Kayla Patterson
Kayla Patterson is a lecturer in the Anthropology department at California State University, Long Beach. She earned her master's degree in Anthropology from California State University, Long Beach. Her research explores the adaptive strategies used by patients navigating chronic illness, such as diabetes, that develop in response to limited access to healthcare. Using the lens of structural violence, she investigates the systemic barriers that shape patients’ healing journeys and the various strategies that are employed to address their health needs.
critical medical anthropology, structural violence, healthcare access, chronic conditions, diabetes, adaptive and alternative health strategies, medical technology
ANTH 120: Intro to Cultural
ANTH 140: Intro to Archaeology
ANTH 155: Medical Technology and Human Bodies
ANTH 307: Modernization in the Global Perspective
ANTH 314: Global Ethnography
ANTH 329: Cultural Diversity in California
ANTH 401: Foundations in Anthropology
ANTH 412: Communication and Culture
ANTH 413: Language and Culture
ANTH 436: Medical Anthropology
ANTH 458: Ethnographic Methods
ANTH 560: Ethnographic Research Methods
