MEDIA

MEDIA

Dr. Heide Castañeda is a member of the Scholars Strategy Network, which connects journalists, policymakers, and civic leaders with America’s top researchers to improve policy and strengthen democracy.

Please direct all media inquiries to hcastaneda@usf.edu

Recent Media Engagements:

“Study Finds DACA Immigrants Struggle with Poor Mental Health.” Tampa Bay Times, November 20, 2022.
“What has the Pandemic Taught US About Borders?” Tampa Bay Times, February 11, 2022.
“USF anthropology professor will talk migration, borders at Conference of World Affairs.” St. Pete Catalyst, January 28, 2022.
“Why COVID-19 killed Texas border residents in shocking numbers.” El Paso Matters, June 22, 2021.
“Undocumented students at USF find clarity amid confusion through ‘UndocUnited.” Tampa Bay Times, April 15, 2021.
"A Perfect Storm for DACA Recipients and Their Families." USF Magazine, April 10, 2021.
2020-2021 USF College of Arts & Sciences Frontiers of Knowledge/Trail Blazers Series
"Immigrant Communities in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Old and New Insights on Mobility, Bordering Regimes, and Social Inequality," (with W.D. Lopez). Items: Insights from the Social Sciences. Social Science Research Council, October 29, 2020.
“A Perfect Storm for DACA Recipients and their Families,” USF Magazine Fall 2020
A Partial Perspective S1 E3: Dr Heide Castañeda on Protests, Medical Anthropology, and Migrant Health During COVID-19
“Author Heide Castañeda Presents Narrative on Mixed Families Living along the Border,” The Guilfordian, April 7, 2020.
“Supreme Court Should Protect DACA Program, Not Rescind It,” The Oracle, November 13, 2019.
“Life and Resistance for Migrant Families in the Rio Grande,” NACLA, June 26, 2019.
“2019 Reads for the Rest of Us,”Ms. Magazine, February 13, 2019.
"Borders of Belonging: Mixed-Status Families and the Impacts of Family Separation on Population Health. Int" Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, November 18, 2019.
"Number of U.S. Undocumented Immigrants Falls to Lowest Number in a Decade, New Study Finds." Deseret News November 4, 2018.
"President Trump Ramped up Rhetoric on Immigration Before the Midterms. Did it Work?" Deseret News, November 11, 2018.
"When Everyone Is a Suspect: How Vehicle Inspections Terrorize Immigrant Communities." Truthout, June 29, 2018.
"Zero Tolerance." No Jargon podcast. June 22, 2018.
"Migration is Part of the Human Experience but is Far from Natural." Nature Human Behaviour, 2017.
"With Attention Elsewhere, Healthcare for Millions Quietly Still at Risk," (with Jessica Mulligan and Mark Schuller), Huffington Post, June 2, 2017.
"Trumps Angriff auf elf Millionen." Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 16, 2017.
"Can Obama Allow Some Undocumented Immigrants to Stay?" Houston Chronicle, June 17, 2016.
"Why Deferred Action is Important," Rio Grande Guardian, April 19, 2016.
"Why Americans in 19 States Are Excluded from the Affordable Care Act." WNYC: The Leonard Lopate Show, December 16, 2016.
"Life in ObamaCare's Dead Zone," New York Times Magazine, December 6, 2016.
"How the Supreme Court Decision on United States v. Texas Will Affect Millions of Families," The Conversation, June 16, 2016.
"American Politicians' Reactions to Refugees Echo Past Xenophobia: Which Side of History Do We Want to Be On?," (with Seth M. Holmes and Jennifer Burrell), Huffington Post, November 20, 2015.
"The Uncertain Future of Undocumented Children," Sun Sentinel, March 25, 2015.
"De Blasio Gathers Mayors to Support Obama Immigration Order." Bloomberg News, December 8, 2014.
"Encounters of Violence and Care: Central American Transit Migration through Mexico," (with Kristin Yarris), Somatosphere, September 2, 2014.
"From Alienation to Protection: Central American Child Migration," (with Lauren Heidbrink and Kristin Yarris), Access Denied: A Conversation on Unauthorized Im/migration and Health, September 4, 2014.
"Tales from the Border: USF Professor Visits Texas and Mexico," WUSF News, August 6, 2014.
"Zu Gast: Heide Castañeda," Der Taggesspiegel, June 23, 2012.
"Das Schicksal der Roma in Berlin: Gastprofessorin Heide Castañeda forscht an der Arbeitsstelle für Medizinethnologie der Freien Universität," campus.leben, June 2012.
"Grueling Life of Workers Behind Scene at Racetrack." SFGate, September 16, 2011.
"Medicine on the Backstretch: Migrant Racetrack Workers," Streamline: The Migrant Health News Source, January/April 2011."
"Cold Case Tampa Bay: USF Graduate Students Investigate and Develop Profiles of Five Unidentified Bodies in the Tampa Region." USF News, June 7, 2011

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