Mai See Thao

Ph.D.

Mai See Thao, Ph.D. is a medical anthropologist who studies post-refugee experiences with chronic disease and how they illuminate the structural vulnerabilities that refugees continue to face as they age in their place of home/resettlement. Her research addresses the interconnections of violence and care, aging for refugees, and the intervention of public humanities.

Thao is a community-based participatory researcher (CBPR), teaching social science theory to community members and leading community-based projects on the social determinants of health for type 2 diabetes, as well as a traveling exhibit on Hmong historical trauma and healing in Wisconsin.