This spring the Administration approved an interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Participatory Research to be housed in Anthropology. The certificate will certify completion of training in the theoretical bases, rationale, methodologies, challenges, and motivation for carrying out research in equitable partnership … Read more

Renowned King’s College London Medical Sociologist Visits Carolina Nikolas Rose, professor of sociology and head of the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine at King’s College London, visited Carolina for a week in April to deliver a lecture, meet … Read more

Karla Slocum The new director of the Institute of African American Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be Dr. Karla Slocum, an associate professor in anthropology and African and Afro-American studies at the University. Slocum’s … Read more

Sarah Sexton: “Promotion of Health Access in Peru’s Sacred Valley” As I placed my feet onto the red-eye flight to Lima, Peru I instantly felt a rush of emotions that had been building up in my stubborn self for several … Read more

Bobby Nieland: “Life and death” I believe that my personal discovery of the field of medical anthropology, though occurring relatively late in my time at university, has nonetheless been one of the most influential aspects of the liberal arts education … Read more

Kelsey Ludwig: “It’s like wearing new glasses” I took my first medical anthropology course during the spring semester of my freshman year. I realized I was hooked to the field in the middle of a lecture in Professor Rivkin-Fish’s Comparative … Read more

Patricia McAnany Anthropologist Patricia McAnany at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her research. McAnany is the Kenan Eminent Professor of Anthropology in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. The John Simon Guggenheim … Read more

Hannah Friedman: “Flailing with Dignity: How the Medical Anthropological Lens Allowed Me to Interpret and Cope with My Grandmother’s Death” In October my grandmother died. I’m still not sure what to say Meme died from – she had early onset … Read more

Peter Redfield on his latest book “Life In Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Without Borders” 1. How did the idea for Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Without Borders came about? What inspired you? I had friends … Read more

Mara Buchbinder on her latest book “Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening” 1. How did the idea for this project come about? It was a question of being in the right place at the right time. I was … Read more