People
Clarence C. Gravlee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, with affiliate appointments in the Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, the African American Studies Program, and the Center for Latin American Studies.
Office Hours for Spring 2010
By appointment only. View my calendar and propose a meeting.
Contact Information
Department of Anthropology
1112 Turlington Hall
PO Box 117305
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305
352-392-2253 x.240
352-392-6929 FAX
cgravlee@ufl.edu
Current Graduate Students
Suzanne Dolwick Grieb, MSPH
PhD Candidate with an emphasis on medical anthropology. Her dissertation research focuses on gender, migration, and HIV/AIDS among the Garifuna of Honduras and New York City. (Co-advised with Dr. Rick Stepp.)
Brian Tyler, MA
Doctoral student with an emphasis on medical anthropology. His dissertation research, based on fieldwork in Guatemala, examines how culture mediates the long-term health effects of exposure to trauamatic violence.
Douglas Monroe, MPH
Third-year doctoral student with an emphasis on medical anthropology. His research interests include race and racism, health inequity, human rights, and social justice.
Alan Schultz, MPH
Second-year doctoral student with an emphasis on medical anthropology. His interests include political economy, health inequalities, mixed methods/integrative research, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Nicole C. D'Errico
Birthing doula and second-year MA and MPH student with an emphasis on medical anthropology and epidemiology. Her research focuses on maternal and child health in the context of violent conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Co-advised with Dr. Alyson Young).
Current Undergraduate Students
Ritchie L. Ambroise
Undergraduate majoring in Food Science and Human Nutrition, with aspirations to become a medical doctor. Ritchie is assisting in our research on childhood obesity and the food environment with the Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee (HEAT).
Former Students
Ashley de Padua
Undergraduate student with interests in medical anthropology. Her research involves a content analysis to examine how the concepts of race and ethnicity are used in biomedical publications (2009).
Alexandra Fehr
Participant in University Scholars Program. Her senior thesis, based on six weeks of fieldwork in Peru, examined cultural and political-economic influences on healing choices related to tuberculosis (2008). Now pursuing MPH at Emory University.
Natali Valdez
McNair Scholar with interests in medical anthropology. Her senior thesis research focuses on health disparities and structural inequalities in the food environment (2009). Now pursuing PhD in anthropology at UC-Irvine.
