Alexandra Brewis Slade

Alexandra Brewis Slade (born 1965) is a New Zealand-American anthropologist and professor who studies how health reflects the interaction of human biology and culture. as well as an advocate for a reduction in global health stigma.

This article is about the New Zealand-American anthropologist. For the American actress, see Alexandra Slade.
Alexandra Brewis Slade
Born
Alexandra Brewis

April 13, 1965
Auckland, New Zealand
EducationPhD (University of Arizona), MA, BA (University of Auckland)
Occupation(s)anthropologist, academic
EmployerArizona State University
Known forDirector, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University; President, Human Biology Association
AwardsElected fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Websitehttps://isearch.asu.edu/profile/855688

Career

Brewis Slade is a President's Professor at Arizona State University[1] and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2] She founded ASU's Center for Global Health, and designed and launched (in 2008) the first and largest undergraduate global health degree in the United States.[3] She was Director of ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change from 2009-2017. In 2017 the School of Human Evolution and Social Change was ranked #1 in anthropology in the US for research scale[4] and #1 in the US (#4 in the world)[5] for research impact. She also served as an Associate Vice President for Social Sciences as ASU moved from #15 to #4 ranking nationally in social science research expenditures.[6] Brewis Slade has served as president of the Human Biology Association.[7]

Education

Brewis Slade's schooling was at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland and Selwyn College, Auckland. She earned her anthropology B.A at University of Auckland in 1985, her M.A. there in 1989, and her Ph.D from the University of Arizona in 1992.[8] Her postdoctoral training in demography was at Brown University.

Research

Her research investigates how human culture and biology interact to produce disease and suffering, and what can be done about it. Brewis Slade has conducted anthropological field research in the Pacific islands, the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean, and published extensively on the human dimensions of obesity and water insecurity. In 2011, her research demonstrating the rapid globalization of negative views toward obesity was covered on the Front page of The New York Times.[9] Committed to the application of social science research for public good, she writes and lectures on how to improve the impacts of international development work through anthropological methods, and on strategies for recognizing and reducing stigma in global health practice.[10]

Selected books
  • Brewis, A. and A. Wutich. 2019. Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health. Johns Hopkins University Press. Winner, Carol R Ember Book Prize; Winner, Human Biology Association Book Award; Finalist, Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize.[11]
  • Brewis, A. 2011. Obesity: Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives. Rutgers University Press.
  • Brewis, A. 1996. Lives on the Line: Women and Ecology on a Pacific Atoll. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

References
  1. "Alexandra Brewis Slade". asu.edu. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. "Seven ASU members elected fellows to prestigious scientific society". asu.edu. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. "About Alex – Alexandra Brewis (Slade)". alexbrewis.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. "ASU moves up in National Science Foundation research rankings". ASU News. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. "Rankings by Subject - 2017 | CWUR | Center for World University Rankings". cwur.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. "ASU rises in national research rankings". ASU News. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  7. humbio-admin. "Human Biology Association". Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  8. "Alexandra Brewis Slade". asu.edu. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. Parker-Pope, Tara (30 March 2011). "Fat Stigma Spreads Around the Globe". Well. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  10. "Talks/Media/Workshops – Alexandra Brewis (Slade)". alexbrewis.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  11. Brewis, Alexandra (2019). Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting | Johns Hopkins University Press Books. jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu. doi:10.1353/book.68438. ISBN 9781421433356. S2CID 239272516. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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