Denise Glover

Full-Time Lecturer

Sociocultural Anthropology

Contact Information

Denny Hall, 141

Personal Website

Fields of Interest

China Studies East Asian Environment Ethnoecology Ethnography Ethnomedicine Medical Anthropology medical anthropology Medicine Sociocultural Anthropology Tibetan Studies

Biography

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Washington, 2005

M.A., Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i, 1993

B.A., Music, Bard College, 1989

Research

Selected Research

Glover, D.M. (2024), Taming the poisonous: Mercury, toxicity, and safety in Tibetan medical practice By Barbara Gerke, Heidelberg, Germany: Heidelberg University Publishing. 2021. 379 pp.. Med. Anthropol. Q., 38: 368-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12878
Glover, D.M. Traditional Medicines in a Global Economy: Resource Sustainability and Resilience in the Traditional Tibetan Medical Practice of Ingredient Substitution. Hum Ecol 49, 33–42 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-020-00198-6 Download PDF
Glover, D.M., Hayes, J.P. & Harrell, S. Resilience, Rationalism, and Response in Modern Chinese Social-Ecological Systems. Hum Ecol 49, 3–5 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00214-3

Courses Taught

Winter 2026

Autumn 2025

Winter 2025

ANTH 479 B: Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology

Autumn 2024

Spring 2024

ANTH 479 B: Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology

Winter 2024

ANTH 210 A: Introduction to Environmental Anthropology

Autumn 2023

ANTH 202 A: Principles of Sociocultural Anthropology

Spring 2023

ANTH 479 B: Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology

Winter 2023

ANTH 210 A: Introduction to Environmental Anthropology

Autumn 2022

ANTH 202 A: Principles of Sociocultural Anthropology

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