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Felicity Aulino is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She specializes in medical anthropology with a focus on Thailand, exploring themes such as care practices, Buddhism, and critical phenomenology. Her work bridges ethnography, film, and theory, examining how embodied rituals and moral frameworks shape social structures and political change. Her research includes studies on aging, caregiving, and the intersections of religious belief with contemporary Thai society.
Dr. Aulino’s recent book, *Rituals of Care: Karmic Politics in an Aging Thailand* (2019), investigates how habitual caregiving practices influence social and political dynamics. She also explores local theories of mind and spiritual experiences, as seen in her collaborative work on cultural perceptions of divine presence. Her teaching includes courses on global health and phenomenological approaches to medical anthropology.
Her research has been published in journals such as *Anthropological Theory*, *Nature Human Behavior*, and *Medical Anthropology*, and she frequently engages with interdisciplinary biosocial approaches to health and cultural studies. Her work emphasizes ethical storytelling and the importance of narrative in understanding caregiving and precarity in diverse contexts.
