Simmons, David Sean

Associate Professor

My current research focuses on the relationship between human rights abuses and health outcomes for Haitian agricultural workers, or braceros, in the Dominican Republic. This work is sponsored through the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and builds on my intersecting interests in health and the social determinants that undergird it.

Biographical Profile

College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Anthropology
Tenure Status
Tenured

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
None
Interest Keywords
Critical Medical Anthropology, International Public Health, Infectious Diseases, AIDS, Health and Human Rights,Ethnographic Methods in Health Research (Community Based Participatory Research), Health Disparities, Applied Anthropology, Cultural Issues of Development, Social Impact Analysis, West and Southern Africa, Dominican Republic, Southern U.S.
Personal Focus Areas
International Health, Health and Healing in the African Diaspora, Social and Health Disparities

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
2002 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan PhD Anthropology
1994 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa MA Anthropology
1988 Grinnell College Grinell, Iowa BA French

Memberships & Professional Activities

Dates Type Description Institution/Entity
Membership American Public Health Association
Membership Society for Applied Anthropology
Membership American Anthropological Association

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
1989 - 1990 Editor, Country America Magazine, Meredith Corporation
1990 - 1992 Associate Public Relations Representative, Meredith Corporation
1992 - 1993 Teaching Assistant, Linguistic Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University
2001 Resident Director, Council on International Educational Exchange Study Center's Public Health Program in Santiago, Dominican Republic
2001 - 2003 Acting Resident Director, Council on International Educational Exchange Study Center
1994 Teaching Assistant, Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion, Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University
1995 Teaching Assistant, Society and the Individual, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University
1996 Teaching Assistant, Biocultural Evolution and Great Discoveries in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University
2000 Teaching Assistant, Africa: Social Science Perspectives, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University
2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of Health Promotion Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina
1991 Loaned Executive to the United Way, Meredith Corporation

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
2009 Award Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Awards University of South Carolina
2011 Award Book Proposal Competition Award for Esperanza: Health and Human Rights on a Dominican Batey California Series in Public Anthropology
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