Scholar In 2016, wanting to research care politics more deeply, I started a PhD program at Brown University in American Studies. I'm now working on my dissertation, which will inform my next book. Next Book/Dissertation Mother. Nurse. Housewife. Maid: Gender, Race, and Care Justice in America. Fields of Study Medicine, Health, and Disease in the U.S.Women’s Care LaborOld Age in AmericaBioethics and the Media