Patricia Nickel

Research Scholar

Courtesy Appointment

Education

B.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha, Political Science, 1997
M.A., University of Nebraska at Omaha, Education, 1999
Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington, Public Administration and Public Policy, 2006

Teaching & Research Interests

Migration and Health
Governance and the Nonprofit Sector
Knowledge Production
Social Policy
Social and Political Theory

Dr. Patricia Nickel

Patricia Nickel is an Adjunct Research Fellow in the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington where she leads the Migration, Health, and Governing research programme. This research investigates the broad topic of migration, health, and governing through examination of the empirical practices associated with the migrant medical exam.

Patricia was previously tenured Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs and Affiliate Faculty in the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT) at Virginia Tech and served as Program Director of the Policy + System Change Network in the Center for Public Health Practice in the Colorado School of Public Health. Her research has appeared in Frontiers in Public Health, Public Health Reports, PS: Political Science & Politics, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Politics, Current Sociology, Sociology Compass, Administration and Society, and American Behavioral Scientist.