Kristina Brant is a sociologist interested in the family and community dimensions of substance use. Her research concerns topics such as institutional responses to parental substance use disorder, family dynamics amid kinship care, and community understandings of addiction and recovery. Brant utilizes qualitative methods, including ethnography and in-depth interviewing, to examine these issues in rural U.S. communities, particularly rural Appalachia. In her Extension work, she puts this research into practice through community-based programming in rural Pennsylvanian communities. Brant has also conducted collaborative research on immigration policy and social support networks.
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When Mamaw Becomes Mom: Social Capital and Kinship Family Formation amid the Rural Opioid Crisis
Brant, K., May 1 2022, In: RSF. 8, 3, p. 78-98 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DACAmented in the age of deportation: navigating spaces of belonging and vulnerability in social and personal live
Gonzales, R. G., Brant, K. & Roth, B., Jan 2 2020, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 43, 1, p. 60-79 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
(Un)authorized Transitions: Illegality, DACA, and the Life Course
Gonzales, R. G., Ellis, B., Rendón-García, S. A. & Brant, K., Oct 2 2018, In: Research in Human Development. 15, 3-4, p. 345-359 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review