Jason DeCaro, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, is the director of DEHB.
Dr. DeCaro's
primary areas of research interest concern the intersections of cognitive,
ecocultural,
and biological anthropology, with special foci on child development,
stress, and physical
activity.
You can learn more about Dr. DeCaro
here.
Christopher Dana Lynn, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, is co-director of the lab. Dr.
Lynn's research focuses on the biological stress response, signaling
theory,
and energetics.
You can learn more about Dr. Lynn here.
Erin DeCaro, MPH,
Adjunct Faculty in Anthropology, is an epidemiologist with
extensive experience in public health research and
intervention within community, academic, and state and federal government
settings. Ms. DeCaro also is an expert in applications of qualitative
data analysis within public health research. Ms. DeCaro frequently works
with
the lab on complex data analyses involving longitudinal data.
You can learn more about Ms. DeCaro here.
The support of graduate students from
throughout the Department of Anthropology in
their masters or dissertation research is a central component of
DEHB's mission. Current graduate students:
- Catherine
Buzney. Catherine is a first year masters student studying
cultural and evolutionary considerations in the effects of stress on the
timing of puberty.
(Advisor: J. DeCaro)
- Becky
Read. Becky is a first year doctoral student whose
research interests concern religious and ritual mediation of the
experience of
stress. (Advisor: J. DeCaro)
- Sarah
Szurek. Sarah is collecting data for her dissertation
concerning cultural models of food and social networks among Mexican
immigrants to Tuscaloosa. The lab supports the incorporation into her
project of
biomarkers for blood glucose levels and stress. You can learn more
about Sarah here.
(Advisor: K. Oths)
- Martina
Thomas. Martina is a masters student whose thesis research in
Mobile, Alabama concerns body image and obesity among Alabama African
American
girls
and their mothers. You can learn more
about Martina here.
(Advisor: J. DeCaro)
The lab frequently provides opportunities for
undergraduate students to become involved in research. Current
undergraduate
students:
- Savannah Leach. Savannah
is working
on our study
regarding patterns of physical activity within the daily routines of
Mexican-American
young adults in Tuscaloosa County, AL.
