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Chelsi West Ohueri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, with concurrent appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies. She serves as Graduate Advisor for the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES), directing interdisciplinary graduate training in Eurasian studies.
Her research program critically examines race and racialization, medical anthropology, and belonging across Southeastern Europe and the US South. She conducts extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Albania focusing on racial belonging among Albanian, Romani, and Egyptian communities, while also investigating health disparities and the social determinants of illness in marginalized populations.
Her publication record reveals two dominant research trajectories: ethnographic analyses of race, whiteness, and post-socialist transitions in the Balkans, and medical anthropology studies examining HIV/diabetes co-morbidity and self-management limitations. These interconnected strands demonstrate her commitment to understanding structural marginalization through both cultural and health lenses.
Her scholarly contributions have been recognized through competitive fellowships:
- Fulbright Fellowship
- Ford Foundation Fellowship
- School for Advanced Research Fellowship
- IREX Fellowship
As an educator, Dr. West Ohueri teaches courses including Global Race and Racism, Comparative White Nationalisms, and Heritage and Hate across multiple departments. Her research has secured substantial funding from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Fulbright Program, supporting fieldwork in Albania and health studies in the United States. She actively contributes to CREEES, fostering collaborative research on Eurasian societies and graduate student development.
