BRIAN TUOHY Department of Sociology 1822 S. Bishop St, Unit 302 1126 E. 59 th St 60608 60637 btuohy@uchicago.edu Academic Positions University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Postdoctoral Fellow September 2018-2020 Education Ph.D. Sociology August, 2018 Dissertation Title: Mexican Chicago: Modes of Incorporation in a Mexican American Network Research interests: Immigration, Health, Urban Sociology, and Race & Ethnicity Special Fields: Qualitative Methods (course sequence) and Urban Immigration: Race, Ethnicity and Acculturation (Honors Pass) M.A. Sociology October 2011 Thesis: It s Not My Place, It s Theirs : An Ethnographic Exploration of Community in a Changing Ethnic Neighborhood University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom Master of Studies in The Study of Religion October 2010 Honors First in Christianity University of Rochester Bachelor of Arts Degree in Clinical and Social Psychology May 2007 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion May 2007 summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa Peer-Reviewed Publications Tuohy, Brian and Talen, Emily. Urban Design in a New Age of Immigration in City and Community, 16:4 (2017), pp. 374-379. Manuscripts Under Review Tuohy, Brian. Health Without Papers: Immigrants, Citizenship and Health in the 21 st Century (revise and resubmit) at Social Forces Manuscripts In Progress Tuohy, Brian. Siting Replenishment: The Role of Place in the Immigrant Incorporation Experience. In Progress Tuohy, Brian. Health Literacy and Vulnerable Populations: Understanding the Experiences of Undocumented Immigrants in the Healthcare Domain. In Progress Tuohy, Brian. Defining Community: A Case Study on Conflicting Interests in the Generation of Community Benefits Agreements, In Progress Tuohy, Brian and Cagney, Kathleen., Social Status and Inequality in Oral Health Care, In Progress
Fellowships and Awards T32 National Research Service Award (NSRA) Fellowship September 2015- August, 2018 Health Services Research Training Program at the CHESS Health Dissertation Improvement Grant October 2016-September 2017 Center for Health and the Social Sciences Division of the Social Sciences Research Grant July 2015- June 2016 Award amount: $5,200 Urban Doctoral Fellows Program Spring 2014- Fall 2015 Division of the Social Sciences Travel Grant Summer 2013 Used for travel to Warsaw, Poland to present at 4th Annual Humanity in Action Conference International House Graduate Residential Fellowship Fall 2011- Spring 2012 Award amount: $7,500 Social Sciences Fellowship Fall 2010- Spring 2015 Clarendon Fund Scholarship Fall 2009- Spring 2010 University of Oxford Full tuition and stipend fellowship awarded on the basis of academic merit and scholarly potential First Team Academic All-American 2006 ESPN the Magazine Truman Scholar Finalist 2007 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Teaching Experience Geographical Studies, Teaching Assistant for Urban Design: The Chicago Experience Autumn 2016 and 2017 Summer Program in Outcomes Research Training (SPORT) Center for Health and the Social Sciences Summer 2015, 2016 and 2017 Teaching Assistant and Course Organizer for Fundamental of Health Service Research Public Policy Studies, Teaching Assistant for Public Policy Implementation Spring 2015 and 2017 Harris School of Public Policy, Teaching Assistant Political Economy of Cities (Graduate Level) Autumn 2014 and 2016 Department of Sociology,
Teaching Assistant Urban Policy Analysis Autumn 2011 and 2012 Urban Structure and Process Spring 2013 Urban Health Spring 2013, 2014, 2016 Urban Field Research (Graduate Level) Spring 2014 Social Structure and Change Winter 2018 Coding and Analyzing Qualitative Data (Graduate Level) Winter and Spring 2018 Department of Psychology and Religion, University of Rochester Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Psychology Fall 2006 Teaching Assistant for History of Christianity Fall 2006 Selected Presentations Health in Mexican Chicago: On the power of undocumented status in influencing health outcomes for individuals and mixed status families, presentation to UCANU Workshop at Northwestern University, February 2 nd 2018. How am I supposed to know anything, do anything, when I have to live like this? Health Literacy, Fear, and the Power of Undocumented Status in Undocumented