodways in the Philadelphia Metro Area. I'm also interested in the formation of transnational/translocal identities, and the various ways in which migrant adaptation results in differing health outcomes.

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Prior to academia I worked in healthcare as an occupational therapist in the inpatient acute care setting working for various health systems, such as Virginia Mason Medical Center and University of ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½ Medical Center in Seattle, WA, and Boulder Community Health and UCHealth in the Denver Metro region. When not busy with research, teaching or providing patient care, I enjoy playing music, cycling around town, cooking food, being outdoors, making memes and cultivating a community that centers care and joy in each other's lives.


Advisor - Jennifer Fluri