Program Overview
Shine light on all of the complexities, contradictions, and context that our understanding of health relies on in the study of biomedical ethics.
You will discover the ways cultural values and beliefs, public policies, infrastructure, institutions, and more inform health disparities across the world. Using a multi-disciplinary lens, you will seek new understandings of ways to solve health disparities and improve health outcomes in communities near and far.
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Student Perspective
“My medical ethics courses and medical anthropology have both helped me be able to have knowledge on people’s backgrounds. [They taught me] how culture and health care intersect, and, being mindful of that, I am able to provide better care to the patients I do have. When I am out there in the field, I think back to lessons or discussions we had in class and I’m like, ‘Woah, this really applies here’.”
Daniel Toycen ’21
Biology, Biomedical Ethics
Appleton, Wisconsin
Advising
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Faculty
Engage deeply and collaboratively with professors who are experts in their field and committed to supporting your education.
Chairs
Brenda Jenike (she/her/hers)
Edward F. Mielke Professor of Medicine, Health and Society and Associate Professor of Anthropology
I'm a cultural and medical anthropologist whose courses include ethnography of Japan and East Asia, medical anthropology, disability studies, culture and aging (cultural gerontology), the anthropology of biomedicine, and the…
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Ingrid V. Albrecht (she/her)
David and Julia Uihlein Professor of Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy
ingrid.v.albrecht@lawrence.edu
Areas of Research and Teaching: Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality (Feminism, Love, and Friendship), Value Theory, and 19th Century Philosophy. Recent publication: "Rules of Disengagement: A Kantian…
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Matthew E. Ansfield (He/Him)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Instructor of SI Topics in Psychology Course, Professor of Psychology I have had the honor of teaching in the Department of Psychology at Lawrence University since 2000. I am originally…
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Hillary Caruthers
Associate Professor of Economics
hillary.caruthers@lawrence.edu
My interests include Economic Development, Labor Migration, Global Nutrition and Health, and Southeast Asian Studies.
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Elizabeth Ann De Stasio (She/Her)
Raymond H. Herzog Professor of Science and Professor of Biology
elizabeth.a.destasio@lawrence.edu
Beth De Stasio currently teaches courses in Genetics, Introductory Biology, First-Year Studies, Senior Experience, and a lab course for non-majors called Biotechnology and Society. She is working to make her…
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Dylan B. Fitz
Associate Professor of Economics
I teach courses in development economics, the economics of altruism and effective altruism, economic growth, poverty traps, Latin American economic development, and advanced econometrics.
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Mark Jenike (he/him/his)
Professor of Anthropology
I am a human biologist specializing in nutrition. I teach courses on health, human evolutionary biology, and nutritional anthropology. I enjoy community-based research in the Fox Valley region and have…
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Jesus G. Smith (He, Him, His)
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Associate Professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Program as well as an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He received…
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Brenda Jenike (she/her/hers)
Edward F. Mielke Professor of Medicine, Health and Society and Associate Professor of Anthropology
I'm a cultural and medical anthropologist whose courses include ethnography of Japan and East Asia, medical anthropology, disability studies, culture and aging (cultural gerontology), the anthropology of biomedicine, and the…
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Dylan B. Fitz
Associate Professor of Economics
I teach courses in development economics, the economics of altruism and effective altruism, economic growth, poverty traps, Latin American economic development, and advanced econometrics.
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Elizabeth Ann De Stasio (She/Her)
Raymond H. Herzog Professor of Science and Professor of Biology
elizabeth.a.destasio@lawrence.edu
Beth De Stasio currently teaches courses in Genetics, Introductory Biology, First-Year Studies, Senior Experience, and a lab course for non-majors called Biotechnology and Society. She is working to make her…
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Hillary Caruthers
Associate Professor of Economics
hillary.caruthers@lawrence.edu
My interests include Economic Development, Labor Migration, Global Nutrition and Health, and Southeast Asian Studies.
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Ingrid V. Albrecht (she/her)
David and Julia Uihlein Professor of Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy
ingrid.v.albrecht@lawrence.edu
Areas of Research and Teaching: Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality (Feminism, Love, and Friendship), Value Theory, and 19th Century Philosophy. Recent publication: "Rules of Disengagement: A Kantian…
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Jesus G. Smith (He, Him, His)
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Associate Professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Program as well as an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He received…
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Mark Jenike (he/him/his)
Professor of Anthropology
I am a human biologist specializing in nutrition. I teach courses on health, human evolutionary biology, and nutritional anthropology. I enjoy community-based research in the Fox Valley region and have…
View Full Profile -
Matthew E. Ansfield (He/Him)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Instructor of SI Topics in Psychology Course, Professor of Psychology I have had the honor of teaching in the Department of Psychology at Lawrence University since 2000. I am originally…
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