Rock, Melanie - Anthropology

Soumis par root le jeu, 2010/06/24 - 15:52
Personal Information
First Name: 
Melanie
Nom: 
Rock
Autre: 
Anthropology
Affiliation universitaire: 
University of Calgary
Phone: 
4032108585
Email Address: 
mrock@ucalgary.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Anthropology
Objet: 
Biology
Social Sciences
Région géographique: 
Africa
Canada
Champ d'études: 
Human-animal relationships as a window into human health; sociocultural patterns and inequity in complex systems; chronic non-infectious diseases; qualitative methods (including for knowledge synthesis)
Academics
PHD Program: 
Anthropology
PHD University: 
McGill University
PHD Date: 
2002
Major Publications: 
'It was not just a walking experience': reflections on the role of care in dog-walking. Degeling C, Rock M. Health Promot Int. 2012 Jul 2. Sweet blood and social suffering: Rethinking cause-effect relationships in diabetes, distress, and duress M Rock Medical Anthropology 22 (2), 131-174; Discounted lives? Weighing disability when measuring health and ruling on M Rock Social Science & Medicine 51 (3), 407-417
Membre des sociétés académiques: 
Alberta College of Social Workers Canadian Anthropology Association Society for Medical Anthropology Society for the Anthropology of North America American Anthropology Association Society for Economic Anthropology International Society for Anthrozoology Society for Social Studies of Science
Courses Taught: 
Social sciences and public health; Advanced Seminar in Health and Society; Food and Identity; Dimensions & Determinants of Health; Cognitive Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Medical Sociology; many others