Sara
Ackerman
Email:
saralouiseackerman@gmail.com
Area of Interest:
Medical anthropology; anthropology of the body; new biomedical technologies; science and technology studies.
Research & Activities:
Entered the program in 2001.
Education: BA Psychology, Smith College, 1987; MPH Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2000.
Research Interests: Medical migrations and outsourcing; surgical body enhancement and transnational biomedical consumerism; the Costa Rican medical tourism industry and the consumption/production of nostalgia, nature, and local forms of expertise.
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