Jesse Bia

Jesse Bia is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bowdoin College, located in Brunswick, Maine. Their research focuses on medical anthropology and public health, with regional expertise in Japanese studies. They conduct fieldwork in urban Japan and the Tohoku region, examining healthcare practices, regenerative medicine, and post-disaster recovery.

Education: PhD from University College London (UCL), MPhil from the University of Oxford, and BA from the University of Rochester.

Research interests include the lived experiences of elderly patients with degenerative diseases, interdisciplinary methodologies linking biomedicine and cultural anthropology, and the societal impacts of disaster management initiatives. Current projects explore regenerative medicine’s cultural dimensions and post-2011 tsunami mental health in Tohoku communities.

Teaching emphasizes practical applications of anthropology, offering courses like Medical Anthropology and Contemporary Japan: Anthropological Perspectives. No grants or labs are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.