Frania Mendoza Lua, PhD, MSW
Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Disparities Research Scholars Program
Email: flua@wisc.edu
Dr. Mendoza Lua investigates how inequality and immigrant exclusion via social policies shape families, family planning, fertility decisions, and sexual and reproductive health. She holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, an MSW from the University of Michigan, and dual B.A. degrees in Political Science and Anthropology from UCLA, and also has practice experience as a trauma informed youth organizer and social worker.