Rebecca Huss-Ashmore

Professor Emeritus, Anthropology

rhasmore@sas.upenn.edu

Phone:

(215) 898 7461

Education:

University of Massachusetts Ph.D. 1984

Research Interests:

Medical anthropology (healing systems, semiotics of healing, narrative, discourse, cosmetic surgery); Psychological anthropology (self and identity, cultural models of mental illness); Human adaptibility.

Appointments:

Anthropology Department Faculty; Research Associate, Population Studies Center; Associate Curator-in-Charge, Physical Anthropology Section, University Museum; Anthropology Graduate Group; History and Sociology of Science Graduate Group.