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Jeffrey Albanese - Anthropology
  • BA, 2008, University of Rhode Island;
  • MSW, 2012, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Socio-cultural anthropology; charity and charitable exchange; anthropology of the state; visual culture and media
 
Anne Bain-Nordberg - Anthropology   Candidate
  • MSW, 2010, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • BA, 2004, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA;
  • BA, 1994, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA;
  • BA, 1992, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA
Research Interests: mental health of Rwandan diaspora population, medical anthropology, mixed methods research, practices of memory and healing, international networks of violence
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Theraputic Jurisprudence: A Critical Study of Toronto's Mental Health Court
 
Jean Balestrery - Anthropology   Candidate
  • MSW, 1997, University of Washington, Seattle;
  • BA, 1991, Brown University, Providence, RI
Research Interests: Aging: social support, intergenerational theory/programming and minority groups including LGBTQ and Alaska Natives; social work practice and mental health; cross-cultural communication and collaboration
 
Matthew Chin - Anthropology   Candidate
  • MSW, 2011, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • BA, 2007, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Socio-cultural anthropology; people of race and mental health; participatory research; political theater
 
John Doering-White - Anthropology
  • BA, 2010, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
Research Interests: Transnational migration of indigenous Mexican populations
 
Elizabeth Koomson - Anthropology
  • MSW, 2010, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • BS, 1989, University of Ghana, Accra
Research Interests: Capacity building in Ghana; rural development, social welfare programs for Ghanaians
 
Ha Yeon Lee - Anthropology
  • MA, 2010, American University of Beirut, Lebanon;
  • BS, 2004, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
 
John Mathias - Anthropology   Candidate
  • BA, 2002, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • MSW, 2011, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Construction and employment of notions of altruism in advocacy for and against neoliberal reform in Kerala, India; participatory research on the strategy of activists from Kerala's new social movements; documentary filmmaking
 
Lamia Moghnie - Anthropology   Candidate
  • MSW, 2011, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • MA, 2008, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon;
  • MA, 2006, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research Interests: Formal and informal community mental health services for underserved populations; impact of war related stress on mental health
 
Sandhya Narayanan - Anthropology
  • 2010, BA, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Research Interests: Effects of language on social network in multi-lingual communities
 
Katharine Rendle - Anthropology   Candidate
  • MA, 2008, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • MSW, 2007, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • BA, 2004, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Medical Anthropology; Health Social Movements; Feminist Ethnography; Women's Health
 
Heather Tidrick - Anthropology   Candidate
  • MSW, 2008, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • BA, 1998, University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Interests: Influence on shifting state policies on individuals and ethnic communities; Romani education and assimilation/integration issues in Hungary; Hungarian child welfare policy and the development of Romani children in state institutions
 
Jennifer Tucker - Anthropology   Candidate
  • MSW, 2011, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
  • MA, 2007, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA;
  • BA, 1996, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL