معرفی
Nina A. Kammerer is a Senior Lecturer at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Anthropology. She specializes in qualitative research methods and public health, with a focus on HIV/AIDS, ethnic identity, and cultural heritage. Her research spans Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, and Catalonia, Spain. She holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and an MPH from Boston University.
Education:
- PhD in Anthropology, University of Chicago
- M.A., University of Chicago
- M.P.H., Boston University School of Public Health
- B.A., Barnard College
Research Focus: Kammerer’s work explores sociocultural factors influencing health outcomes, including HIV/AIDS prevention among highland minorities in Thailand and transgender communities in the U.S. Her recent research examines Catalan cultural traditions and their intersection with political movements in Catalonia. She has conducted long-term ethnographic studies among the Akha people of Northern Thailand and contributed to publications on asymmetric marriage, religious conversion, and Thai government policies.
Awards:
- Special Humanities Fellowship (1974–1977)
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Fellowship (1979)
- International Doctoral Research Fellowship (SSRC/ACLS)
Teaching & Grants: Teaches qualitative methods in the Heller PhD Program.曾主持美国艾滋病研究基金会资助的泰国少数民族HIV/AIDS研究项目（1993），并参与Health and Addictions Research, Inc.行为健康研究（1997–2004）。目前为西班牙加泰罗尼亚文化遗产研究所访问研究员，从事加泰罗尼亚文化节日与独立运动的研究。
