PhD’s in Anthropology
by Last Name | Dissertation Title | Current Position |
Marissa Abbe (PhD – January 2011) |
“An Analysis of Cultural Competence, Cultural Difference, and Communication Strategies in Medical Care” |
Research ScientistChildren’s Medical CenterEmergency Department/Injury Prevention Program |
Kathleen Joy Adams (PhD – August 1972) |
“The Barama River Caribs of Guyana Restudied: Forty Years of Cultural Adaption and Population Change” | |
Sarah Adler (PhD – January 2008) |
“The Influence of Burmese Buddhist Understandings of Suffering on the Subjective Experience and Social Perceptions of Schizophrenia” | |
Aylin Atillasoy (PhD – May 1996) |
“Daily Survival Versus the Threat of AIDS: Street Youth and the Street Economy in New York City “ | |
Timi Barone (PhD -May 1997) |
“Perceived Stress and Health in British and Asian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients” |
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Anthropology & SociologyUniversity of NebraskaWeblink |
Donna Benson (PhD – 1987) |
“Pleasant Bottoms: The Cooperative Years, 1784-1826 (Ohio Decorative Arts, Folklore)” | |
Yewoubdar Beyene (PhD – 1985) |
“An Ethnography of Menopause: Menopausal Experiences of Mayan Women in a Yucatan Village” |
ProfessorInstitute for Health & AgingSchool of NursingUniversity of California, San FranciscoWeblink |
John Blangero (PhD – 1987) |
“Population Genetic Approaches to Phenotypic Microevolution in the Jirels of Nepal” |
Professor & Director, Genomics Computing Center, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity InstituteUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
Frederick Bloom (PhD – January 1996) |
“Living in the HIV Spectrum: Life Stories and Illness Narratives of Gay Men” |
Deputy Associate Director of ScienceCenters for Disease Control, STD Division |
Amy Blue (PhD – May 1991) |
“Culture, Nevra, and Institution: The Making of Greek Professional Ehtnopsychiatry” |
Interim Department ChairAssociate Dean for Educational Affairs and Clinical ProfessorAssociate Vice President for Interprofessional EducationCollege of Public Health and Health ProfessionsDepartment of Behavorial Science and Community HealthUniversity of Florida |
Jeffrey Borkan (MD – 1984; PhD – 1987) |
“Occupational Health and Safety in Context: An Examination of Three Polyurethane Foam Plants in Israel” |
Physician-in-Chief of Family MedicineMemorial Hospital of Rhode IslandFamily Medicine |
Alex Bridges (PhD – May 2017) |
“Two Monasteries in Ladakh: Religiosity and the Social Environment in Tibetan Buddhism.” | |
Sarah Bridges (Rundall) (PhD – January 2016) |
“Culture, Environment, and Experiences of Disability in Ladakh, India” |
Director of Faculty Grants, Office of Government Grants and Sponsored ProgramsGustavus Adolphus College |
Sherylyn Briller (PhD – May 2000) |
“Whom Can I Count on Today?: Contextualizing the Balance of Family and Government Old Age Support for Rural Pensioners in Mongolia” |
Associate Professor, Anthropology/STONPurdue University.Weblink |
Elizabeth Carpenter-Song (PhD – August 2007) |
“Lived Experiences of Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in U.S. Children and Families” |
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Family MedicineAdjunct Assistant Professor of AnthropologyDartmouth UniversityWeblink |
Ariel Cascio (PhD – May 2015) |
” Biopolitics and Subjectivity: The Case of Autism Spectrum Conditions In Italy” |
Postdoctoral FellowNeuroethics Research UnitInstitut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM)Weblink |
Brad Cassuci (PhD – August 2015) |
“A Cold Wind: Local Maasai Perceptions of the Common Health Landscape in Narok South” | |
Sarah Chard (PhD – August 2001) |
“Ugandan Women’s Health Beliefs, Social Networks and Tuberculosis Treatment Seeking” |
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Maryland Baltimore CountyWeblink |
Shiuan Sanna Chen (PhD – January 2011) |
“Zuo Yue Zi Sitting the Month in Taiwan: Implications for Intergenerational Relations” | |
Yunzhu Chen (PhD – May 2019) |
“The Revival of “Visiting Marriage” – Family Change and Intergenerational Relations Among Matrilineal Tibetans in Southwestern China.” |
Co-Principle InvestigatorDepartment of AnthropologyCase Western Reserve University |
Jacklyn Chisholm (PhD – May 2002) |
“Self-Identity and the Acquisition of Cultural Knowledge in University Settings” |
President and CEOCouncil for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (CEOGC)
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Elizabeth Coker (PhD – January 2001) |
“The Making of the Egyptian Psychiatric Patient: Reinterpreting Cultural Symbols through Biomedical Discourse” |
Director of Community Research & DevelopmentCenter for Strong StudiesUniversity of Washington, Tacoma |
Margaret Cooney (PhD – May 2002) |
“The Experience and Knowledge of Menopause among Low-Income Cleveland Women” |
Data Quality Manager | EvaluatorFrontline Service, formerly MHS |
Robert Dirks (PhD – 1972) |
“Networks, Groups, and Local-Level Politics in an Afro-Caribbean Community” |
Professor EmeritusIllinois State University |
Christopher Dole (PhD – May 2002) |
“Outlaws, Swindlers, and Authentic Healers: Legitimacy, Identity, and Religious Healing in Urban Turkey” |
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Anthropology and SociologyAmherst CollegeWeblink |
Susan Dorsky (PhD – May 1981) |
