Olivia Brophy

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PhD Student
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Education

M.A., Anthropology, University of British Columbia, 2025
B.A., Global and Regional Studies, Saint Mary's College of California, 2019
B.A., Spanish: Hispanic Cultural Studies, Saint Mary's College of California, 2019


About

I am a settler Ph.D. student in Medical Anthropology focusing on the interactions of culture, health, governance, as well as human rights and developmnet discourses in the United States. My PhD research engages with Black feminist Reproductive Justice theory to consider the ways in which pregnant youth and their support providers in Oregon’s Willamette Valley understand their experiences with social stigma related to youth pregnancy.

M.A. thesis: Reconsidering Adolescent Pregnancy in the Willamette Valley: Engaging Adult Support Providers

B.A. thesis: The Problematization of Adolescent Pregnancy in Latin America: A Case Study

 


Research

Research keywords: Reproductive health; youth health; health risk narratives; social support networks; life histories and life course narratives; feminist anthropologies; neoliberal personhood; development cultures; North America.


Publications

Dana R. Herrera and Olivia Brophy.“Let’s Play: Digital Gaming as Tourism Practice” in Handbook on Tourism Imaginaries. Nelson Graburn, Maria Gravari-Barbas, Jean-Francois Staszak (eds.), UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. (Forthcoming)


Awards

2023: Canada Graduate Scholarship, Master’s (CGS-M)

2022: Warren George Povey Award in Global Health, UBC

2020: O’Brien Award for Teaching Excellence, San Miguel School of Washington, D.C.

2019: Margaret Clark Award, Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course

2019: Senior Thesis Award, Saint Mary’s College of California


Graduate Supervision

Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Vinay Kamat

Committe Members: Dr. Zahra Hayat and Dr. Helena Zeweri


Olivia Brophy

she/her/hers
PhD Student
file_download Download CV
Education

M.A., Anthropology, University of British Columbia, 2025
B.A., Global and Regional Studies, Saint Mary's College of California, 2019
B.A., Spanish: Hispanic Cultural Studies, Saint Mary's College of California, 2019


About

I am a settler Ph.D. student in Medical Anthropology focusing on the interactions of culture, health, governance, as well as human rights and developmnet discourses in the United States. My PhD research engages with Black feminist Reproductive Justice theory to consider the ways in which pregnant youth and their support providers in Oregon’s Willamette Valley understand their experiences with social stigma related to youth pregnancy.

M.A. thesis: Reconsidering Adolescent Pregnancy in the Willamette Valley: Engaging Adult Support Providers

B.A. thesis: The Problematization of Adolescent Pregnancy in Latin America: A Case Study

 


Research

Research keywords: Reproductive health; youth health; health risk narratives; social support networks; life histories and life course narratives; feminist anthropologies; neoliberal personhood; development cultures; North America.


Publications

Dana R. Herrera and Olivia Brophy.“Let’s Play: Digital Gaming as Tourism Practice” in Handbook on Tourism Imaginaries. Nelson Graburn, Maria Gravari-Barbas, Jean-Francois Staszak (eds.), UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. (Forthcoming)


Awards

2023: Canada Graduate Scholarship, Master’s (CGS-M)

2022: Warren George Povey Award in Global Health, UBC

2020: O’Brien Award for Teaching Excellence, San Miguel School of Washington, D.C.

2019: Margaret Clark Award, Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course

2019: Senior Thesis Award, Saint Mary’s College of California


Graduate Supervision

Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Vinay Kamat

Committe Members: Dr. Zahra Hayat and Dr. Helena Zeweri


Olivia Brophy

she/her/hers
PhD Student
Education

M.A., Anthropology, University of British Columbia, 2025
B.A., Global and Regional Studies, Saint Mary's College of California, 2019
B.A., Spanish: Hispanic Cultural Studies, Saint Mary's College of California, 2019

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I am a settler Ph.D. student in Medical Anthropology focusing on the interactions of culture, health, governance, as well as human rights and developmnet discourses in the United States. My PhD research engages with Black feminist Reproductive Justice theory to consider the ways in which pregnant youth and their support providers in Oregon’s Willamette Valley understand their experiences with social stigma related to youth pregnancy.

M.A. thesis: Reconsidering Adolescent Pregnancy in the Willamette Valley: Engaging Adult Support Providers

B.A. thesis: The Problematization of Adolescent Pregnancy in Latin America: A Case Study

 

Research keyboard_arrow_down

Research keywords: Reproductive health; youth health; health risk narratives; social support networks; life histories and life course narratives; feminist anthropologies; neoliberal personhood; development cultures; North America.

Publications keyboard_arrow_down

Dana R. Herrera and Olivia Brophy.“Let’s Play: Digital Gaming as Tourism Practice” in Handbook on Tourism Imaginaries. Nelson Graburn, Maria Gravari-Barbas, Jean-Francois Staszak (eds.), UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. (Forthcoming)

Awards keyboard_arrow_down

2023: Canada Graduate Scholarship, Master’s (CGS-M)

2022: Warren George Povey Award in Global Health, UBC

2020: O’Brien Award for Teaching Excellence, San Miguel School of Washington, D.C.

2019: Margaret Clark Award, Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course

2019: Senior Thesis Award, Saint Mary’s College of California

Graduate Supervision keyboard_arrow_down

Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Vinay Kamat

Committe Members: Dr. Zahra Hayat and Dr. Helena Zeweri