Jonathan Maupin
Ph.D., Anthropology, State University of New York—University at Albany
SHESC Themes: Biological, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Human Health; Culture, Heritage and Identity
Field Specializations: International Health & Development, Community Participation in Health Programs, Midwifery, Medical Pluralism, Conceptual Variation & Change in Folk Medicine, Hispanic Migration
Regional Foci: Latin America, US
Contact: Jonathan Maupin, MC 209
Jonathan Maupin’s research focuses on two primary areas: community participation in health programs; and variation and change in conceptual models of health and illness. In Guatemala, Maupin’s research examines the history of Primary Health Care programs among the Kaqchikel in Chimaltenango, focusing on community health worker and midwifery training programs. Maupin is specifically interested in the ways in which local power structures, expectations of the position and conflicts over authoritative knowledge influence community participation in health programs. As a post-doctoral research associate at Vanderbilt University, Maupin examined patterns of variation and change in conceptual models of illness among Mexicans in Pichátaro, Michoácan, and Mexican migrants in Nashville, Tennessee. This research focuses on how increased access to biomedical services, changes in social roles and interactions and migration experiences alter individual and group conceptual models of health and illness.
Maupin’s current research focuses on the processes of knowledge acquisition, variation and change in conceptual models of health in the context of biomedical training programs. Specifically, Maupin is interested in examining how community health workers and midwives in Guatemala incorporate biomedical knowledge into existing frameworks, how this knowledge is distributed throughout their communities and how knowledge of public health information influences individual and group behavior.
The South Phoenix Collaborative
Maupin teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including Food and Culture and Advanced Medical Anthropology.
Select Publications:
Maupin, J. N. (in press). Divergent models of community health workers in highland Guatemala. Human Organization 70(1).
Ross, N., Maupin, J. & Timura, C. (in press). Knowledge organization, categories and ad hoc groups: Folk medical models among Mexican migrants in Nashville. Ethos 39.
Maupin, J., Norbert, R. & Timura, C. (2010). Gendered experiences of migration and conceptual knowledge of illness. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health doi: 10.1007/s10903-010-9333-9.
Maupin, J. (2009). "Fruit of the accords": Neoliberal health reform and civil participation in highland Guatemala. Social Science and Medicine, 68(8), 1456-1463.
Maupin, J. (2008). Remaking the Guatemalan midwife: Health care reform and midwifery training programs in highland Guatemala. Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 27(4), 353-382.
