Prof. Garcia receives Stirling Prize from Society for Psychological Anthropology

Prof. Garcia receives Stirling Prize from Society for Psychological Anthropology
- September 9, 2009
- Honor recognizes Assistant Professor Angela Garcia's drug addiction study as "best published work in psychological anthropology"
Angela Garcia, anthropology assistant professor, has been awarded the Stirling Prize
for Best Published Work in Psychological Anthropology by the Society for Psychological
Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association. The award recognizes her
study, "The Elegiac Addict: History, Chronicity, and the Melancholic Subject," in
which she took an in-depth look at drug addiction and its root causes in the rural
New Mexican landscape. Her findings, based upon five years of interviews, surveys
and anthropological research in the area, indicated a strong tie between elevated
levels of heroin use and the local Hispanos' lost connections to the land and historical
culture. The study was published in the November 2008 issue of the society's journal,
Cultural Anthropology.
Garcia will formally receive the award at the 2009 American Anthropological Association
annual meeting in Philadelphia in December. Past recipients of the honor have included
noted anthropologists from Princeton University, Columbia University, Stanford University,
UC Berkeley, the Watson Institute, and UC Irvine.
Share on:
Related News Items
- Why federally funded social science research matters: How we understand the world
- Why federally funded social science research matters: How we think
- Why federally funded social science research matters: How we make decisions in hybrid teams
- Trump stopped federal funding to Maine over transgender athletes. Could California follow?
- Arrests at Pomona Home Depot sparks fear about labor crackdown amid L.A. fire recovery
connect with us: