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My graduate students, based in the Culture and Health Laboratory, conduct research all over the world (but most often in the Americas) on a variety of biocultural topics in the arenas of human disease, health, nutrition, reproduction, growth, work, and psychological well-being. I welcome any students who would like to consider joining our crew to contact me – more details about the degree program options are on the Instruction page; we offer advanced training in Health Social Science, and Medical, Biocultural, Epidemiological, and Nutritional Anthropology. Generally, I work with graduate students who have the Ph.D. as a goal, although they may enter with either a bachelor’s or master’s degree. Many of my students come with backgrounds in fields other than Anthropology, such as Public Health.
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Tammy Watkins is testing if Turkana pastoralist children’s own foraging activities (such as for wild foods) might help them close their seasonal ‘hunger gap’ and hence improve their nutrition.
Meredith Gartin is investigating how culture-ecology interactions shape indigenous children’s nutritional risk in tropical South America.
Zeenat Hasan's exploring issues of social justice and migrant health at the northern Mexican border.
Kristin Ogilvie is conducting research related to using cultural insights to improve intervention design using the case of inhalant abuse among Alaskan adolescents.
Douglas London's research focuses on improving mental health in indigenous groups in South America, particularly on the value of nutritional interventions.
Stacy Gates is exploring issues of lactose intolerance in U.S. schoolchildren.
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Graduate student Sarah Lee in Mexico
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