Background and Research Focus:
Kyle Gresenz (he/him) is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the School of Social and Family Dynamics. Kyle also serves as the Director of Foundation Development at the ASU Foundation. Kyle is an experienced fundraiser, with a specialty in charitable grants and foundation relations, previously working in a consulting role for non-profits and educational grants.
In his research, Kyle focuses on the intersections of healthcare, queer identity, and rural geography to understand the intersecting and compounding factors that contribute to distinct population-specific healthcare access limitations, utilization barriers, and relevant outcomes. Kyle's dissertation, entitled: "Queer Out Here: Quantifying Healthcare Access, Utilization, and Health Insurance Use for Queer People in the Rural United States of America", serves as a national quantitative study on the status of queer rural healthcare, providing a foundational perspective that situates geography, social identity, and institutions together to understand how to advance health equity.
Kyle Gresenz (he/him) is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the School of Social and Family Dynamics. Kyle also serves as the Director of Foundation Development at the ASU Foundation. Kyle is an experienced fundraiser, with a specialty in charitable grants and foundation relations, previously working in a consulting role for non-profits and educational grants.
In his research, Kyle focuses on the intersections of healthcare, queer identity, and rural geography to understand the intersecting and compounding factors that contribute to distinct population-specific healthcare access limitations, utilization barriers, and relevant outcomes. Kyle's dissertation, entitled: "Queer Out Here: Quantifying Healthcare Access, Utilization, and Health Insurance Use for Queer People in the Rural United States of America", serves as a national quantitative study on the status of queer rural healthcare, providing a foundational perspective that situates geography, social identity, and institutions together to understand how to advance health equity.
Collaborative Research:
Kyle Gresenz has worked on numerous collaborative research projects at Arizona State University, including the following:
Kyle Gresenz has worked on numerous collaborative research projects at Arizona State University, including the following:
- The Global Center for Applied Health Research (PI: Stephen Kulis)
- The Arizona Youth Identity Project (PI: Nilda Flores-Gonzales)
- The Phoenix Community Relations Project (PI: Monica McDermott)
- The Social and Health Inequities Research Training Program (PI: Gilberto Lopez)
Teaching:
Kyle has taught the following courses as instructor of record at Arizona State University:
Kyle has taught the following courses as instructor of record at Arizona State University:
- SOC 427: The Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOC 448: Epidemics and Society
Education:
Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology, Arizona State University (In Progress).
Master of Pubic Health (MPH), University of Arizona (2019).
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Communication, Arizona State University (2012).
Reviewer:
Rural Sociology
Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology, Arizona State University (In Progress).
Master of Pubic Health (MPH), University of Arizona (2019).
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Communication, Arizona State University (2012).
Reviewer:
Rural Sociology
Follow me on Twitter @kgresenz.
Publications
F. Marsiglia, S. Kulis, Olalla Cutrín, M. Medina-Mora, Tania Real, B. Nuño-Gutiérrez, M. Corona, M. Mendoza-Meléndez, Kyle Gresenz, Dania Alcala-Calvillo
Prevention Science, 2022
Projects
Arizona Youth Identity Project
The Arizona Youth Identity Project (AZYIP) examines how U.S.-born young adults in Arizona perceive their identity and status as Americans in the context of rapidly changing economic, demographic, and political conditions.
Global Center for Applied Health Research
GCAHR’s mission is to design, implement, and test evidence-based and culturally appropriate interventions to improve the health and wellbeing through equitable research collaborations between transnational teams of researchers and community partners.
Phoenix Community Relations Project
The Phoenix Community Relations Project is a study to understand how residents of the Phoenix area think about their community, the U.S. broader society, and what are the most important issues facing Phoenix and the U.S.
The Social and Health Inequities Research Training Program
The Social and Health Inequities Research Training Program trains students across academics levels to conduct health research. Topic of study is to understand COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant people living in Arizona.
Courses
SOC 427: Sociology of Health and Illness
This course provides insight into the social aspects of health and illness and sociological analysis of the healthcare system and its practitioners.
This course provides an overview of social factors and illness, the experience and meaning of illnesses, healthcare systems in the U.S. and around the globe, healthcare settings, technologies, the profession of medicine, health research, and bioethics.
SOC 448: Epidemics and Society
Epidemics throughout history not only provide significant disruption to public health typically in the form of infectious disease but also provide significant disruption to social life across societies.
This course provides an intro to epidemics, epidemiology, health institutions, colonialism and infectious diseases of the Americas, social stratification, health disparities, impact on societies, social change, and the future of public health.
