Congratulations to Samantha Whalen on her successful Thesis Defense! “Gestational Carrier Bloggers: Key Points of Uncertainty in the Social Exchange with Intended Parents“ Abstract: This research explores how gestational carrier bloggers negotiate social exchanges and their role within their relationship with
2022 Honors Thesis Presentations
I am thrilled to share the presentations for three WWU honors thesis program presentations! 2022 Millard, Caitlin, “Queering The Birth Experience – Documenting Transmasculine and Nonbinary Individuals’ Labor & Delivery Experiences”. (2022). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 2022 Amos, Kate,
New Publication: Reframing sense of community with photovoice
I’m happy to share the second publication from Peter Miterko, MA, a graduate of the medical anthropology lab. Peter is now a Community Health Coordinator for Skagit County in Washington. Reframing sense of community with photovoice: perspectives from residents of
Anthropology grad’s work to support housing: Peter Miterko
Peter Miterko, MA of he lab, was highlighted in Western Today: Peter Miterko graduated from Western with an master’s degree in anthropology in 2017 and was one of WWU’s Outstanding Graduate Students. He specialized in participatory action research with a focus on permanent supportive housing. One method Miterko used in his thesis research is photovoice, an innovative, multimodal approach to
Lab Mentee Highlighted in Wester Today: Rhiannon Joker
“Rhiannon Joker is a second-year graduate student of anthropology who specializes in Latinx idioms of distress — that is, the common expressions used to describe psychiatric experiences and symptoms in Latinx communities. She focuses on these idioms in an effort