Congratulations to our undergraduate students on their accomplishments!
Intersections Spring 2023:
Gabrielle Arkema presented “Comparing Perceptions and Attitudes About Female and Male Circumcision in the United States”
Zhara Edwards presented “The Comorbidity of Bipolar Disorder and Substance Use Disorder in Youth”
David Henry Greentree presented “Let this Information Sink In: Evaluating Foaming Disinfectant Based Interventions to Prevent Gram-negative Bacteria in Hospital Sink Drains from Contaminating Adjacent Surfaces”
Yuliana Lapina presented “Effect of Practice of Acupuncture on Different Kinds of Headaches (Migraines, Tension Headaches, Chronic Headaches)”
Sophia Lemberg presented “Tik Tok Tales: Online Communities Among Trans Youth” Isadora Macedo presented “Educational Attainment of Children of Immigrants”
Nicholas Marshall presented “The Split Perspectives on Dissociative Identity Disorder”
Padma Narayanan presented “Automated Processing Methods for In Vitro Expansion of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs)”
Vivian Pryor presented “The Yanomami Fight for Indigenous Rights: How Negative Stereotypes and Government Policies Contributed to the Current Humanitarian Crisis in the Brazilian Amazon”
Raveena Ravi presented “PCOS and Social Media: The role of Instagram health influencers in disseminating disease management information online”
Danielle Robinson presented “The Impact of Stigma on the Access to Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS for Afri can American MSM
Muskan Sidhu presented “An ethnographic study of traditional health services and medical pluralism in modern India”
Jaiden Taylor presented “Increased Prevalence of Obesity within Rural Areas in The United States” Shelli Vodovozov presented “Cultural Impacts on Health Care Systems as seen through Maternal Care”
Senior Gabrielle Arkema presenting her Capstone “Comparing Perceptions and Attitudes About Female and Male Circumcision in the United States” at Intersections 2023.
Senior Sofia Lemberg presenting her Capstone “#TransAndProud: Building Communities of Transgender Youth on TikTok” at Intersections 2023.
Senior Vivian Pryor presenting her Capstone “The Yanomami Fight for Indigenous Rights: How Negative Stereotypes and Government Policies Contributed to the Current Humanitarian Crisis in the Brazilian Amazon” at Intersections 2023.
Additional Senior Capstone Presentations
Senior Vivian Pryor presenting her Capstone “The Yanomami Fight for Indigenous Rights: How Negative Stereotypes and Government Policies Contributed to the Current Humanitarian Crisis in the Brazilian Amazon” at Intersections 2023.
Bernardo Reyes presented “Cultural Cuisine as a Tool for Empowerment: The Role of Egalitarianism in Oaxa can Indigenous Communities”
Andrew Chan presented “Health-seeking Behaviors in Rural China”
Experiential Learning Fellowship in Anthropology
The Experiential Learning Fellowship in Anthropology (ELFA) is made possible through the generous support of Mr. Jonathan Plimpton, a 1970 graduate of the Department of Anthropology of Western Reserve College.
Muskan Sidhu was the recipient of a Jonathan F. Plimpton Experiential Learning Fellowship in Anthropology. Traveling to India to conduct her research, Muskan studied changing trends in ayurveda and conducted patient and staff interviews in an ayurvedic clinic in New Delhi to understand why people are increasingly relying on ayur vedic medicine and what benefits they see within the ethnomedical system. Muskan also had the opportunity to learn more about ayurveda’s underlying principles by observing different types of treatments and learning how small clinics are able to operate within a competitive healthcare market.
Congratulations to the 2023-2024 ELFA winners, Maggie Ginter-Frankovitch and Yuliana Lapina! Working with Dr. Bridget Haas, Maggie will study “Conditions faced by undocumented migrants formerly detained on Ohio detention centers & overview of effects of Covid-19 on administrative immigration hearings”. Yuliana will work with Dr. Lihong Shi to research “Acupuncture Use among the Eastern European Community in Cleveland”. Good luck to both!
Anthropology Day
Anthropology students celebrated World Anthropology Day (February 16th) this year with an art project hosted by Dr. Katia Almeida. The theme set by the American Anthropological Association this year was “Celebrate. Engage. Inspire”. Our campus event was organized by the Anthropology Students Association (ASA) and it was called “Paint with ASA to Celebrate Anthropology Day”. Check out the student’s art projects!
