
Shauna Leahy
Graduate Student
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
Shauna Leahy is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. Her research interests include the family, the elderly and caregiving; social capital, loneliness and social isolation; as well as how all of those come together in disaster situations. She holds a B.S. in sociology from the University of Scranton, with minors in criminology and philosophy, and a M.A. in sociology from the University of Delaware. Shauna currently works as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Drug and Health Studies at the University of Delaware. In 2021, she successfully defended her master's thesis on “Sandwich Generation Caregiving During the COVID-19 Pandemic" and is currently continuing to work toward a Ph.D. in sociology. In her spare time, Shauna enjoys hanging out with her cat, Winnie, tending to her houseplants and listening to true crime podcasts.
Areas of Interest
The family and the elderly as a vulnerable population, disaster situations, policing and authority
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