“Women’s Lives in a North Yemeni Highland Town” | |
Delia Easton (PhD – January 1998) |
“The Cultural Context of Puerto Rican Adolescents’ Perception of HIV Risk” |
Evaluation SpecialistBureau of Immunization, NYSDOH |
Michelle Eder (PhD – January 2006) |
“Parental Decision-Making About Children’s Participation in Clinical Research” |
Research AssociateCenter for Health Research NorthwestKaiser Permanente NorthwestWeblink |
Nadia El-Shaarawi (PhD – January 2012) |
“Living an Uncertain Future: An Ethnography of Displacement, Health, Psychosocial Well-Being and the Search for Durable Solutions Among Iraqi Refugees in Egypt” |
Assistant Professor of Global StudiesColby College |
Lillian Emmons (PhD – May 1989) |
“Determinants of Dieting Behavior and Eating Disorders in High School Students” | |
Regina Feldman (PhD – January 1999) |
“Burning Ashes-An Anthropological Study of Intellectual and Moral Judgment in the Historian’s Debate” |
Humanities FacultyMontessori High School at University Circle |
Maryann Foley (PhD – 1984) |
“Personal and Social Effects of Being a Carrier of Hepatitis B” | |
Steven Folmar (PhD – May 1985) |
“Fertility and the Economic Value of Children in Pokhara Valley, Nepal” |
Associate Professor and Associate ChairDepartment of AnthropologyWake Forest UniversityWeblink |
Joseph Galanek (PhD – January 2012) |
“The Social and Cultural Context of Mental Illness in Prison” |
Qualitative ResearcherPopulation Health Sciences DivisionScimetrika, LLC |
John Garrity (PhD – May 1998) |
“The Ethos of Power: Navajo Religious Healing of Alcohol and Substance Abuse” |
Director of QI / Evaluation & ResearchAlcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services BoardWeblink |
Elisa Gordon (PhD – May 1999) |
“If it’s not Broke, Don’t Fix It: Patients’ and Clinicians’ Decision Making for Treatment of End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States” |
Research Associate ProfessorDivision of Organ TransplantationFeinberg School of Medicine and Institute for Healthcare StudiesNorthwestern UniversityWeblink |
N’omi Greber (PhD – May 1976) |
“Within Ohio Hopewell: Analysis of Burial Patterns from Several Classic Sites” (Deceased) |
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Meghan Halley (PhD – January 2012) |
“Negotiating Sexuality: Ritual, Culture and Change in Rural Southern Tanzania” |
Assistant Research AnthropologistPalo Alto Medical Foundation Research InstituteWeblink |
Charlotte Haney (Mueller) (PhD – May 2013) |
“Imperiled Femininity: Reconfiguring Gender in a Context of Heightened Violence Against Women” |
Visiting LecturerUniversity of Houston, Clear LakeWeblink |
C. Jeff Jacobson, Jr. (PhD – May 2001) |
“Spirits, Demons, and Nightmares: Moral Images of Self and Other in Puerto Rican Life History and Religious Discourse” |
Associate Professor, Interim Department Head of A&S
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Ben Jiao (PhD – May 2001) |
“Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors Underlying the Contemporary Revival of Fraternal Polyandry in Tibet” |
Senior ResearcherTibet Academy of Social Sciences |
David Kaawa-Mafigiri (PhD – May 2007) |
“Social Networks and Social Support for Tuberculosis Control in Kampala, Uganda” |
LecturerDepartment of Social Work and Social AdministrationMakerere University |
Julia Knopes (Balacko) (PhD – January 2019) |
“The Social Construction of Sufficient Knowledge at an American Medical School” |
Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of AnthropologyCase Western Reserve University |
Sarah Koopman Gonzalez (PhD – January 2017) |
“The Normalization of Everyday Violence: Rights, Education, and Violence Management in Salvadoran Children’s Lives” |
Research AssociatePrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsCase Western Reserve University |
Yachun Gregory (Ku) (PhD – May 1991) |
“Chinese Rural Elderly in the Post Mao Era–Two Villages in Zhejiang Province” |
Instructor, SociologyLorain County Community College |
Sandra Laston (PhD – January 1992) |
“Risk Factors for Diarrheal Disease in Village Children in Nepal” |
Associate Professor, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity InstituteUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
Lydia Lauritzen (PhD – January 2010) |
“The Making of Bioethical History” |
Assistant Nurse ManagerAfter Care ClinicHarborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine |
Anthony Layng (PhD – 1976) |
“The Carib Population of Dominica” (Deceased) |
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Ellen Lazarus (PhD – January 1984) |
“Pregnancy and Clinical Care: An Ethnographic Investigation of Perinatal Management for Puerto Rican and Low Income Women in the United States” | |
Elizabeth Lewton (PhD – August 1997) |
“Living Harmony: The Transformation of Self in Three Navajo Religious Healing Traditions” | |
Heather Lindstrom (PhD – January 2004) |
“Aging and Modernization: A Field Study of the Determinants of Elders’ Social Status in American and Independent Samoa” |
Chief EpidemiologistErie County Department of HealthResearch Assistant Professor
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Sana Loue (PhD – August 2004) |
“Perceptions of Partner Violence among a Sample of Self-Identified Puerto Rican and Non-Hispanic White Men and Women in Cuyahoga County” |
Professor
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