Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas-Austin Paola Canova gave a lecture titled "Empowerment Lessons from the Margins: An Examination of Ayoreo Sexuality in Paraguay's Chaco Region" in Spring 2016 as part of the Price Lecture Endowment.
The event was sponsored by Luther's Women and Gender Studies department and organized by Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies Maryna Bazylevych and Assistant Professor of Anthropology Anita Carrasco.
Heather Schacht Reisinger (‘96) gave a guest talk and hosted a career development workshop for anthropology students during 2016 January term. She is a medical anthropologist working at the US Department of Veterans Affairs and an Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine Division at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. She coached anthropology students and others interested in pursuing careers in public health and applied anthropology.
Maryna Bazylevych and Anita Carrasco have just returned from the 114th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Denver, Colorado. They both presented their research papers entitled "Demystifying Wellbeing and Health Threat: Categories of Risk Among Young People in Ukraine" and "Autism and the Barriers to Becoming a ‘Participant’ of ‘Culture’" respectively.
