Expertise

I am investigating socio-cultural factors that influence health, using stress theory, a cognitive theory of culture, and cultural consonance theory.

Research Interests

  • Content Analysis
  • Scripted interviews, semi-scripted interviews, unobstrusive observation, domain analysis

Research Interests

  • Scripted Interviews
  • Data Collection
  • Content Analysis
  • Field Observations
  • Semi-scripted interviews
  • Domain analysis
  • Open interviews

I am currently in the research phase of my dissertation, studying health disparities in Tuscaloosa.

Communities
Anthropology
Degrees
MA, University of Alabama, Anthropology, 2015
BS, Texas State University, Applied Sociology, 2012
Keywords
anthropology ethnography medical anthropology african americans discrimination sociology community health
Languages
English, Spanish
Honors

National Alumni Association License Tag Fellowship, University of Alabama Alumni Association, 2015-2016

Graduate Council Fellowship, University of Alabama, 2013-2014

Robbie and Roy Sorenson Scholarship, Texas State University Department of Sociology, 2012

Clarence Schultz Sociology Scholarship, Texas State University Department of Sociology, 2012

Texas State Liberal Arts Academic Excellence Award, Texas State University, 2011

Geoff Wood Memorial Scholarship in Sociology, Texas State University Department of Sociology, 2011

Associations
Alpha Chi
Alpha Kappa Delta
Lambda Alpha
Sigma Alpha Lambda