Luchok, Kathryn

Senior Instructor

Kathryn J. Luchok, PhD, is a Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology and a Senior Instructor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Her expertise is in medical and applied anthropology and she is cross trained in Anthropology and Public Health. She specializes in women’s reproductive health, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum, maternal and child health, and health equity. Her work is interdisciplinary and she has research experience in the US, Togo, Nigeria and Nepal.

Biographical Profile

College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Anthropology
Tenure Status
Non-Tenure Track

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
Graduates
Interest Keywords
reproductive health, health disparities/equity, family, health services research, international health
Institutional Focus Areas
Health Disparities, Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences
Personal Focus Areas
Maternal and Child Health, Women's Health, Community Health Promotion

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
08/1985 - 12/1993 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina PhD Health Behavior and Health Education
08/1978 - 05/1984 University of North Carolina Chapel HIll, North Carolina MA Anthroplogy
1978 West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia BA Sociology/Anthropology

Memberships & Professional Activities

Dates Type Description Institution/Entity
Membership Migrant Clinicians Network
Membership American Public Health Association

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
09/1979 - 07/1981 Research Assistant, Policy Research and Planning Group, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
09/1981 - 07/1982 Editorial Assistant and Research Assistant, Department of Health Education, University of North Carolina
1981 - 1982 Youth Employment Program Monitor, CETA of Orange County, North Carolina
09/1982 - 01/1983 Field Interviewer, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
01/1983 - 10/1984 Research Assistant, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of North Carolina
06/1983 - 03/1984 Field Interviewer, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
08/1984 - 10/1984 Data Collector, Ebon Research Associates, Washington, D.C.
11/1984 - 04/1985 Technical Assistant, SECID/USAID-Center for Women in Development in association with the Resource Conservation and Utilization Project, Nepal
10/1985 - 05/1986 Library Serials Associate, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
10/1986 - 06/1987 Research Assistant, Department of Health Education, University of North Carolina
02/1987 - 04/1988 Research Assistant, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina
04/1988 - 05/1989 Research Assistant, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina
04/1988 - 05/1989 Evaluator, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina
06/1989 - 06/1990 Interviewer, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina
05/1990 - 12/1993 Research Assistant, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina
09/1990 Consultant, Pew Health Professions Commission
01/1994 - 07/1994 Research Associate, Healthy Kids Project, University of North Carolina Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (HBHE)
08/1994 - 07/2000 Research Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky Department of Preventative Medicine and Environmental Health
08/2000 - 09/2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education & Behavior, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
09/2006 - 01/2009 Director, Policy and Research Center, Southern Institute on Children and Families, Columbia, South Carolina
09/2006 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Health Promotion, Education & Behavior, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
01/2009 Director, South Carolina Access Initiative, Columbia, South Carolina
06/2009 - 09/2009 Consultant, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina
1978 Research Assistant, Office of Health Services Research, West Virginia University
1976 Archaeological Fieldworker, Salmon Ruins, Bloomfield, New Mexico
1979 Research Assistant, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina
1978 Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
2016 Award Crescent Award - South Carolina Access Guide South Carolina Coalition for Healthy Families
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