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Thomas Csordas

Distinguished Professor

University of California, San Diego

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Social Sciences

Anthropology

Thomas Csordas is currently serving as an Anthropology Distinguished Professor at University of California, San Diego.

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University of California, San Diego

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anthropology cultural anthropology culture social sciences sociocultural anthropology ethnography psychiatry medical anthropology social anthropology mental health ethnographic theory cultural studies narrative cultural change anthropological theory environmental anthropology evolutionary anthropology physical anthropology traditional medicines cultural psychology cognitive anthropology medical education performance art higher education addiction medicine ethnomethodology cultural practices christian practice indigenous peoples addiction treatment embodiment lived experience navajo healing psychology of religion religious research contemporary islam tropical medicine cultural policy cultural economy cultural identity self-awareness randomized controlled trials patient experience ethnocentrism social practice cultural structures cultural factors cultural process cultural relations social epidemiology community health social medicine archaeological evidence archaeological theory adolescent psychology information seeking methodological perspectives symbolic techniques narrative representation narrative and identity performance theory existential ground phenomenological ethnography ritual healing future directions systematic review undergraduate majors cultural phenomenology navajo healing project chronic pain centers adolescent experience psychiatric treatment depressive illness evangelical women navajo youth global health experiences mental health nursing refugee studies medical sociology intercultural studies community mental health global mental health asylum seekers medicalization cultural context psychiatric care psychological medicine psychological trauma

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Something Other Than Its Own Mass: Embodiment as Corporeality, Animality, and Materiality. Anthropological Theory (2024)

Thomas J Csordas

mass cultureculturematerial cultureembodimentcultural anthropologyethnographyphysical anthropologyethologymaterialityembodied cognitioncognitive anthropologyartanthropologyown massbody imageanthropological theoryethnographic theorysociocultural anthropologysocial anthropology

The Journey of a Living Statue: Structural Violence and a Honduran Migrant Woman’s Pathway Toward Asylum and Wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine (2024)

Brenda K WilsonCristina CalderonAsh CornejoThomas J Csordas

forced migrationrefugee movementssociologyhonduran migrant womanliving statuecriminologypublic healthrefugee statusinterpersonal violencehuman migrationtransnational mobilityfeminist criminologymigration and artrefugee lawvulnerabilitystigmamigration studiessocial sciencesfamily violencesocial problemsstructural violence

El DesafíO De La SanacióN IndíGena Para La Salud Mental Global. Revista de Antropología Social (2023)

Thomas J. Csordas

mental healthpublic healthworld psychiatrycommunity mental healthglobal health

“Letting Die” by Design: Asylum Seekers’ Lived Experience of Postcolonial Necropolitics. Social Science & Medicine (2023)

Brenda K WilsonAlexis BurnstanCristina Calderon AndThomas J Csordas

letting diepostcolonial necropoliticscolonialismculturemigration studiessocial scienceshuman migrationafrican american studiesasylum seekersforced migrationrefugee movementsdiasporic movementpost-colonial criticismrefugee studiesdecolonialityinternational migration

The Challenge of Indigenous Healing for Global Mental Health. Transcultural Psychiatry (2021)

Thomas J. Csordas

mental healthpublic healthworld psychiatryglobal mental healthindigenous studiespsychiatrymedical anthropologysociocultural anthropologycommunity mental healthglobal healthinternational healthcultural anthropologyindigenous peoplestraditional medicinescross-cultural perspectives

Embodiment and Somatic Modes of Attention in the Evangelical Care Model in Drug Rehabilitation Centers (Tijuana, Mexico). Social Compass (2020)

Olga Odgers-OrtizThomas CsordasIetza Bojorquez-ChapelaOlga Olivas-Hernandez

substance use disorderspublic healthpsychiatric careattentionaddiction medicineevangelical care modeladdiction treatmentsocial sciencesaddictiondrug rehabilitation centerssocial influencesubstance abusesupportive caretreatment optionshealth care chaplaincyrehabilitation

Troubled in the Land of Enchantment: Adolescent Experience of Psychiatric Treatment. (2020)

Janis H. JenkinsThomas J. Csordas

mental healthpsychiatrypsychiatric treatmentadolescent experienceadolescent psychology

