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Adjunct Faculty |
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215-803-5181 |
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rto24@drexel.edu |
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| Discipline: |
Sociology and Anthropology |
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| Research Keywords: |
Urban Social Problems, Medical Anthropology, Political Economy |
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| Courses Taught: |
Introduction to Anthropology: Cultural Diversity; Worldviews: Science, Magic, and Religion; Introduction to Sociology; Social Problems; Classic Social Theory; Developing Nations: International Division of Labor |
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| Profile: |
Robert T. O’Brien is a Ph.D. candidate in sociocultural anthropology at Temple University. He is completing a dissertation on the effects of the wealth gap on social networks and social reproduction in Philadelphia. Rob is a community activist whose work is focused primarily on health-care disparities. |
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| Professional Membership: |
American Anthropological Association; Society for Applied Anthropology; Society for the Anthropology of North America; Society for the Anthropology of Work; Society for Medical Anthropology; Society for Urban, National, and Transnational Anthropology |
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| Activities/Committees: |
Member, Labor Relations Commission, American Anthropological Association; Student At-Large Representative, Executive Board, Society for the Anthropology of Work |
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| Education: |
Temple University
Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology
Expected graduation: Fall 2006
City University of New York
Graduate School and University Center, 1996-1997
Temple University
B.A. (Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), 1996
Community College of Philadelphia
A.A. (Summa Cum Laude), 1994 |
