Post-Doc
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Sarah Whitaker
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biography
Sarah Whitaker is a biocultural anthropologist who studies how social and ecological systems interact to shape human and animal well-being under conditions of climate and environmental change. Her current research projects address how people make decisions with uncertain climate information and how climate and environmental changes are affecting agricultural practices and human well-being in rural mountain areas. Additional research projects concern cultural models of pain among endurance cyclists, biosecurity and animal welfare on smallholder farms, and the well-being of beekeepers in mountain areas.
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, Emory University
M.A., Anthropology, Emory University
B.S., Double Major in Biology and History, Duke University
Research Interests
Human-environment interactions, socio-ecological systems, climate and environmental change, flooding, health and well-being, mountain areas, agriculture
Math Building, Room 137Biography
Sarah Whitaker is a biocultural anthropologist who studies how social and ecological systems interact to shape human and animal well-being under conditions of climate and environmental change. Her current research projects address how people make decisions with uncertain climate information and how climate and environmental changes are affecting agricultural practices and human well-being in rural mountain areas. Additional research projects concern cultural models of pain among endurance cyclists, biosecurity and animal welfare on smallholder farms, and the well-being of beekeepers in mountain areas.
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, Emory University
M.A., Anthropology, Emory University
B.S., Double Major in Biology and History, Duke University
Research Interests
Human-environment interactions, socio-ecological systems, climate and environmental change, flooding, health and well-being, mountain areas, agriculture