Isabella Bouklas

Fellow, von der Heyden Global Fellows 2025-26

Isabella Bouklas is a PhD candidate in the Sociology department at Duke. Her primary research interests involve using quantitative methods and longitudinal data to investigate the pathways by which structural racism impacts health across the life course. Some of these pathways include racial residential segregation, pollution exposure, nutrition access, and incarceration. Her dissertation research examines the joint impacts of racial residential segregation and air pollution exposure on cognitive aging. Prior to arriving at Duke, she earned her BA in sociology and psychology with minors in philosophy and gender studies from Stony Brook University.