Anthropology

Dr. Elise Berman

September 28, 2018 by Elise Berman
department: Anthropology
Elise Berman

Elise Berman

Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology

I am a linguistic, cultural, and psychological anthropologist. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] My work focuses on the politics of language and exchange, the social construction of age and childhood, the role of deception in social life, and variation in understandings of truth and knowledge across cultures and contexts. Concerned with the cultural nature of human development, I investigate how different childrearing ideologies and language socialization practices influence not only cultural reproduction and social change but also inequality at the local level—in the classroom—and at the global level—in universal human rights discourse on issues such as corporal punishment and child labor. My next project will be an analysis of racialization and code-switching among Marshallese immigrants in Arkansas classrooms.
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keywords: global health

Dr. Andrea Freidus

September 28, 2018 by Andrea Freidus
department: Anthropology

Andrea FreidusAssistant Professor
Department of Anthropology

I specialize in applied and medical anthropology. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I also have an MPH in global public health. I have worked in Latin America, Africa, and South Florida. My research has looked at the rise of grassroots transnational organizations targeting aid to orphans in Malawi, southern Africa. I explore the emerging global connections among volunteers, donors, development workers, program organizers and the directors associated with these organizations and the children they serve. I have also worked on projects that included an examination of risky sexual behavior between female long term tourists and local men in Monteverde, Costa Rica, farmworker experiences with eye injury and access to medical care in Immokalee, Florida, and community experiences with evacuation and relocation in and around Mount Tungurahua in Ecuador. My most current research examines the rise of volunteer tourism with orphans and the proliferation of International Medical Experiences (whereby undergraduates, medical students, and residents volunteer in health programs in the resource poor contexts).[/read]

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keywords: community healthglobal healthhealth systems and organizations

Dr. Sara Juengst

September 28, 2018 by Sara Juengst
department: Anthropology

Photo of Sara JuengstAssistant Professor
Department of Anthropology

I specialize in bioarchaeology and Andean archaeology and has conducted research in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I am particularly interested in using human skeletal remains to investigate the connections between health and social status in the past (and present). I have also worked with human remains to evaluate past medical practices (trepanation or skull surgery) and violence levels within past Andean populations.
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keywords: bioarchaeologysocioeconomic status

Dr. Jonathan Marks

September 28, 2018 by Jonathan Marks
department: Anthropology
Jon Marks

 

Professor
Department of Anthropology

My research interests are centered on questions of human origins and human diversity, both of which are relevant, in different ways, to issues of modern health. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] My recent book Is Science Racist? (Polity Press, 2017) discusses the meaning of genetic differences among populations, and particularly their relationship to observed differences in health risks and behavior patterns. I have also written about the bio-ethical issues associated with taking genetic samples from indigenous peoples.
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keywords: bioanthropologyethicshuman genetics

Dr. Nicole Peterson

September 28, 2018 by Nicole Peterson
department: Anthropology

Associate Professor

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Dr. Nicole Peterson

Department of Anthropology

I am a sociocultural, environmental, and applied anthropologist who works at the intersection of culture and food. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I have examined how fishing communities adapt to changing economic, environmental, and political contexts in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, how agriculturalists in Ethiopia adapt to changing climates, and how and why Charlotteans experience food insecurity. I have collaborated with a variety of organizations on these projects as a way to ensure the research questions and outcomes are relevant for policies of non-profit organizations, government agencies, and research participants. My undergraduate and graduate students are also collaborators on the long-term research project on Charlotte food systems through class projects, internships, and thesis research.
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keywords: community engagementcommunity-based participatory researchfood justice