Medical Anthropology
Course Overview
Course Objectives
Comparative study of disease ecology and medical systems of other cultures; sociocultural factors affecting contemporary world health problems; cultural aspects of ethnomedicine and biomedicine; ethnicity and health care.
Course Information
- Course Number:
- ANT 230
- Credit:
- 3
- Grading:
- Letter-based Grading A-F
- Categories:
- Humanities and Social Science
Program Information
- Summer College Program
Emory Summer College is a nonresidential program in which exceptional high school students, who have completed their sophomore or junior year, may enroll in Emory undergraduate courses and earn college credit.
Course Dates and Details
| Program | Course Dates | Class Time | Format | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer College Program | Session 1: Sat, May 17 - Thu, Jun 26, 2025 |
| online | open |
Instructors
Laura Jones
Laura began in the subfield of archaeology, completing summer field school in ancient Pompeii through the University of Bradford in 2001. As an undergraduate at Tulane University, she earned the department’s Arden R. King Prize for excellence in Anthropology in 2004. She also received the Josephine Louise Newcomb Fellowship, which gave her the opportunity to conduct fieldwork at hospitals in Queens, New Delhi, and Tokyo. In 2005, she began pursuing her PhD at Rice University where she studied medical anthropology and was awarded the 2010 Graduate Student Paper Prize from the Alcohol, Drug, & Tobacco Study Group of the Society for Medical Anthropology.
In 2011, Laura was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Texas Health Science Center, where she studied methods for her upcoming postdoctoral work in the Department of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. She was part of a bioinformatics consortium studying the behavior of critical care professionals. This experience led to the opportunity to study hierarchy in the operating room with primatologist Dr. Frans de Waal, PhD.
After completing her research at Emory, Laura studied telehealth as a Principal Investigator at Kaiser Permanente and wearable wellness devices as a consultant at BioSelf Technology. Laura loves fitness (primarily yoga) and is interested in how wearable tech can be used to integrate biomedicine, technology, and mindfulness.