Katherine Hirshfeld

Katherine Hirshfeld 

Education:

• PhD in Anthropology from Emory University, 2001

Leadership Positions:

• Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma

Publications:

• Health, Politics and Revolution in Cuba since 1898. New Brunswick: Transaction Press.
• Gangster States: Organized Crime, Kleptocracy, and Political Collapse.
  
• Peer- Reviewed Articles
  Reexamining the Cuban Health Care System: Toward a Qualitative Critique. Under
  review, Cuban Affairs
  The Psychology of Political Dissent in Revolutionary Cuba: A Comparative Analysis.
  Mind and Human Interaction, 14(2):89-109
  Epidemic of Pride: Pellagra and the Culture of the American South. Anthropologica 34, pp. 89-103.

Biography:

Dr. Katherine Hirschfeld holds a BA in Anthropology from University of Amherst followed by a MA in Anthropology at Emory University. She is a medical anthropologist who has published on the Cuban health care system, most recently publishing a book titled, “Gangster-States: Organized Crime, Kleptocracy and Political Collapse”. Dr. Hirschfeld dissertation is titled “Socialism, Health, and Medicine in Cuba: A Critical Reanalysis.” She has received a number awards including the University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate Research Award and Association of Women in Science Award. Ethnographic field research includes Havana and Santiago, Cuba, and Ecuador.