Teaching & Awards

Courses taught

Dept. of Anthropology, Baylor U (2014–2021)
  • ANT 1325 Introduction to Global Health
  • ANT 4330 Epidemiology
  • ANT 4325 Medical Anthropology
Dept. of Anthropology, U Florida (2010–2014)
  • ANT2410 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ANT2000 Introduction to General Anthropology
  • ANT4462 Culture and Medicine
Pontificía Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Dominican Republic (2003)
  • English as a Second Language

Honors & Awards

  • Mock Lecturer – Named a top professor for mock lectures to prospective students and parents as voted on by admissions office student employees, Baylor U. 2019–2020
  • Impact on New Students. Recognized as top 1.5% of all university faculty/staff named by new students as having had the “most positive influence.” Baylor U. 2018–2019
  • Faculty Summer Research Sabbatical, Baylor U. 2016; 2019; 2021
  • Faculty Research Leave, Baylor U. Fall 2017
  • Two-time Tuition Scholarship Recipient, Dept. of Epidemiology, University of Iowa 2005; 2006
  • Two-time Tuition Scholarship Recipient, The Big Ten Universities’ Council on Institutional Cooperation’s (CIC) Health, Nutrition and Environmental Studies Program, Santo Domingo and Santiago, Dominican Republic. Fall & Summer 2003
  • Outstanding Participant, CIC Health, Nutrition and Environmental Studies Program, Dominican Republic. Fall & Summer 2003