Vania Smith-Oka
Nancy O'Neill Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Degrees
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Profile
Smith-Oka’s current research focuses on how marginal peoples around the world respond to the impact that globalization has on their health needs and local knowledge. She has sought to understand this question by looking at how the least powerful members of a community, i.e. women, are responding to this globalization. Her work has taken place in rural Mexico and the city of Puebla. Smith-Oka has co-authored a book with Brian S. Bauer (University of Illinois at Chicago), The History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. She has also published an article on medicinal plant use in Economic Botany.
Contact Information
649
Flanner Hall
631-7269
vsmithok@nd.edu
