Department of Anthropology

What makes us different is what makes us human..

Kathleen M. DeWalt

Professor

Kathleen DeWalt received her PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1979. She is a cultural anthropologist whose main research interests are in medical and nutritional anthropology drawing on perspectives from both biocultural anthropology and political economy.

In particular she has interests in the health and nutrition impacts of economic and agricultural development policies in Latin America; child survival and adult health in developing countries; nutrition and health of older adults and youth in rural settings in the United States; and health decision making in pluralistic settings.

She has carried out research in Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Ecuador, and Kentucky.

Her current research examines the impact of agricultural policy on the growth of children in Ecuador and the nutritional strategies of older adults in rural Kentucky.

kmdewalt@pitt.edu

Faculty

Top

You are using an older browser that does not support current Web standards. Although this site is viewable in all browsers, it will look much better in a browser that supports Web standards.