| Dr. Laurence Kruckman PhD 1977, Southern Illinois Univ. Professor, Department of Anthropology Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
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| Address: G12-D McElhaney Department of Anthropology Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA 15705-1069, U.S.A. Email:kruckman@iup.edu Phone: 724-357-3935 |
Professional Interests:
Dr. Kruckman is a cultural anthropologist with an interest in social theory, critical
medical anthropology, comparative psychology, and applied public policy linked to birth.
He has conducted research in South America, Micronesia, and Eastern Kentucky. He has also
written articles on the use of aerial and space photography and imagery in ethnohistory
and archaeology research. His recent research interests center on birth and the postpartum
period and related myth and ritual. He has pioneered the use of social support groups to
prevent post-partum disorders. Currently, he is researching the impact of immigration on
Japanese and Chilean parents in Canada, birth euphoria, early (birth) hospital discharge,
and birth policy. He teaches the Anthropology Theory Seminar, Social and Cultural Change,
and Critical Medical Anthropology.
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