C. Jason Throop

C. Jason Throop is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research focuses on medical and psychological anthropology, particularly the intersection of phenomenology, sensorial experience, and morality. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Yap (Federated States of Micronesia), examining pain, suffering, and ethical modes of being. Throop holds a Ph.D. from UCLA (2005) and has authored influential books such as Suffering and Sentiment: Exploring the Vicissitudes of Experience and Pain in Yap (2010). He is also editor of volumes like The Anthropology of Empathy (2011). His current projects include studying aging and climate change on Vancouver Island.

Research Interests: Phenomenology, medical anthropology, psychological anthropology, ethics, emotion/mood, and Pacific studies.

Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, UCLA, 2005.

Awards: None explicitly listed. His work has been widely cited and reviewed in academic journals like American Ethnologist and Somatosphere.

Advising & Grants: Advised numerous graduate students, including current advisees Faith Cole and Abigail Mack. His research has explored diverse topics such as empathy, moral moods, and the anthropology of the will.

Labs/Teams: No specific lab affiliations mentioned, though his work involves collaborative ethnographic projects and interdisciplinary research teams.