Academic Success Coordinator II

About

  • Role:

    Faculty

  • Position:

    • Academic Success Coordinator II
    • Instructor

  • Concentration:

    • Cultural Anthropology

  • Department:

    • Academic Support Center, Anthropology and Geography, and Sociology

  • Education:

    • Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada M.A. in Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton, California B.A. in Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton, California

  • Curriculum Vitae:

Biography

Academic Support Coordinator II, Anthropology, Geography & Sociology

In addition to teaching in the Department of Anthropology and Geography, Keri Canada is the Academic Support Coordinator for students majoring in Anthropology, Geography, and Sociology.

Keri earned both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in anthropology from California State University, Fullerton, and has completed all coursework for a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Nevada, Reno (she has also completed PhD coursework at Colorado State University). Before joining Colorado State University in 2013, she taught Anthropology for six years at the University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, NV, as well as in Colorado at both Front Range Community College and Red Rocks Community College.

Keri is primarily a medical anthropologist whose research has focused on human sexual and reproductive health behavior among adults in the United States; she also studies how patients make decisions about certain reproductive medical procedures. She has previously been published as a columnist and book reviewer in anthropology journals, and her M.A. thesis was published as a book in 2008; her second book, Exploring Cultural Anthropology, was published by Kendall Hunt in 2014 (and a revised edition was released in 2017). She teaches the freshman seminar (ANTH101: Practicing Anthropology), ANTH321 (Beer, Brewing, and Culture) and ANTH333 (Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction); she's previously taught ANTH100 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology), ANTH200 (Cultures and the Global System), and has worked with advanced students on independent study projects.

In her roles as both Academic Support Coordinator and instructor, she strongly promotes internships, field schools, and study abroad programs – exploring the world helps to develop a greater understanding of human cultural diversity. She also advocates for students to form strong relationships with their academic departments and faculty mentors.

Outside of work, Keri enjoys reading, writing, and spending time outdoors with her family, friends, and dogs. She has traveled in India as part of a medical anthropology field expedition, as well as parts of Canada, Central America, Europe, and Mexico.

Publications

2017     Author, Exploring Cultural Anthropology (Revised Edition), Kendall Hunt Publishing

2014     Author, Exploring Cultural Anthropology, Kendall Hunt Publishing

2012     Pedagogy Editor for Course Reader: Anthropology (updated), Wadsworth-Cengage
              Author, Gender Equity in Anthropology, Anthropology News (National Association of Student Anthropologists section news), Volume 54, Issue 7

2011     Pedagogy Editor for Course Reader: Anthropology, Wadsworth-Cengage

             Author, On Being Both a Student and a Teacher, Anthropology News (National Association of Student Anthropologists section news), Volume 52, Issue 5

2008     Author, Sexual Risk-Taking and Health-Seeking Behavior in Orange County Adults: A Survey of Potential Influences, Verlag Dr. Müller Press

2007     Author, review of Judith A. Houck’s Hot and Bothered: Women, Medicine, and Menopause in North America in Anthropology and Aging Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 1

Courses

  • ANTH101: Practicing Anthropology

    Familiarizes majors with the sub-fields of anthropology and provides an overview via practical exercises of foundational skills necessary for success in the anthropology major, CSU, and beyond. Topics include critical thinking and writing, conducting research, scholarly communication, and professional career development, with attention to how these apply to anthropology in particular.

  • ANTH321: Beer, Brewing, and Culture

    Explores contemporary scholarship on beer and its place in society and culture throughout human history. Beer and brewing are discussed from a cultural perspective but important evidence also comes from archaeological, evolutionary, and geographical sources.

  • ANTH333: Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction

    Contemporary scholarship on issues in the anthropology of reproduction, including the relationship between production and reproduction and between the corporeal body and the body politic, the disciplinary power of the state, public controversies such as abortion and maternal-fetal conflict, and the symbolism and metaphors of procreation and parenthood. We will use “reproduction” as an analytic strategy to shed light on the cultural politics of gender, power, and sexuality.