About Nekehia

I am a sociologist and population health scholar. Broadly, my research is motivated by understanding how social welfare policies and socioeconomic inequality shape families’ roles in social support, health, and well-being of older adults across different societies.

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Studies at the University of Rhode Island, and I hold a PhD in Sociology from the University of Utah. I am a former Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Technical University of Dortmund (Germany), and the College of Population Studies at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand).

My research interests include global population ageing, family and health in later life, and social inequality. Some of my ongoing research examines topics of childlessness, partnership quality, living arrangements, and family caregiving in relation to later life health and well-being. I examine these topics in global regions of Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Europe.

Currently, I serve as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, and the Regional Liaison for Latin America and the Caribbean within the editorial college of The Journal of Global Ageing.