Dr. Amy Nichols-Belo
Associate Professor of Global Health Studies and Anthropology
I am an anthropologist interested in the intersections of health, tradition, and gender and wrote my dissertation on anti-witchcraft practices in Mwanza, Tanzania. I hold a Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Virginia, a M.S. in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, and a B.A. in History and International Affairs from James Madison University.
Teaching and research interests
- Traditional healing and illness systems
- Health disparities
- Maternal and child health
- Cancer
- Medical anthropology
- Anthropology of gender and sexuality
- Qualitative methods
Research locations
- Tanzania
- Southern United States
Classes taught
- Introduction to Global Health
- Medical Anthropology
- Sex, Culture, and Health