My research interests include an examination of the ways in which gender intersects with national identity and national narratives. My work in Finland examined several women's associations which represented a range of perspectives on female identity and notions of citizenship. In this research I explore the contradictions contained in the political power women in Finland hold and the limitations of that power. More recently I have been engaged with topics in the area of medical anthropology, looking at public health issues in the U.S., primarily in the area of tuberculosis. I have been conducting fieldwork into the nature of collaborations between public and private agencies in terms of control, treatment and definition of disease. I will be expanding this research to include an exploration of how the triangle of tuberculosis, substance, and AIDS impacts on access to primary medical services and institutions.

Representative Publications:

1988. "Women's association in Finland: Links between feminism and the welfare state." Canadian Women's Studies Journal, 9(2), 48-50.

1996. "Gender and National Identity in Finland, An Exploration into Women's Political Agency." Women's Studies International Forum, Vol. 19, Nos. 1/2, pp. 55-63.