Professional Profile:
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland and an experienced qualitative researcher in West Africa. Expertise in gender and health, religion and bioethics, globalization and global health, stigma and human suffering, reproductive health and health disparities, and development and humanitarianism. Accomplished grant-writer, ethnographer, qualitative data analyst, team-leader, photographer, and ethnographic filmmaker. Extensive practice in course development, active learning pedagogies, and experiential education.
Highlights:
- Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland College Park
- Received the Society for Medical Anthropology Dissertation Award for dissertations written between 2013-2015
- 2016 -2017 School for Advanced Research Campbell Fellow for Transformative Research on Women in the Developing World
- Doctoral research funded by the National Science Foundation
the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Fulbright Hays, and the Worldwide Fistula Fund - Funded by PEO International, the Olin Fellowship for Women
- Eight ethnographic photography prizes since 2013
- Taught two semesters on an SIT/IHP global comparative study abroad program examining health
- Proven effective university instructor; consistently strong student evaluations for teaching
Education:
• PH.D. Cultural Anthropology
focus on medical anthropology and reproductive health
Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, August 2015
Dissertation: “Interrogating the Superlative Sufferer: Experiencing Obstetric Fistula and Treatment Seeking in Niger”
• M.A.Cultural Anthropology
focus on medical anthropology and reproductive health
Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, 2011
Large Grants & Fellowships:
•University of Maryland Division of Research Tier 1 Faculty Grant 2018-2019
• School for Advanced Research Campbell Fellowship for Transformative Research on Women in the Developing World. 2016- 2017
• Mr. & Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship for Women, Washington University in St. Louis. 2009-2015
•PEO International, Dissertation Completion Fellowship. 2014-2015
• National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. 2013-2014
• Fulbright Hays, Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. 2013-2014
• Wenner-Gren, Dissertation Fieldwork Grand & Osmundesen Initiative Grant. 2013-2014
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