– Katharina Rynkiewich –
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology Florida Atlantic University
Katharina is a Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Florida Atlantic University. Her current work focuses on regional networks of medical care that include the outpatient prescription and use of antibiotic medicines as well as regional infection control and epidemiology in light of ongoing ecological instability in the South Florida area.
Her research draws on several traditions in medical anthropology, science and technology studies, and the cultural study of institutions. Prior to her current research, Katharina was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University. She received a PhD in Social Anthropology from Washington University in St Louis and a master’s degree in Social Science research from the University of Chicago.
Further information on Katharina can be found on her institutional profile.

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