Veronica Miranda
PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of Kentucky

I am a doctoral candidate in medical anthropology (avisor Dr. Mary Anglin). My doctoral research, which was supported by a Fulbright fellowship, focuses on the ways rural Yucatec Maya women, midwives and state health care workers participate in the production of childbirth and maternal health care practices. It further addresses how state health programs influence the relationships and interactions between these groups.  This ethnographic research interrogates changing childbirth practices in a rural indigenous community in Quintana Roo, MX to gain a deeper understanding of the complex politics that shape local understandings and approaches to childbirth. It further explores how shifting social relations and political alliances are created within the context of reproductive health. 

 

Contact Information
veronicamiranda@uky.edu
Education

Ph.D. Medical Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 2017

Gender and Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate, University of Kentucky, 2017

M.A. Applied Anthropology, San Diego State University, 2009

M.Ed. Education, Chaminade University, 2005
B.A. Anthropology, Humboldt State University, 2002

 

 
Research Interests
  • medical anthropology
  • Reproductive Health
  • political economy
  • History
  • Mexico
  • Yucatec Maya
  • global health
  • Social inequality
Affiliations
  • Anthropology