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I am Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida, with affiliate appointments in African American Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations.
My research aims to explain and address the health consequences of systemic racism, with a focus on hypertension in the African Diaspora. I take a critical biocultural approach, drawing on theory and methods from the social and biological sciences.
I am former editor (2013–2016) of Medical Anthropology Quarterly, former associate editor (2012–2012) of Field Methods, co-founder (with M. Miaisha Mitchell) of the Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee (HEAT), and co-editor (with H. Russell Bernard) of the second edition of the Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. My work has appeared in a wide range of scholarly journals, including American Anthropologist, American Journal of Public Health, Annual Review of Anthropology, American Journal of Human Biology, Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry, Field Methods, and more.
Beyond my work at the University of Florida, I maintain a consulting practice through Q2 Insight, specializing in mixed-methods research and the analysis of qualitative data using MAXQDA software. I’m also an amateur musician (and member of the Jazz Bandits!) and a FAA-certified commercial, multi-engine, instrument-rated pilot and flight instructor (and founding member of a local flying club, the Gville Flyers).