Angela Bratton

Associate Professor

Angela Bratton

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy

College of Nursing
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing

The Graduate School

Education

  • Ph.D., Anthropology Indiana University Bloomington, 2004

  • MA, Anthropology Indiana University Bloomington, 2000

  • BA, Anthropology University of Louisville, 1997

  • BA, Psychology, General University of Louisville, 1997

Certifications

  • CITI Training for IRB 2019

  • CITI Training for IRB 2013

Awards & Honors

  • High Five My Faculty Award CURS, 2021

  • Professor in Practice Men's Basketball, 2019

  • 3 awards for demonstrating the university values of Collegiality, Compassion and Leadership Half-Way There Celebration, 2018

  • Faculty Advisor Award for work with the Anthropology Student Union GRU Office of Student Life and Engagement, 2014

  • Junior Faculty Award for Internationalization of Campus Georgia Consortium for International Studies, 2010

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • ANTH 2011

    Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 4541

    Food and Culture
  • HONR 3900H

    Honors: Breaking Boundaries
  • ANTH 1102

    Introductory Anthropology
  • ANTH 6950

    Selected Topics: Medical Anthropology
  • ANTH 4960

    Internship
  • ANTH 3870

    Ident:Ethnicity,Gender,Class
  • ANTH 4217

    Travelers, Migrants & Refugees

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

  • Frazier Scholarship 2022 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Moderator for Dept. FB Page 2008 - Present

  • Anthropology Student Union 2006 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor
  • Museum Studies Search Committee 2021

    Role: Committee Member
  • Dept. Student Research Symposium 2016 - 2020

    Role: Other

College Service

  • Global Perspectives Certificate Committee 2015 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • College Task Force Strategic Plan 2017 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • Pamplin College Faculty Council 2016 - 2019

  • T&P committees for Sociology, CJ, and Social Work 2016 - 2016

    Role: Committee Member
  • T&P committees for Sociology, CJ, and Social Work 2012 - 2012

    Role: Committee Member

University Service

  • Qualitative Research Lab 2022 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Bioethics Oversight Committee 2021 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor
  • Bookstore: Process Team 2021 - Present

  • University System Africa Council representative 2006 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Women’s & Gender Studies Program 2005 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Reviewed NSF Grant 2012 - Present

    Role: Reviewer
  • Reviewer multiple book manuscripts 2010 - Present

  • Fulbright, IIE 2020 - 2020

    Role: Reviewer, Grant Proposal
  • Anthropology Day 2019 - 2019

    Role: Program Organizer
  • Fulbright, IIE 2017 - 2017

    Role: Reviewer, Grant Proposal

Public Service

  • Columbia County Senior Theses 2014 - 2018

    Role: Mentor