Patricia Fifita
Waldo Hall 280
2250 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
Critical Ethnic Studies, Indigenous Anthropology in/of the Pacific Islands/Oceania; Medical and Environmental Anthropology; Indigenous theory and methodologies; Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK); Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR); Critical theory applied to indigenous health and biomedicine, Health disparities, Gender studies, Political economy, Climate change and Food security, and Natural resource management in the Pacific Islands.
PhD, Medical Anthropology, University of Hawaii
MA, Medical Anthropology, University of Hawaii
BA, Anthropology & Botany, Brigham Young University
Core Leadership, President's Commission on Indigenous Affairs (PCIA)
Advisory Council, Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws
Advisory Council, Asian & Pacific Cultural Center
Advisor, Pacific Islander Association
- ES 101: Introduction to Ethnic Studies (campus & online)
- ES 260: Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (campus & online)
- ES 399: Race, Globalization, and Pacific Island Societies (campus)
- ES/FCSJ 464: Food and Ethnic Identity: Decolonizing Food and the Body (online)
- ANTH 317: Peoples of the World – Pacific
- ANTH 383H: Introduction to Medical Anthropology (Honors)
Affiliated Faculty - Indigenous Studies
Affiliated Faculty - Food in Culture and Social Justice Program
Affiliated Faculty - Marine Studies Program
Affiliated Faculty - Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative