Event

Local Experiential Research Assignments for Undergrads:

Andi’s talk focuses on a course she is currently developing, “Health in Philly: Past & Present,” and on a specific kind of assignment she’s calling “local experiential research.” “Local experiential research” projects are assignments in which the research (1)  question comes from a local organization; (2) method comes from the instructor and core discipline(s) of the major; (3) process is collaborative; and (4) project starts and ends within a semester. For folks relatively new to our department or to teaching, Andi’s presentation will also touch on how course development works here at Penn.

Andi specializes in the anthropology and history of science. Her research tracks the rise of exercise physiology in the U.S. from the 1920s and explores the transnational networks and practices through which sport science travels today. Andi enjoys teaching undergraduate courses on the history of health policy in the U.S. (especially insurance), the social basis of health and illness, and different ways of knowing in science and sport. Andi has graduate degrees in Anthropology and in the History and Sociology of Science.