Monica Mann
Program: Applied AnthropologyDegree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: West African Vodu, sickle cell anemia, medical technology, medical pedagogy, health and healing, “voluntourism”
Geographical Interests: West Africa, U.S.
Publications/Presentations:
2010 — Pain in Translation, Transforming Anthropology (18) 2.
2007 — Presentation: Pain, Personhood, and the Transnational Lived Experience of Sickle Cell Disease: Solomon's Story. American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
2006 — “Science and Art: The Bodies Exhibition at South Street Seaport,” Guest Lecture for Dr. Paige West’s “Interpretations of Culture” class at Barnard College
2004 — Presentation: “Bodies that Heal: Penetrability, Pragmatism, and Play in Gorovodu Medicine,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings
2004 — “Bodies of Gorovodu Healing,” a working paper based on 2003 fieldwork in Togo, presented and defended to graduate faculty at Teachers College-Columbia University
2003 — “Getting to Grad School,” Guest Lecture for Dr. Judy Rosenthal’s Advanced Anthropological Theory seminar at University of Michigan—Flint.
Awards/Grants:
2009 — Betty Fairfax Professional Development Grant
2008 — Dean’s Grant for Research—Columbia University Teachers College
2005 — Cowles Fellowship—Columbia University Teachers College
2003 — Columbia University Teachers College Anthropology Research Fund Grant
2002–2005 — Columbia University Teachers College Tuition Scholarship
2002 — University of Michigan Maize & Blue Scholar
2000 — University of Michigan True Blue Service Scholar Award
1992–97 & 1999–2001 — University of Michigan Scholar