Overview
K. Eliza Williamson, PhD is a cultural medical anthropologist whose research focuses on questions of care in contexts of crisis and social inequality. She works in South America, primarily Brazil. Eliza is currently working on two major research projects: one on disability and the social impacts of the Zika virus epidemic, the other on childbirth and maternal health policy, both in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Her research is currently supported by a Wenner-Gren Post-PhD Fieldwork Grant, and her previous work has been funded by Wenner-Gren, Fulbright-Hays, and Fulbright IIE as well as a number of smaller grants and fellowships.
Eliza is currently a Postdoctoral Associate in Global Social Medicine and Health Humanities at the Duke Global Health Institute. At the DGHI, she is working with Harris Solomon to establish a research-driven initiative in Global Social Medicine and Health Humanities.
Before coming to Duke, Eliza held a joint appointment as Lecturer in Latin American Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis, where she also coordinated the Portuguese language program.
Education:
- PhD in Anthropology, Rice University
- MA in Anthropology, Rice University
- Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rice University
- BA in Women and Gender Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
- BA in Spanish, University of Colorado Boulder