College of Arts and Sciences

Upcoming Kassen Lecture: Dr. Elizabeth Carpenter-Song Date and Time: January 25, 2024 at 4:00pm Navigating the Kaleidoscope of Care in Rural New England: Paradoxes and High-stakes Consequences for Marginalized Families Dr. Elizabeth Carpenter-Song is a Research Associate Professor at Dartmouth College. A double alum of CWRU, Dr. Carpenter-Song is a medical and...

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Declining White Life Expectancies: The Result of Despair or "Freedom" Dr. Carolyn Rouse Ritter Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University President of American Ethnological Society Event Flyer Dr. Carolyn Rouse will discuss her research on declining life expectancy among white Americans in rural California. This work expands upon her long-standing research on health disparities,...

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Technography: Using Ethnography in Highly Technical Spaces to Reduce Social Harm Dr. Nichole Carelock Civic Technology CX Strategy UX Leadership Event Flyer Dr. Carelock is an anthropologist who will talk about her work using anthropological skills such as ethnography to address the ways humans interact with technology and technology systems. As a researcher at Meta,...

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All Stigmas are Equal, but Some are More Equal than Others: Connecting Self, Social Stigma, and Global Health Alexandra Brewis, PhD President's Professor School of Human Evolution and Social Change Arizona State University  Event Flier Alexandra Brewis is a biocultural anthropologist at Arizona State University, where she founded the Center for Global Health. She is...

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Breaking Down a Corporate Culture: Ethnography Meets McKinsey Elizabeth K. Briody, PhD Founder & Principal, Cultural Keys LLC Adjunct Professor, Anthropology, Purdue University Wednesday, April 13, 2022 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 936 3208 7348 Passcode: 755351 Event Flier In 2017, Dr. Briody began a collaborative project to document the evolving culture of a large, Middle...

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Insurgent Archivings: Sensing the Spirit of Nature and Reckoning with Traces of Our Dead João Biehl, PhD Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University Director, Brazil LAB Friday, April 1, 2022 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 936 6185 2658 Passcode: 707528 Event Flier Dr. Biehl will discuss his recent research on 19th century German colonies...

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