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 Nursing Science
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
- ABRATTON@augusta.edu
- (706) 737-1709
- (706) 729-2177
- AH E208
- Personal Website
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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ANTH 3817
African Cultural Issues
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ANTH 2011
Cultural Anthropology
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HONR 3900H
Honors: Breaking Boundaries
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ANTH 4960
Internship
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ANTH 3001
Methods in Cultural Anthro
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ANTH 4541
Food and Culture
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ANTH 1102
Introductory 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 - 2026
Role: Faculty Mentor
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Anthropology Major Student-Faculty Mingle 2025
College Service
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Pamplin Promotion and Tenure Committee 2025 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Pamplin Faculty Council 2022 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Pamplin Spring Fling, attended - 2025
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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
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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Constitution Day, attended 2025
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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The Harlem Museum and Welcome Center, Home of the Laurel & Hardy Museum - 2026
Role: Reviewer
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Anthropology Day - 2024
Role: Program Organizer
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AAA Anthropology Day Ambassador 2023 - 2024
Role: Other
Public Service
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Presentation on Archaeology to Middle School Robotics Team 2025
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Veterans Curation Program Talk About Cultural Anthropology and Careers 2025
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"Food & Culture" Lecture for Kiwana Club 2024
Role: Guest Speaker
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Columbia County Senior Theses 2014 - 2018
Role: Mentor