The Emergence of Undergraduate Majors in Global Health: Systematic Review of Programs and Recommendations for Future Directions. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2016)

Paul K. DrainCharles MockDavid TooleAnne RosenwaldMegan JehnThomas CsordasLaura FergusonCaryl WaggettChinekwu ObidoaJudith N. Wasserheit

tropical medicineundergraduate majorssystematic reviewmedical educationglobal healthhigher educationfuture directions

THINGS: Religion and the Question of Materiality. Dick Houtman and Birgit Meyer, Eds. New York: Fordham University Press, 2012. 482 Pp.. American Ethnologist (2015)

THOMAS J. CSORDAS

anthropologymaterial culturereligious studiesamerican identitymaterialitysociologysociology of religionreligionsocial identity

Supporting the Minority Physician Pipeline: Providing Global Health Experiences to Undergraduate Students in the United States–Mexico Border Region. Medical Education Online (2015)

Jose L. BurgosDaniel YeeThomas CsordasAdriana C. Vargas-OjedaLuis A. SegoviaSteffanie A. StrathdeeJose A. Olivares-NevarezVictoria D. Ojeda

candidate selectionminority physician pipelinemedical educationglobal healthhigher educationundergraduate studentsglobal health experiences

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Thomas Csordas

Distinguished Professor

University of California, San Diego

Affiliations

Social Sciences

Anthropology

Thomas Csordas is currently serving as an Anthropology Distinguished Professor at University of California, San Diego.

Honors

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University of California, San Diego

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Something Other Than Its Own Mass: Embodiment as Corporeality, Animality, and Materiality. Anthropological Theory (2024)

Thomas J Csordas

The Journey of a Living Statue: Structural Violence and a Honduran Migrant Woman’s Pathway Toward Asylum and Wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine (2024)

Brenda K WilsonCristina CalderonAsh CornejoThomas J Csordas

El DesafíO De La SanacióN IndíGena Para La Salud Mental Global. Revista de Antropología Social (2023)

Thomas J. Csordas

mental healthpublic healthworld psychiatrycommunity mental healthglobal health

“Letting Die” by Design: Asylum Seekers’ Lived Experience of Postcolonial Necropolitics. Social Science & Medicine (2023)

Brenda K WilsonAlexis BurnstanCristina Calderon AndThomas J Csordas

The Challenge of Indigenous Healing for Global Mental Health. Transcultural Psychiatry (2021)

Thomas J. Csordas

Embodiment and Somatic Modes of Attention in the Evangelical Care Model in Drug Rehabilitation Centers (Tijuana, Mexico). Social Compass (2020)

Olga Odgers-OrtizThomas CsordasIetza Bojorquez-ChapelaOlga Olivas-Hernandez

Troubled in the Land of Enchantment: Adolescent Experience of Psychiatric Treatment. (2020)

Janis H. JenkinsThomas J. Csordas

mental healthpsychiatrypsychiatric treatmentadolescent experienceadolescent psychology

The Emergence of Undergraduate Majors in Global Health: Systematic Review of Programs and Recommendations for Future Directions. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2016)

Paul K. DrainCharles MockDavid TooleAnne RosenwaldMegan JehnThomas CsordasLaura FergusonCaryl WaggettChinekwu ObidoaJudith N. Wasserheit

tropical medicineundergraduate majorssystematic reviewmedical educationglobal healthhigher educationfuture directions

THINGS: Religion and the Question of Materiality. Dick Houtman and Birgit Meyer, Eds. New York: Fordham University Press, 2012. 482 Pp.. American Ethnologist (2015)

THOMAS J. CSORDAS

anthropologymaterial culturereligious studiesamerican identitymaterialitysociologysociology of religionreligionsocial identity

Supporting the Minority Physician Pipeline: Providing Global Health Experiences to Undergraduate Students in the United States–Mexico Border Region. Medical Education Online (2015)

Jose L. BurgosDaniel YeeThomas CsordasAdriana C. Vargas-OjedaLuis A. SegoviaSteffanie A. StrathdeeJose A. Olivares-NevarezVictoria D. Ojeda

candidate selectionminority physician pipelinemedical educationglobal healthhigher educationundergraduate studentsglobal health experiences

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