Rachel Chapman

Dr. Rachel Chapman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, with adjunct appointments in Global Health and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. She is a Black feminist activist anthropologist using decolonizing methodologies to address health disparities through transformative justice frameworks.

• PhD in Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles (1998)
• MA in Anthropology and African Studies from UCLA and Yale University

Her research focuses on:

• Racial and ethnic health disparities in global contexts
• Intersectionality in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS
• Political economy of austerity policies in Africa
• Black feminist and decolonizing methodologies
• Community-driven responses to structural violence

Recent publications analyze:

• COVID-19 perinatal disparities
• HIV treatment retention in Mozambique
• NGO impacts on health equity
• Decolonizing global-local paradigms

Scientific awards include:

• Writing @ UW Fellowship

Grants and projects:

• NIH RO1 grant for maternal HIV treatment
• UW Population Health Initiative's Mama Amaan Project
• Royalty Research Fund grant for birthing diversity

She leads liberation-oriented pedagogy through:

• Alter/Native Anthropology
• Embodied Pedagogy of Engagement
• Community-based doula interventions