Angela Bratton
Associate Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy
The Graduate School
College of Nursing
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
Education
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Ph.D., Anthropology
Indiana University Bloomington, 2004
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MA, Anthropology
Indiana University Bloomington, 2000
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BA, Anthropology
University of Louisville, 1997
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BA, Psychology, General
University of Louisville, 1997
Certifications
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CITI Training for IRB
2024
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CITI Training for IRB
2019
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CITI Training for IRB
2013
Awards & Honors
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High Five My Faculty Award
CURS, 2021
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Professor in Practice
Men's Basketball, 2019
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3 awards for demonstrating the university values of Collegiality, Compassion and Leadership
Half-Way There Celebration, 2018
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Faculty Advisor Award for work with the Anthropology Student Union
GRU Office of Student Life and Engagement, 2014
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Junior Faculty Award for Internationalization of Campus
Georgia Consortium for International Studies, 2010
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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HONR 3900H
Honors: Breaking Boundaries
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ANTH 2011H
Honors: Cultural Anthropology
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ANTH 3870
Ident:Ethnicity,Gender,Class
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WGST 3870
Identity:Ethnicity,Gender & Cl
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ANTH 4217
Travelers, Migrants & Refugees
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ANTH 2011
Cultural Anthropology
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ANTH 1102
Introductory Anthropology
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ANTH 3535
Medical Anthropology
Teaching Interests
Intro to Anthropology, Cultural Anthropological Methods, History of Cultural Anthropology, Gender, Sexuality, Africa, Identity, Ritual, Anthropology of Education/Childhood, Folklore, Travel (migration, refugees, tourism, etc.), Food, Study Abroad, Service Learning, Medical Anth and Reproduction
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- A Pilot RCT Evaluating Essential Oils for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Early Adolescents’ Physical Activity and Nutrition Beliefs and Behaviors in an Urban Cluster in the Southeastern United States, 2022
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- An Anthropological Study of Factors Affecting the Construction of Sexuality in Ghana: Teenage Pregnancy, School Education, and Virgins’ Clubs, 2010
Book, Scholarly-New
- “View From Table Top Mountain’s Top” , 2008
Research Interests
gender, sexuality, reproduction, education, socialization, identity/representation, adolescence, Africa, and feminist ethnography, food, folklore
Department Service
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Frazier Scholarship
2022 - Present
Role: Other
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Moderator for Dept. FB Page
2008 - Present
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Anthropology Student Union
2006 - Present
Role: Faculty Advisor
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New Faculty Mentor
2023 - 2024
Role: Faculty Mentor
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Lecturer Biological Anthropologist Search Committee
2024 - 2024
Role: Committee Member
College Service
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Pamplin Faculty Council
2022 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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New Faculty Mentor CSSR
2023 - 2025
Role: Faculty Mentor
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College Task Force Strategic Plan
2017 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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Pamplin College Faculty Council
2016 - 2019
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T&P committees for Sociology, CJ, and Social Work
2016 - 2016
Role: Committee Member
University Service
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Student Success Committee
2023 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Qualitative Research Lab
2022 - Present
Role: Other
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University System Africa Council representative
2006 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Women’s & Gender Studies Program
2005 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Bioethics Oversight Committee
2021 - 2025
Role: Faculty Advisor
Professional Service
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Reviewed NSF Grant
2012 - Present
Role: Reviewer
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Reviewer multiple book manuscripts
2010 - Present
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Anthropology Day
- 2024
Role: Program Organizer
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AAA Anthropology Day Ambassador
2023 - 2024
Role: Other
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Anthropology Day
- 2023
Role: Program Organizer
Public Service
