Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies
fifitap@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-7875

Waldo Hall

Waldo Hall 280

2250 SW Jefferson Way

2250 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Education: 

PhD, Medical Anthropology, University of Hawaii
MA, Medical Anthropology, University of Hawaii
BA, Anthropology & Botany, Brigham Young University

Service: 

Advisor, Native American Longhouse Eena Haws Cultural Center - OSU
Advisor, Asian & Pacific Cultural Center - OSU
Advisor, Pacific Islander Club - OSU

Curriculum Vitae: 
PDF icon cv_patriciafifita_sept2020.pdf

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Sch Lang, Culture & Soc
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Courses Taught: 
  • 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
Research/Career Interests: 

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.

My Publications

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