I work with students interested in applying anthropological theory and method to solving wicked global health problems. I train anthropologists of global health. In the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences, MSc and PhD degree requirements allow for the creation of a tailor-made research program specific to a student’s previous experience, interests, and strengths.  Masters students can expect to spend 2.5-3 years earning a degree; PhD students can expect 3-5 years, depending on the subject area, funding success, and their progress through the program.

 

I am currently working with students conducting research in African countries. I especially encourage students from Africa with an interest in developing social science expertise to contact me. 

 

Thesis and Capstone Titles of Recently Graduated Student Advisees since 2009:

Global-Fundization: HIV/AIDS Funding Mechanisms and Programming in Sierra Leone

Women’s Nutritional and Hygienic Knowledge in Madagascar: A Qualitative Health Needs Assessment

Great Expectations: Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy when HIV-positive and on ARTs in Uganda

There is No Food in the House: The Gap Between Food Security Policy and Practice in Ghana

Indoor Air Pollution in Maasai Homes in Northern Tanzania

A Close Look at Teenage Pregnancy and Its Intervention Strategies in Sierra Leone

Child Labour in Malawi Tobacco Production: Children’s Experiences vs Tobacco Companies’ Social Responsibility Initiatives

Risky Business: The Consideration of Sexual Identities within HIV Prevention Initiatives in Madagascar

Cervical Screening in Swaziland: An Ethnographic Case Study

Toward Greater Involvement in Public Health: A Political Economy Analysis of Nursing’s Current Role in Bangladesh

Health Sovereignty in Burma: Reconceptualizing the State in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

The New Wave of Pharmaceutical Advertising: Uses and Abuses of Digital Footprints

Safe Water for Some: Examining Structural Factors that Influence Water Quality on First Nations Reserves

Drinking Water on BC’s First Nations Reserves: Environmental (In)Justice and Racialized Patterns of Health Risk

Nursing Praxis, Racialization, and ‘Othering’: An Ethnography of Breastfeeding Promotion in Urban, Western Canada

Dumpster Diving in Vancouver: Adaptation to Food Commodification Systems

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications of Student Advisees* since 2012:

Jamine Kastner*, Lynn T. Matthews, Ninsiima Flavia, Francis Bajunirwe, Susan Erikson, Nicole Berry, Angela Kaida  2014 Antiretroviral therapy helps HIV-positive women navigate social expectations for childbearing and clinical recommendations against childbearing in Uganda. AIDS Research and Treatment, Sep 18, doi:  10.1155/2014/626120.

 

Anna Lucia Carolsfeld* and Susan L. Erikson 2013 Beyond Desperation: Motivations for Dumpster Diving for Food in Vancouver, Food and Foodways 21 (4): 245-266.

 

Kiggins, Elizabeth* and Susan L. Erikson  2013 'No Food in the House': Policy Ambiguity, Inaction, and Food Insecurity.  Community Development 48(4): 623-638.

 

Dell, Evelyn M., Susan L. Erikson, Eddy Andrianirina, and Gabrielle Smith 2012 Women’s Knowledge in Madagascar: A Health Needs Assessment Study.  Global Public Health 7(1):29-41.

Advisee Awards:

SSHRC Bombardier Graduate Scholarship

CIHR Training Grant in Population Intervention

Mowfhagian Child Health Research Award

Nurses Foundation Scholarship

SFU Graduate Fellowship

SFU Research Travel Award

Emmanuel Salia Scholarship

SFU Visa Bursary

TD Bank Health Sciences Bursary

SUNTA Prize Honorable Mention for thesis

Shrum Undergraduate Medal

 

Advisee Job Placements since 2003:

Student Advisees have been employed as:

UNESCO, HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Program Officer (Paris)

UN Fund for Population Activities HIV/AIDS Program Officer (Mongolia)

UN Office of Migration, Civic Education Coordinator (Kabul)

Crisis Corps, District Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Initiative, Ministry of Education (Namibia)

Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria, Project Assistant (Bogota)

USAID, International Development Officer (Botswana)

USAID, International Development Officer, awaiting placement

USAID, Assistant Program Administrator/Asia Division (Afghanistan)

HHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) Public Health Analyst (Washington, DC)

Fulbright Scholarship (Sierra Leone)

Fulbright Scholarship (Kyrgyzstan)

Physicians for Human Rights, Policy Associate, Health Action AIDS Program (Washington, DC)

Family Health International, Associate Program Officer, Research to Practice, (North Carolina)

John Snow, Intern, Healthy Women (Boston)

Sports-Health Project Coordinator, Right-to-Play (Ghana)

Health Security Preparedness Planner, Neighborhood HealthCare Network (St. Paul)

Colorado Department of Public Health, Disease Intervention Specialist in HIV/AIDS (Denver)

Women's Reproductive Health Specialist at GoodWorks Group (Boulder, CO)

Project CURE, Communications Director (Denver)

Management Science for Health, Communications Specialist (Boston)

Water for People, International Programs Manager (Denver)

International Federation for Education and Self-Help, International Fellow (Ghana)

Department of Social Work, Case Manager (Maryland)

Red Bull, Communications Coordinator (Los Angeles)

Bilingual Community Educator, Rape Assistance and Awareness Program (Denver)

US Peace Corps-Tonga, Education Coordinator (Tonga)

US Peace Corps-Tonga, Education Coordinator (Guatemala)

Heartland Defense Emergency Management Coordinator Executive Assistant (Wisconsin)

Migration Policy Institute, Fellow (Washington, DC)

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's Office, Policy Intern (Denver)

MicroBusiness Develoment, Program Development Manager (Denver)

National Council on Economic Education, Program Administrative Coordinator (Washington, DC)

University of Virginia, Department of Anthropology, Ph.D. program, full tuition scholarship

Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine (San Francisco)

Global AIDS Alliance, Policy and Grassroots Associate (Washington, DC)

CDC/Health Care Education, Inc., Adolescent Reproductive Health Project Manager (Indianapolis)

Colorado Community Health Network, Program Assistant (Denver)

University of Ottawa Medical School

 

 

 

Email: slerikson@sfu.ca

Medical Anthropology of Global Health

 

Graduate Student Work

Susan L. Erikson, PhD