Assistant Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University

Office:  Mathews Center 209

Phone: (480) 965-2167

Email:  jonathan.maupin@asu.edu

Research Interests

Medical and Cultural Anthropology, Maya Studies

Bio

Dr. Maupin received his Ph.D. in Anthropology at SUNY Albany in 2006 with a specialization in Mesoamerican studies.  Following this, he held a postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer position in the Department of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.  This research focused on examining variation and change in conceptual models of health and illness among populations in Central Mexico as well as Mexican migrants in Nashville, TN.

Currently, Dr. Maupin's research focuses on issues of community participation in health and development programs in Guatemala.  He also directs the Community Health and Medical Anthropology Field School in Guatemala through the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.  This five-week program is research intensive and focuses on a different health-related issue each summer.  Previous research topics include: midwifery training programs; concepts of diabetes causation and management; food insecurity, obesity and body image; and hygiene-related beliefs and practices.

Recent Publications

Maupin, Jonathan and Alexandra Brewis.  2014.  Food Insecurity and Body Norms among Semi-Rural Guatemalan Schoolchildren.  In press.  American Anthropologist 116(2).
 

Hruschka, Daniel and Jonathan Maupin.  2013.  In Pursuit of Competence: Testing Whether Some People Agree More with a Cultural Truth than Do Others. Field Methods 25(2):107-123.

Maupin, Jonathan N. and Norbert Ross.  2012.  Expectations of Similarity and Cultural Difference in Conceptual Models of Illness: A Comparison of Medical Providers and Mexican Migrants in Nashville, TN.. Human Organization 71(3):306-316.

Ross, Norbert, Catherine Timura, and Jonathan Maupin.  2012.  The case of curers, non-curers, and biomedical experts in Pichátaro, Mexico: Resiliency in Folk Medical Beliefs.. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 26(2):159-181.

Maupin, JN, N Ross, CA Timura.  2011.  Gendered Experiences of Migration and Conceptual Knowledge of Illness. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 13(3):600-608.

Maupin, Jonathan N.  2011.  Divergent Models of Community Health Workers in Highland Guatemala. Human Organization 70(1):44-53.

Ross, N, JN Maupin, CA Timura.  2011.  Knowledge Organization, Categories, and Ad hoc Groups: Folk Medical Models among Mexican Migrants in Nashville. Ethos 39(2):165-88.

Maupin, JN.  2009.  'Fruit of the Accords': Neoliberal Health Reform and Civil Participation in Highland Guatemala.  Social Science and Medicine 68(8):1456-1463.

Maupin, JN.  2008.  Remaking the Guatemalan Midwife: Healthcare Reform and Midwifery Training Programs in Highland Guatemala.  Medical Anthropology 27(4):353-382.