Dilara Demir Bloom

I finished my doctoral degree in Sociology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick in January 2024. My dissertation examines the stories of medical students and recent graduates from diverse backgrounds advocating a community-driven healthcare system in the United States while having difficulties navigating the U.S. healthcare system. I got my MA in Sociology at Rutgers and MA in Human Rights at University College London. I am a researcher, union organizer and lecturer with critical and engaged pedagogies. I have research experience on community health, labour rights, higher education, organizations, and political-economic development, in addition to extensive project design and management experience in social projects with migrant women in Greece. I am trained as a mixed methods researcher, but I have more experience in qualitative and community-based participatory action research.