Guardian Quotes Professor Pruitt About Impact of Rural Hospital Closure
Professor Lisa Pruitt spoke to The Guardian for an Oct. 7 story, "Rural US town outraged as only hospital forced to shut." The story covers the impact of a hospital closure in the far north of California's Central Valley. The article details how Glenn Medical Center served nearly 28,000 people who will now have to travel more than 30 miles for emergency care. Read more.
Distinguished Professor of Law Lisa R. Pruitt is a Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar whose recent work explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity. Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts. She is the recipient of the law school’s 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award.