Immigrants Lives. Invited Guest Lecture for Professor Angela García s Immigration, Law and Society course, February 7 th, 2018 On Siting Replenishment: The Role of Place in the Mexican Immigrant Incorporation Process, Paper Presentation to the Migration and Incorporation Workshop at the, February 13 th, 2018 Healthcare and the Undocumented: An Ethnographic Examination of the Role of Documentation Status in Healthcare Experiences Academy Health NRSA Conference, Podium Presentation, June 19 th, 2017 Analyzing Health Literacy and the Transmission of Knowledge Amongst Undocumented Immigrants in a Context of Fear and Uncertainty Invited Presentation to Global Café for International Studies at Northwestern University, February 22 nd, 2017 If only I had those 9 digits : On the Power of Undocumented Status in Healthcare, AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, Poster Presentation, January 30 th -31 st, 2017 Immigrant Incorporation and the Healthcare System: On the Role of Federal Immigration and Healthcare Reform, Migration With(out) Boundaries, Michigan State University, October 21 st, 2016 Healthcare in Mexican Chicago : On the Power of Undocumented Status in Healthcare, Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment, University of Oxford, August 1 st, 2016 If only I had those 9 digits : On the Power of Undocumented Status in Mexican Chicago Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Annual NRSA Conference, Poster Presentation, June 25 th, 2016 Mexican Chicago: Modes of Incorporation in a Mexican-American Network Urban Workshop at the University of Chicago, May 24 th, 2016 Healthcare in Mexican Chicago: On the Power of Undocumented Status Health Economics Workshop at the, May 26 th 2016 They aren t Players, They re Animals : On Racism in Modern Football, Invited Presentation, Sport and Racism Panel at Humanity in Action s International Conference, June 27 th -June 30 th, 2013
Were There Two Tolstoys? An Examination of a Lifetime of Diaries Invited Talk at Russian Graduate Seminar, St. Antony s College, Oxford University, June 10 th, 2011 Are Theology Departments Going Extinct?: A Sociological Examination of The Evolution of Religious Studies in the 20 th Century, Presentation at the Oxford Center for Christianity and Culture, April 28 th, 2010 Editing and Reviewing American Journal of Sociology Member of Editorial Manuscript Assignment Board October 2015- September 2016 American Journal of Sociology Member of Editorial Book Review Board Autumn 2013-Summer 2015 Research Experience Robert R. McCormick Foundation Qualitative Researcher for Project on Youth Violence in Little Village July 2015- June 2016 National Opinion Research Center Graduate Research Assistant Summer 2014-Present University of New Orleans Participant Observer of Food Truck Vendors for Professor Renia Ehrenfeucht October-November, 2013 University Service Council on Advanced Studies, Coordinator for City, Society and Space Graduate Workshop Autumn 2013-Present Center for Scholarly Advancement, Scholarships and Fellowships Higher Education Fellow Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Chicago Ethnography Conference Committee Member Spring 2018 Human Rights and Advocacy Experience AmericaSCORES Coach/Tutor March 2014-February 2015 Uchicago Collegiate Scholars Program Program Assistant October 2010-August 2012 Humanity in Action New York, NY Senior Fellow Summer 2006-Present After a highly competitive selection process, participated in summer fellowship program that discussed different ways democracies attempt to ensure the protection of minority rights. New York State Division of Human Rights Case and Legal Intern Fall 2005 Drafted complaints and provided analyses of cases that dealt with unlawful discrimination in employment and housing. University of Rochester
Student Scholar Urban Fellows Summer 2005 Explored variety of urban issues impacting city of Rochester. Co-Founder University of Rochester Tours Fall 2005-Present Organized program, in consultation with Center for Youth and Aramark, that brings inner city high school students to tour campus. Helped establish scholarship for participating student that attends University of Rochester. American Sociological Association (2010-Present) Academy Health (2014-Present) Society of the Study of Social Problems (2016-Present) Professional Affiliations