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Diplomas/Degrees

PhD, Arizona State University (2012)
MA, Columbia University (1992)
BA, Johns Hopkins University (1986)

Recent Courses

Cultural Anthropology
Culture And Health
Ethnomedicine & Health In Non-Western Cultures

Teaching Specializations/Interests

Medical anthropology, nutritional anthropology, infectious and chronic disease, food systems, ethnobotany, indigenous and biomedical health systems, evolutionary medicine, global health and Latin America.

Grants/Sponsored Research

Summer Writing Fellowship, Arizona State University (2012)
• $7000

Dean’s Writing Fellowship, Arizona State University (2011-12)
• $15,000

Fulbright Fellowship, US Dept. of State (2011)
• $20,000 to finish study on hunter-gather food systems in Amazonian Ecuador.

Wenner-Gren Fellowship (2009-2010)
• $15,000 to study hunter-gatherer food systems in Amazonian Ecuador.

Osmundson Fellowship (2009-2010)
• $5000 to study hunter-gatherer food systems in Amazonian Ecuador.


Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, US Department of Education (2008)
• $6000 to study indigenous culture and language in Amazonian Ecuador.

Books

Refereed Articles