Fredy R Rodríguez‐mejía
Biographic Data
| ID | 228415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fredy R Rodríguez‐mejía |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fredy R |
| FAMILY NAME | Rodríguez‐mejía |
| SIGNATURE | MEJÍA F R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Augustana College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6593-5446 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The missing study groups: Liminality and communitas in the time of Covid-19
We examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on teaching and learning in an Engineering School of a large US research university. We focus on the adjustment of instructors as they converted their courses to distance teaching and learning formats (e.g., virtual sessions, online forums) and on bachelor student experiences with those changes. While both instructors and students experienced liminality, the pandemic affected these groups differen…
Educational Anthropology and Engaged Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Since the field’s early years, anthropology has been concerned with processes of teaching and learning. While early anthropological works were comparative in nature—examining schooling systems around the world in relation to those in US society—scholars gradually began to focus more on educational issues in the US. Efforts to bring together the works of scholars of pedagogy and anthropologists slowly morphed into what we now call “educational ant…
Understanding Culture Through Pictures and a Thousand Words
As the adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Yet, anthropologists have not typically sought study-participant drawings. Using a protocol in which a request for a drawing was embedded, this study captures the internal dynamics of three successful university-based teams. Our questions followed a specific Describe-Draw-Explain sequence. All interviewees offered some novel element in their drawings (Draw step) beyond what they conveyed in …
Changing Diagnostic and Treatment Criteria for Chronic Illness: A Critical Consideration of Their Impact on Low-Income Hispanic Patients
Low-income Hispanics are often identified as especially at risk for common chronic conditions like diabetes, and targeted for aggressive screening and treatment. Anthropologists and other social scientists have extensively explored barriers and facilitators to chronic illnesses management in minority populations, but have not yet considered the impact of recently lowered diagnostic and treatment thresholds on such groups. In this paper, we critic…
From Expeditions to Exhibitions: Circulation of Anthropological Knowledge in Copán, Honduras
commentary, circulation, Copan, Peabody Museum, archaeology, community, identity, Fragile Memories
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From Expeditions to Exhibitions: Circulation of Anthropological Knowledge in Copán, Honduras
commentary, circulation, Copan, Peabody Museum, archaeology, community, identity, Fragile Memories
Changing Diagnostic and Treatment Criteria for Chronic Illness: A Critical Consideration of Their Impact on Low-Income Hispanic Patients
Low-income Hispanics are often identified as especially at risk for common chronic conditions like diabetes, and targeted for aggressive screening and treatment. Anthropologists and other social scientists have extensively explored barriers and facilitators to chronic illnesses management in minority populations, but have not yet considered the impact of recently lowered diagnostic and treatment thresholds on such groups. In this paper, we critic…
Educational Anthropology and Engaged Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Since the field’s early years, anthropology has been concerned with processes of teaching and learning. While early anthropological works were comparative in nature—examining schooling systems around the world in relation to those in US society—scholars gradually began to focus more on educational issues in the US. Efforts to bring together the works of scholars of pedagogy and anthropologists slowly morphed into what we now call “educational ant…
Understanding Culture Through Pictures and a Thousand Words
As the adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Yet, anthropologists have not typically sought study-participant drawings. Using a protocol in which a request for a drawing was embedded, this study captures the internal dynamics of three successful university-based teams. Our questions followed a specific Describe-Draw-Explain sequence. All interviewees offered some novel element in their drawings (Draw step) beyond what they conveyed in …
The missing study groups: Liminality and communitas in the time of Covid-19
We examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on teaching and learning in an Engineering School of a large US research university. We focus on the adjustment of instructors as they converted their courses to distance teaching and learning formats (e.g., virtual sessions, online forums) and on bachelor student experiences with those changes. While both instructors and students experienced liminality, the pandemic affected these groups differen…
Anthropology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Anthropology of art (1 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 works)