Prof. Kathryn A. Rhine, Ph.D.
International & Interdisciplinary Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences - African/African American Studies, Geography and Atmospheric Science, AnthropologyKathryn Rhine, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology. She studies the relationship between culture and health in Nigeria. Her research has centered on topics such as women and the HIV epidemic in northern Nigeria, and trauma systems and bloodless medicine in southern Nigeria. Rhine is also a co-investigator with the humanities-based lab, CoILAB-oratives: Bridging Digital Health Divides in East Africa.
Teaching
Professor Rhine teaches courses in global health humanities, ethnographic methods, and African Studies, with a focus on Nigeria.
Teaching Interests
- Health humanities
- Critical medical anthropology
- Global health
- Ethnography
- Qualitative Research Methods
- African Studies
Research
Professor Rhine has lived and worked in Nigeria for nearly four years over the past 15 years. She has written a book titled, "The Unseen Things: Women, Secrecy, and HIV in Northern Nigeria" (2016, Indiana University Press), which won the 2017 Best Book Award from the Nigerian Studies Association. She is currently developing a new project titled, "Bloodless: Innovation and the Production of Surgical Knowledge in Nigeria" based on ethnographic fieldwork in Calabar, Nigeria.
Research Interests
- Global health
- Medical humanities
- Ethnography
- African studies
- Nigeria
Service
Professor Rhine is a faculty fellow in the University Honors Program and an executive board member of the Kansas African Studies Center.
