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Richard Powis, PhD, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Contact Info
- Office: LRC 219
- Academic Email: richardpowis@usf.edu
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Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Maternal and Child Health, University of South Florida, 2022
- PhD, Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2020
- MA, Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2016
- BA, Anthropology, Cleveland State University, 2013
Discipline
Maternal & Child Health
Specialization
- Critical Medical Anthropology
- Global Maternal & Child Health
- Maternal Social Support
- Political Economy of Health
- Qualitative Research Design and Ethics
Biography
Richard Powis, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health in the College of Public Health. His research focuses on how the people who surround pregnant women and new mothers influence their health and wellness. Dr Powis has worked primarily in Senegal since 2012, but has started to undertake research projects in Florida since 2021.