Katie E. Starkweather, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anthropology, Biological
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About
I am a biocultural anthropologist who studies the relationships between environmental change (climate change and seasonality), women’s livelihoods, and maternal and child health and nutrition.
I conduct fieldwork with Shodagor fisher-trader communities in rural Bangladesh, where I direct the Shodagor Longitudinal Health and Demography Project. I use mixed-methods and between- and within-individuals study designs to determine how the effects of climate change, including seasonality, extreme heat, and flooding, are impacting maternal livelihoods in the Shodagor communities, and to elucidate the effects on infant and young child feeding, child growth and nutrition, and maternal health and nutrition.
Education
PhD in Anthropology from University of Missouri, 2016
MA in Anthropology from University of Nebraska, 2010
BA in Psychology from West Texas A&M University, 2005