Jonathan Maupin
Associate Professor,
Global Education Office
Other ASU affiliations
Associate Professor,
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Jonathan Maupin received his doctorate 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, 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.
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, SUNY at Albany
- B.A. Anthropology, Tulane University
Research Interests
Medical and Cultural Anthropology, Maya Studies
Publications
- Maupin, Jonathan N and Alexandra Brewis. Food insecurity and body norms among rural Guatemalan schoolchildren. American Anthropologist. American Anthropologist (2014).
- Hruschka, Daniel and Jonathan Maupin. In Pursuit of Competence: Testing Whether Some People Agree More with a Cultural Truth than Do Others. Field Methods (2012).
- Maupin, Jonathan N. and Norbert Ross. Expectations of Similarity and Cultural Difference in Conceptual Models of Illness: A Comparison of Medical Providers and Mexican Migrants in Nashville, TN. Human Organization (2012).
- Ross, Norbert, Catherine Timura, and Jonathan Maupin. The case of curers, non-curers, and biomedical experts in Pichátaro, Mexico: Resiliency in Folk Medical Beliefs. Medical Anthropology Quarterly (2012).
- . . Review of: Mexican Community Health and the Politics of Health Reform (2012).
- Maupin, JN, N Ross, CA Timura. Gendered Experiences of Migration and Conceptual Knowledge of Illness. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2011).
- Maupin, Jonathan N. Divergent Models of Community Health Workers in Highland Guatemala. Human Organization (2011).
- Ross, N, JN Maupin, CA Timura. Knowledge Organization, Categories, and Ad hoc Groups: Folk Medical Models among Mexican Migrants in Nashville. Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (2011).
- Luque, John S., Yelena N. Tarasenko, Jonathan N. Maupin, Moya L. Alfonso, Lisa C. Watson, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, and Daron G. Ferris. Cultural Beliefs and Understandings of Cervical Cancer among Mexican Immigrant Women in Southeast Georgia. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (0).
- Maupin, Jonathan N and Daniel Hruschka. Assessing the Accuracy of Two Proxy Measures for BMI in a Semi-rural, Low-Resource Setting in Guatemala. BMC Public Health (0).
- 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.
Courses
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 355 | Traditional Medicine & Healing |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 355 | Traditional Medicine & Healing |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 302 | Ethnographic Field Study |
| ASB 452 | Commnty Partnrshps Global Hlth |
| ASB 452 | Commnty Partnrshps Global Hlth |
| ASB 583 | Fieldwork |
| ASB 583 | Fieldwork |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 503 | Medical Anthropology |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 355 | Traditional Medicine & Healing |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 301 | Global History of Health |
| ASB 301 | Global History of Health |
| ASM 414 | Urban, Envir & Hlth Challenges |
| ASM 414 | Urban, Envir & Hlth Challenges |
| ASB 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
| ASB 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
| SOC 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
| SOC 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 592 | Research |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 302 | Ethnographic Field Study |
| ASB 452 | Commnty Partnrshps Global Hlth |
| ASB 452 | Commnty Partnrshps Global Hlth |
| SSH 402 | Commnty Partnrshps Global Hlth |
| SSH 402 | Commnty Partnrshps Global Hlth |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 503 | Medical Anthropology |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Summer
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 503 | Medical Anthropology |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 355 | Trad Medicine and Healing |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
Presentations
- Maupin, Jonathan. The Shifting Terrain of Non-governmental and State Collaboration in Healthcare Delivery: The Case of the Behrhorst Clinic. Society for Applied Anthropology (Mar 2014).
- Luque, Juan and Jonathan Maupin. Cervical Cancer Beliefs and Access to Health Care among Mexican Farmworker Women in Rural Georgia. Society for Applied Anthropology (Mar 2014).
- Luque, J; Maupin, J; Tarasenko, Y; Alfonso, M; Watson, L; Reyes-Garcia, C. Cultural Consensus Analysis of Causes and Barriers associated with Cervical Cancer Screening among Hispanic Farmworkers in South Georgia. American Association for Cancer Research (Dec 2013).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Epistemological Frameworks and Explanatory Models of Illness: Cultural and Expertise Variation in Causal Networks of Disease. American Anthropological Association (Nov 2013).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Cultural and Expertise Variation in Causal Networks of Diabetes: A Cross-national Study. Society for Applied Anthropology Conference (Mar 2013).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Maya Spirituality in Post-War Guatemala: Negotiating Authenticity and Inclusivity. School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies Faculty Forum (Nov 2012).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Obesity and Food Insecurity in Highland Guatemala. American Anthropological Association meetings (Nov 2012).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Primary Health Care and Community Participation in Highland Guatemala: Contemporary Reforms in Historical Perspective. National Association of Practicing Anthropologists – Occupational Therapy (NAPA-OT) Field School (Jul 2012).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Analyzing Causal Networks of Diabetes in Highland Guatemala. Society for Applied Anthropology Association (Mar 2012).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Traces of change and (de)constructing difference in Maya Spirituality. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (Nov 2011).
- Maupin, Jonathan. Problem Stories: Guatemalan Midwives’ Narratives of Childbirth Complications. Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings (Mar 2011).
- Maupin, Jonathan N. Variations in Conceptual Models of Childbirth Complications: A Comparison of Guatemalan Midwives and Biomedical Trainers. American Anthropological Association Meetings (Nov 2010).
- Maupin, Jonathan N. Complexity, Centrality, and Synergy in Causal Models of Illness: A cross-cultural comparison among migrants and non-migrants in Nashville, TN. Consortium for Biosocial Complexity Dynamical Discussion (Apr 2010).
- Maupin, Jonathan N. Divergent Models of Community Health Workers in Highland Guatemala. Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings (Mar 2010).
- Maupin, JN. Complexity, Centrality, and Synergy in Causal Models of Illness: A cross-cultural comparison among migrants and non-migrants in Nashville, TN. American Anthropological Association Annual Conference (Dec 2009).
- Maupin, JN. Preconceptions and Stereotypes of Patient Conceptual Models of Illness: A Comparison of Medical Providers and Mexican Migrants in Nashville, TN. Society for Medical Anthropology Conference (Sep 2009).
Editorships
Annals of Anthropological Practice
Professional Associations
American Anthropology Association
Society for Applied Anthropology, Fellow
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Service
- Asociación BPD, President of the Board of Directors
- ALDEA, Member of the Board of Directors
- Global Health Approach Convener (2017 - 2021)
- University Senate, Senator representing SHESC (2012 - 2019)