Dr. Bambi L Chapin
Associate Professor · Tenured
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
Research interests
Psychological anthropology, human development in cultural context, relationships, Sri Lanka.Teaching interests
Cultural, psychological, and medical anthropology; kinship, family, and childhood; South Asia; ethnography.Education
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Ph D, Anthropology
— University of California, San Diego (2003) Hierarchy, Envy, and Spirit Possession: Case Studies in Internalization among Sinhala Women in Central Sri Lanka
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MA, Anthropology
— University of California, San Diego (1998) The Technique of Ecstasy: The Relationship between Trauma, Dissociation, and Spirit Possession among Sri Lankan Priestesses
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BA, Anthropology
— University of Virginia (1988) The Metaphors through which We Understand AIDS