About Me:
Karin Friederic, Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University
* 2011 Ph. D, Cultural Anthropology, Minor: Medical Anthropology. Univ of Arizona.
* 2004 -- MA, Cultural Anthropology, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
* 2003-2006 -- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, MA and Ph.D student, U Arizona
* 1999 -- BA, Cultural Anthropology, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Research Interests:
gender, violence, and sexuality; medical anthropology; politically-engaged anthropology; historical anthropology; international health, development and NGOs; transnationalism, feminism and human rights; anthropology of the state; Ecuador
MA Thesis/PhD Dissertation Title:
* Ph.D. Dissertation: Violent Frontiers: Intrafamily Violence, Women's Rights and the State in Coastal Ecuador.
* Research Period: June 2007-August 2008. Funded by National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant and Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant.
* MA Thesis: Power, Gender-Based Violence, and Female Suffering in Northwestern Ecuador (2004)
Area(s) of Training
anthropology, applied anthropology, cultural anthropology, ethnography, medical anthropology
Area(s) of Expertise
international health, gender based violence, engaged anthropology, Latin America (Ecuador)
Current Area of Employment
Global Health & Community Development
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