Part-time Faculty

Dr. Dori Beeler is an applied medical anthropologist whose work spans across spirituality, medicine, Science and Technology Studies, public health, and oncology. Since 2015, she has worked in academic and applied work across the US and UK in collaboration with many disciplines and private, and public institutions. Her current work is focused on Implementation Science […]

PROFILE: Lennin Caro is a cultural anthropologist that specializes in Christianity, neoliberalism, and subjectivity. His research experience includes ethnographic investigations on evangelical practices within college campuses and volunteer tourism/short-term mission narratives. He is currently researching how the circulation of affect between volunteers and Malawian orphans contribute to subject-making. He is the recipient of the 2023 […]

Ms. Mode holds a B.A. in Anthropology from UNC Wilmington and an M.A. in Anthropology from Florida State University. She specializes in bioarchaeology.

Blue Murillo is an adjunct professor at UNC Charlotte, specializing in bioarchaeology and East Asian archaeology. Their research is centered on osteological diseases and skeletal trauma. Blue has contributed to archaeological research in Ecuador and conducted research for their thesis at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. EDUCATION: MA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte – […]

James Robbins is a medical, feminist, and cultural anthropologist and adjunct professor with research interests in neoliberalism, decolonialism, healthcare ethnography, Latinx/e studies, language access, and gender. His recent project has focused on the relationship between subjectivity and performativity among nurses. Future research is focused on issues of language access among Latinx/e/Hispanic patients experiencing postpartum depression. Courses: Feminist […]

Dr. Kelley Sams is an applied anthropologist specialized in health, governance, and data for decisionmaking.She has over 20 years of experience working in applied research. Kelley was previously a Fulbright-Hays research fellow and a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger. Kelley has conducted research on diseaseelimination, pandemic preparedness, and the online circulation of health (mis/dis) information. […]