William Lucas

William A. S. Lucas

Assistant Professor

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Anthropology

310-243-2355

SBS C-336

Education:

Ph.D.          2023           Anthropology, University of South Florida

M.P.H.         2023           Public Health: Epidemiology, University of South Florida

M.A.            2017           Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach

B.A.            2012           Anthropology, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Research Interests:

Medical anthropology, disability anthropology, moral anthropology, psychological anthropology, food and nutrition, biopolitics, Guatemala, health equity, epidemiology, ethnography, mixed-methods research

My research program consists of mixed methods approaches to fully examine global health issues that are fundamentally biosocial – for example, using biostatistical data to illuminate the very real consequences of sociocultural arrangements. My research spans issues concerning Latino nutritional health in Los Angeles, nutritional health research and assessments along the Guatemalan Caribbean coast, and spinal cord injury rehabilitation outcomes in Central Florida. As I focus my research in Los Angeles, I am excited about providing opportunities for students to engage in such applied and real-world research.

Any students interested in becoming a research assistant in the Medical Anthropology and Media Lab can fill out an application here: https://csudh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NuhaJct5gvCWIS

Courses:

• ANT 100: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANT 101: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
• ANT 345: Medical Anthropology
• ANT 346: Visual Anthropology
• ANT 456: Quantitative Methods in Anthropology

Representative Publications:

Lucas, William, Heide Castañeda, and Milena Melo. 2023. “The Lingering Ache: Temporalities of Oral Health Care Suffering in US-Mexico.” Human Organization 82, no. 2: 131-141.

Himmelgreen, David, Nancy Romero-Daza, Jacquelyn Heuer, William Lucas, Abraham A. Salinas-Miranda, and Theresa Stoddard. 2020. "Using syndemic theory to understand food insecurity and diet-related chronic diseases." Social Science & Medicine: 113124.

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