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Peter Locke is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University, specializing in cultural and medical anthropology. He holds a PhD from Princeton University (2009) and previously served as a postdoctoral research associate and lecturer in Princeton's Program in Global Health and Health Policy.
Education:
- PhD, Princeton University, 2009
Locke's research critically examines global health interventions and humanitarian psychiatry in post-conflict societies through ethnographic lenses. His work focuses on Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sierra Leone, analyzing how local populations navigate trauma, public health infrastructure gaps, and transnational aid discourses. He integrates science and technology studies with medical anthropology to challenge top-down humanitarian approaches and advocate for contextually grounded social repair frameworks that center survivor perspectives.
His publications reveal evolving scholarly trajectories from post-war mental health systems in the Balkans to contemporary global health education paradigms and theoretical engagements with Deleuzian philosophy. Collectively, these works dissect power dynamics in evidence production, highlighting tensions between Western humanitarian models and indigenous healing practices in resource-limited settings.
Locke actively mentors undergraduate researchers, leading field teams in Sierra Leone to document encounters between international NGOs and local care networks. His teaching portfolio includes Health and the Social Markers of Difference, Qualitative Research Methods in Global Health, and Medical Humanitarianism, emphasizing hands-on ethnographic training and critical analysis of health disparities.
