Additional Positions
- Advanced Fellow in Women’s Health, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Meet Dr. Sonia Rupcic
Dr. Rupcic is an anthropologist with public health training. Her program of research focuses on addressing the health-harming social needs of those experiencing interpersonal violence. She is passionate about developing justice-oriented approaches to care. At VA, she leads and implementation and health services research that addresses the connections between healthcare and non-clinical problems like housing and financial hardship, especially among women Veterans. Her research identifies implementation strategies for coordinating medical-legal services that are aligned with principles of person-centeredness and trauma-informed care. Her methodological expertise is in qualitative research, especially ethnography. As part of her advanced postdoctoral training, she is developing additional expertise in health systems research, implementation science, and quantitative methods. Her writing has been published in flagship anthropology journals, including American Anthropologist, Feminist Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Human Organization, and others. Her research has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, the Fulbright Program, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and others.
Rupcic S, Shapiro LN, Seaman A, et al. Independence with others: Lessons for anthropology from postdocs in team science. Human Organization. Routledge, 2024 Oct 1;83(4):413–25.
Rupcic S. Biocarceral citizenship: Criminalizing through care in postapartheid South Africa. American Anthropologist. 2023;125(4):771–82.
Rupcic S. Knowing rape: Turning ethnoracialized victims into moral citizens in post-apartheid South Africa. Feminist Anthropology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2024 May 1;5(1):167–81.
Rupcic S. Awaiting a Fair Trial: Long-Term Remand Detention and Legal Representation. South African Crime Quarterly. 2023 Dec 1;(72):2–26