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Teresa Sobieszczyk
Associate Professor
Fax: 406-243-5951Email: teresa.sobieszczyk@mso.umt.edu
Office: Social Sciences 303
Office Hours:
On sabbatical for the 2017-2018 academic year
Personal WebsiteCurriculum Vitae
Current Position
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Courses
Education
Ph.D., Development Sociology, Cornell University
Research Interests
Research Interests:
My research has taken me to many parts of Asia, and I've lived and worked in rural Thailand for nearly five years (first as a Peace Corps volunteer and later as a researcher), as well as Vietnam and Japan. In my research, I employ both qualitative, quantitative, and mixed approaches.
I am currently working on several projects:
1) a cross-national comparative project examining access to health care and health care decision-making in remote rural areas that lack doctors and most other medical services. I completed data collection for the Thailand phase in August 2006 with the support of a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Area Studies Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. My research for the Montana phase has taken me to West Yellowstone, Stanford, Helena, Ekalaka, and Broadus.
2) a project on Thai women married to Japanese men and how their marriage and residence in Japan have impacted their gender roles and social status
3) a project on eco-tourism and sustainable development in Vietnam, with data drawn from my Fulbright Scholarship to Vietnam in 2012-13
Projects
Selling a Cow for an MRI: Barriers to Health Care in Remote Rural Areas of Thailand
Moving Out but Not Up: The Marriage Migration of Thai Women in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Modeling Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study of Mango Bay Resort, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
Where There Is No Doctor: Four Remote Rural Communities' Struggles to Retain Mid-Level Providers in Montana
Field of Study
Development Sociology
Social Demography
Research Methods
Women's and Gender Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
Publications
See CV
Honors
Fulbright to Vietnam (2012-13)
Fulbright-Hays to Thailand (2007)
Fulbright-Hays to Thailand (1998-99)
Languages
English, Thai, Spanish, Vietnamese, German
Home Department
Department of Sociology
Area of Expertise
Eugenics; Fair Trade; Gender Studies; Global Footprints; Human Trafficking in Asia; International Development and Labor Migration; Marriage Migration; Southeast Asian Studies; Population Studies; Peace Corps; Poverty; Stratification; Sustainable Development; Thailand and Vietnam
Chair Director Departments
International Development Studies
Affiliations
International Development Studies Program
Peace Corps Prep. Program
Women's and Gender Studies Program
South and Southeast Asian Studies Program
Global Public Health Program
Hobbies
Gardening, hiking, the symphony chorale, cooking and eating Asian food, travel, and reading.