Dr. Cati Coe

Biography

Cati Coe is a Canada Research Chair in Political Science at Carleton University, specializing in transnational migration, care, aging, and social protection policy, particularly in the context of West Africa. She has an extensive academic background, holding a BA (Hons) from Wesleyan University and both an MA and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Coe is recognized for her work on transnational families and care work, with notable publications including 'Scattered Family: Parenting, African Migrants, Global Inequality' (2013), 'New American Servitude: Political Belonging African Immigrant Home Care Workers' (2019), and 'Changes Care: Aging, Migration Social Class West Africa' (2021). She joined Carleton University in 2022 after twenty years at Rutgers University, where she taught anthropology. Her current research focuses on how transnational migrants navigate social protection systems and explores the historical context of Canadian pension residency requirements. Coe is also actively engaged in making her research accessible to the public through opinion pieces and documentary films related to older adults' care dynamics in different cultural settings.

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