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Nina Kammerer is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, where she teaches qualitative research methods. She also served as a faculty member in Brandeis' Department of Anthropology, introducing a course on AIDS in the early 1990s. Since 2010, she has been a Visiting Investigator at the Catalan Institute for Cultural Heritage Research in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Chicago
- M.A., University of Chicago
- M.P.H., Boston University School of Public Health (1997)
- B.A., Barnard College
Her research integrates Anthropology and Public Health, with a focus on Southeast Asia and HIV/AIDS studies. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork among the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Akha of Northern Thailand, analyzing sociocultural risk factors for HIV/AIDS. Her work also explores intersections of cultural identity, religion, and public policy, including co-edited volumes on Southeast Asian religious practices and studies of trauma retraumatization funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Scientific Awards & Honors:
- Special Humanities Fellowship, University of Chicago (1974-1977)
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Fellowship (1979)
- International Doctoral Research Fellowship (SSRC/ACLS, 1980-1982)
- Postdoctoral Research Grant (SSRC/ACLS, 1986-1988)
- Teaching Award, Heller School (student nominated, 2008)
- Visiting Investigator, Catalan Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (2010-2021)
During her career, she has contributed to qualitative research and program evaluation in behavioral health, including work at Health and Addictions Research, Inc. (1997-2004). Her publications span asymmetric marriage alliances, Christian conversion, ethnic identity, and Thai government policies toward highland minorities, as well as HIV/AIDS risk among transgender communities in the United States.
