Dr. Rupcic is an anthropologist with public health training. Her program of research focuses on addressing the health-harming social needs of women, especially women Veterans. She was awarded a 5-year Career Development Award from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to conduct research on improving cross-sectoral collaborations addressing the health-harming legal needs (e.g., eviction, protection orders) of women Veterans experiencing intimate partner violence. She will begin leading this project in FY2027. As part of her advanced postdoctoral training, she is developing additional expertise in health systems research, implementation science, and quantitative methods. Her writing has been published in flagship anthropology journals, including American Anthropologist, Feminist Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Human Organization, and others. Her research has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, the Fulbright Program, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and others.
- BA, International Studies, University of Chicago, 2004
- MPH, Sociomedical Science Research, Columbia University, 2011
- Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, 2011
- PhD, Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2020
- Postdoctoral Training, Population Studies, Brown University, 2023
Education & Training
Rupcic S, Peltzman T, Jasuja GK, Price-Crist JD, Relyea MR, Portnoy GA, Hausmann LRM, Dichter ME, Griesemer I. (In Press). The civil legal needs of patients experiencing intimate partner violence in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 37(3),
Rupcic S, Shapiro LN, Seaman A, et al. Independence with others: Lessons for anthropology from postdocs in team science. Human Organization. 2024; 83(4):413-25.
Rupcic S. Biocarceral citizenship: Criminalizing through care in postapartheid South Africa. American Anthropologist. 2023; 125(4):771-82.
Rupcic S. Knowing rape: Turning ethnoracialized victims into moral citizens in post-apartheid South Africa. Feminist Anthropology. 2024; 5(1):167-81.
- Law and Humanities Interdisciplinary Junior Scholar, 2019
- Access to Justice Scholar, American Bar Foundation, 2024-2025
- Early Career Investigator Poster Presentation Award Winner, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Research Week, 2025
- Early Career Investigator Poster Presentation Award Winner, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Research Week, 2026
