Anna Waldstein

Lecturer in Medical Anthropology, University of Kent

I am a lecturer in medical anthropology and ethnobotany in the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent. My research focuses on the use of medicinal plants and other complementary and alternative medicines among migrants. I have worked with Mexican immigrants in the United States and with Jamaican migrants in the United Kingdom. My first book, "Living Well in Los Duplex: Critical Reflections on Migration, Medicalization and Health Sovereignty" was recently published by Carolina University Press. I am also interested in the Rastafari movement in the UK and the ways that spirituality is embodied. I teach modules in Medical Anthropology, Medicinal Plants and the Anthropology of Eating.

Experience

2005–present

Lecturer, University of Kent

Education

2004

University of Georgia, PhD. Ecological Anthropology
1995

Hampshire College, BA Medical Anthropology

Publications

2017

Living Well in Los Duplex: Critical Reflections on Medicalization, Migration and Health Sovereignty, Carolina Academic Press

Professional Memberships

Association of Social Anthropology