
Deborah Heath
Associate Professor of Anthropology
My current research and teaching interests focus on the anthropology of science, technology, and medicine, feminist studies, and the anthropology of food and drink. I have had the pleasure of collaborating with students and colleagues on a number of funded research projects in recent years.
- Research on wine, terroir, and discourses about science, magic, and the taste of place. Recent work includes
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- Research on terroir, wine grape varietals, and fermentation vessels in the Republic of Georgia and Argentina
- Research on biodynamic viticulture and the ‘natural’ wine movement in Oregon, France, and Sicily, with student-faculty funding from Mellon (Situating the Global Environment,) and the Dinah Dodds Endowment
- A project focused on the Umpqua AVA in southern Oregon, funded by Mellon and Watzek Library.
- Research on the science and nature/culture of foie gras production, with research in the U.S., France and Québec, supported by the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium and a Mellon student-faculty grant from Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Studies Program.
- An interdisciplinary research project investigating biological, cultural, legal, and community perspectives on epigenetics, with funding from the NIH ELSI program.
- Student-faculty research grant from NIH-Interdisciplinary Center on Epigenetics, Science & Society: “The Emerging Epigenetic Mystique: Mapping Portrayals of Epigenetics in Social Media”
- A multi-sited collaborative project, “Mapping Genetic Knowledge: An Anthropological Approach” funded by the NIH ELSI program, National Human Genome Research Institute.
Deborah Heath Gallery
Academic Credentials
PhD The Johns Hopkins University; MA University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; BA Reed College
Teaching
Spring 2015:
SOAN 298: Wines & Vines | SOAN 390 Cyborg Anthropology | SOAN 298 Social Media in Action
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Gender Studies
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