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Blakely Brooks

overview

  • I am a cultural anthropologist in the department of Anthropology with a specialization in biocultural medical anthropology. I received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Alabama in medical anthropology. My academic and research interests include cognitive anthropological theory and methods, social stress, Peruvian Andean culture, cultural syndromes, and Andean farming practices. For over 20 years, I have conducted research in remote highland communities near Huaraz, Peru. Specifically, I have investigated the cultural models of social role expectations and the illness of susto among highland farmers. I have also worked on identifying potential stressors that specifically impact Andean highland women. Additionally, I have investigated Hispanic gender roles and Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Eastern North Carolina and Huaraz, Peru. I lead the Peru Ethnographic Field School and take students to my research site in the Andean highlands as a part of my study abroad program. I teach in the anthropology department and the global understanding program at ECU.

selected publications

presentations

professional service activities

  • Organizing Chair session at Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting Organizing Session Chair for session "Policy, Prevention, and Intervention" Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, March 2022, Salt Lake City, Utah. I developed the idea for the conference session and facilitated presentation and discussion of the main session themes. 2021
  • Reviewer National Science Foundation Proposals National Science Foundation proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation Cultural Anrthropology Program, Reviewed multiple grant proposals specific to my expertise in women's health, social stress, and Andean Highland culture. 2020
  • Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting Organizing Session Chair for session “Anthropological Perspectives on Women's Health: Explorations of Latin American Populations in Peru and the United States.” ; Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, March 2020, Albuqurque, New Mexico. ; I developed the idea for the conference session and facilitated presentation and discussion of the main session themes. 2019
  • Society for Applied Anthropology Organizing Session Chair for session “Women’s Wellbeing in the Peruvian Andes: Social Stress, Religious Beliefs, and Health during times of Change.” ; Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, March 2019, Portland, Oregon. ; I developed the idea for the conference session and facilitated presentation and discussion of the main session themes. 2018
  • Human Organization Article Review Human Organization article reviewer. Reviewed an article specific to my expertise in medical anthropology and Andean Highland culture. 2018
  • Anthropology Open Journal I was promoted to Associate Editor of the jounral Anthropology Open Journal in January 2016. I have was asked to prepare an editorial comments section for the first issue of the jounral. 2016

awards and honors

preferred title

  • Teaching Associate Professor of Anthropology