Alexandra Brewis Slade

Alexandra Brewis Slade (born 1965) is a New Zealand-American anthropologist who studies how health reflects the interaction of human biology and culture. She is a President's Professor at Arizona State University[1] and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2] She founded ASU's Center for Global Health, and was appointed as Director of ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change from 2009-2017. In 2016-17, the School of Human Evolution and Social Change was ranked #1 in anthropology in the US for research scale[3] and #1 in the US (#4 in the world)[4] for research impact. Brewis Slade is currently president of the Human Biology Association.[5]

Alexandra Brewis Slade
Born
Alexandra Brewis

1965
Auckland, New Zealand
EducationPhD (University of Arizona), MA, BA (University of Auckland)
OccupationAnthropologist
EmployerArizona State University
Known forsocial scientist, author, university administrator
AwardsElected fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Websitehttps://isearch.asu.edu/profile/855688

Education

She earned her anthropology B.A at University of Auckland in 1985, her M.A. there in 1989, and her Ph.D from the University of Arizona in 1992.[6] Her postdoctoral training in demography was at Brown University.

Research

Her research integrates the study of culture and biology to understand human health and well-being. Brewis Slade has conducted field research in the Pacific islands, the Americas, and the Caribbean, and published extensively on the human dimensions of obesity and water insecurity.[7] In 2011, her research demonstrating the rapid globalization of negative views toward obesity was covered on the front page of the New York Times. She communicates strategies for recognizing and reducing stigma in global health practice through her blog, "Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting".

Books
  • Brewis, A. and A. Wutich. 2019. Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Brewis, A. 2011. Obesity: Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives. Rutgers University Press.
  • Brewis, A. 1996. Lives on the Line: Women and Ecology on a Pacific Atoll. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: Fort Worth.

References
  1. "Alexandra Brewis Slade". asu.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. "Seven ASU members elected fellows to prestigious scientific society". asu.edu. November 20, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. https://asunow.asu.edu/20171215-discoveries-national-science-foundation-herd-rankings
  4. http://cwur.org/2017/subjects.php#Anthropology
  5. https://www.humbio.org/
  6. "Alexandra Brewis Slade". asu.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  7. https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/855688/cv
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