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Jeffrey G. Snodgrass is a Professor of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University (CSU), with additional appointments as Adjunct Professor at the Colorado School of Public Health and Advising Faculty Member in the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. His research focuses on psychological and biocultural anthropology, examining the therapeutic dimensions of religion, play, and virtual worlds. He directs the Ethnographic Research and Teaching Laboratory (ERTL), emphasizing mixed-methods approaches to studying human flourishing, stress resilience, and cultural concepts of well-being.
Snodgrass holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from UC San Diego (1997), an M.A. from the same institution (1990), and a B.S. in Molecular Biology from Vanderbilt University (1988). His work bridges qualitative and quantitative methods, including biomarker analysis to study stress physiology. Key projects explore stress resilience in Indian spirit religions and global role-playing games, with implications for global mental health.
His research interests span causal reasoning in ethnography, cultural consensus analysis, and the social genomics of gaming. Recent publications include The Avatar Faculty: Ecstatic Transformations in Religion and Video Games (2023) and
Snodgrass has secured grants such as the NSF EAGER Award (2016) for biocultural studies of internet use. His work highlights the intersection of cultural practices, digital spaces, and mental health, advocating for innovative ethnographic techniques to address complex social and environmental challenges.
