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My research blends the impacts of inequality on health with the acknowledgement that human biology is shaped by our evolutionary heritage. I am interested in blending evolution and embodiment - what evolutionary mechanisms allow us to track our social and physical environments to improve fitness, balanced by a need to document the health consequences of tracking marginalized environments. To achieve this goal I have focused primarily on women's reproductive and psychosocial health. Finally, I remain committed to developing theoretically and practically relevant research that matches the circumstances of East African pastoralists' lives. Show Less
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Courses
- WHGPWomen's Health in Global Perspective
- DMDarwinian Medicine
- SDHABEAStress, Development, and Health: A Biological Embedding Approach
- CAHBContemporary Approaches to Human Biology
- HEHuman Evolution
Grants
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Co-Investigator (COI)
2018
$22.7K
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Allomaternal Care and Early Life Development
Principal Investigator (PI)
2018
$19.7K
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
Co-Investigator (COI)
2017
$90.4K
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
Co-Investigator (COI)
2016
$37.2K
- Collaborative Research: Vulnerable transitions and Cumulative Embodied Stress Among Teens in High-Risk, High Stakes Pastoralism
Principal Investigator (PI)
2014
$154.8K
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Culture Change, Women, and Diabetes in the United Arab Emirates
Principal Investigator (PI)
2009
$15.0K
- Collaborative Research: The Violence of "Small Wars," Poverty, and Health in Three Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya
Principal Investigator (PI)
2008
$168.1K
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: The Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality in Rural Zambia
Principal Investigator (PI)
2008
$15.0K
News
- School of Anthropology Celebrates Centennial
2015
- How Food Shapes Who We Are
2015
- UA-led Study Grapples With Health Effects of Low-intensity Warfare
2009
- Renowned Activist to Speak on Sudan Crisis
2005
Publications (49)
Recent
- Ageing and physical function in East African foragers and pastoralists
2020
- My own corner of loneliness: Social isolation and place among Mexican immigrants in Arizona and Turkana pastoralists of Kenya.
2020
- Intersections of Insecurity, Nurturing, and Resilience: A Case Study of Turkana Women of Kenya
2019
- High levels of objectively measured physical activity across adolescence and adulthood among the Pokot pastoralists of Kenya
2019
- Adolescent health in a conflict zone of Northern Kenya
2018
- A precarious developmental niche: How insecurity shapes nurturing strategies among Turkana women of Kenya
2018
- Low-intensity violence and the social determinants of adolescent health among three East African pastoralist communities.
2018
- Objectively Measured Physical Activity among the Pokot Agro-Pastoralists of Kenya
2017
- Calibrating the next generation: Mothers, early life experiences, and reproductive development
2016
- Comparative nutritional indicators as markers for resilience: A case study of the impacts of low-intensity violence among three pastoralist communities of northern Kenya
2016
- Suicide in three East African pastoralist communities and the role of researcher outsiders for positive transformation: a case study
2015
- Suicide in Three East African Pastoralist Communities and the Role of Researcher Outsiders for Positive Transformation: A Case Study.
2015
- Suicide and Troubled Mourning in Three East African Pastoralist Communities
2015
- Developmental systems and inequality: linking evolutionary and political-economic theory in biological anthropology
2014
- Dynamics of human biocultural diversity: A unified approach. By Elisa J. Sobo. 356 pp. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. 2012. $39.95 (paper), $39.95 (e‐book)
2014
- A biocultural framework for examining maternal cravings and aversions among pastoral women in East Africa
2012
- Health Experiences of Elder Pastoralists in a Context of Endemic Violence
2012
- Unpacking resilience in extreme circumstances: a mixed-method, longitudinal case study from Turkana pastoralists of northern Kenya
2011
- 20 Pregnancy and Lactation
2010
- Does less autonomy erode women's health? Yes. No. Maybe
2010
- Documenting the health consequences of endemic warfare in three pastoralist communities of northern Kenya: a conceptual framework
2010
- Embodying violence and the biocultural approach: How can we revise our models to better inform global health disparities?
2010
- Evaluating the cultural value of elder women, communal responsibility for children, and implications for reproductive success.
2007
- Refining biocultural models: A case study from Zambia.
2007
- Incorporating psychosocial health into biocultural models: preliminary findings from Turkana women of Kenya
2006
- Understanding women s burdens: preliminary findings on psychosocial health among Datoga and Iraqw women of northern Tanzania.
2006
- Introduction. Fetal origins of developmental plasticity.
2005
- Maternal stress and fetal responses: evolutionary perspectives on preterm delivery
2005
- Fetal origins of developmental plasticity
2005
- The biosocial consequences of life on the run: a case study from Turkana District, Kenya
2004
- Life history perspectives on maternal stress and fetal developmental plasticity.
2004
- Examining women's psychosocial stress among three subsistence populations of East Africa.
2003
- Human biology of pastoral populations
2003
- Cattle raiding, cultural survival, and adaptability of East African pastoralists
2003
- Using the ethnographic record to assess cross-cultural recognition of developmental stages.
2002
- Understanding psychosocial health among reproductive age women from Turkana District, Kenya and Mbulu District, Tanzania
2002
- What does love have to do with it? Perceived stress levels and health in love marriages vs. arranged marriages in a tribal population of India.
2002
- Meaning of morning sickness still unsettled
2001
- The evolutionary and ecological context of human pregnancy
2001
- Pregnancy outcome for nomadic Turkana pastoralists of Kenya
2000
- The nutritional consequences of pregnancy sickness: a critique of a hypothesis
2000
- Infant, child, and adolescent growth, and adult physical status
1999
- Age, reproductive history, seasonality, and maternal body composition during pregnancy for nomadic Turkana of Kenya.
1999
- A test of a model using developmental stage instead of chronological age for collecting and analyzing data on infant and child mortality.
1999
- An alternative method for assessing early mortality in contemporary populations
1998
- The determinants of pregnancy outcome for nomadic Turkana women of Kenya
1996
- Pregnancies at Risk: Women's Health and Nutrition in Turkana District, Kenya
1995
- Drought Relief Food, Dietary Changes and Nutritional Status of Pregnant, Nomadic Women from Turkana District, Kenya
1994