Dr. Susan J. Shaw | | Title | | Assistant Professor of Anthropology | | Profile | | Susan J. Shaw is a medical anthropologist specializing in ethnicity, health disparities, social movements, and the political economy of health in the United States. Her book manuscript in progress deals with community health and governance in the U.S., presenting a collection of case studies of local struggles over the meaning of difference and
access to health care in urban, ethnic and marginalized populations. Recent publications include an examination of researchers' role in the production and dissemination of harm reduction norms and practices among injection drug users. She has analyzed the construction of ethnic and cultural difference in culturally appropriate health care programs for primary care clinics and other settings. Dr. Shaw is currently principal investigator of a four-year, NIH-funded study of cultural differences, health literacy, and chronic disease management among four ethnic groups in the northeastern U.S. Click here to visit the Culture, Health and Literacy homepage.
Watch the KUAT video segment about the Culture, Health and Literacy project with Dr. Shaw on the Anthropology Videos page.
| | Degrees | | Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Anthropology | | Research Interests | | Identity, ethnicity and community in health care; United States; HIV/AIDS; governmentality; access to health care; social movements; gender and sexuality. | | Geographic Area of Interest | North America (general)
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