Conversations on Caring

Building from their work on public health, care work, and racial capitalism, the panelists discuss the lengthy and ongoing crisis in caring labor that has only been exacerbated by the current pandemic.

Carrie Freshour
Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Washington

Libby McClure 
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Occupational Safety and Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Data Health Analyst, DataWorks NC.

Snehal Patel
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Sharmila Rudrappa
Professor of Sociology & Director of the South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin

Relevant Research Clusters: Care Work, Essential Work, Work Across the Global South