Cristina Bejarano

Assistant Professor of Anthropology; On leave for the 2025-2026 academic year
cristina.bejarano@pomona.edu
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Hahn Hall
210

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(909) 607-9553

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With Pomona Since: 2018
Cristina T. Bejarano
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  • Expertise

    Expertise

    Cristina T. Bejarano is a sociocultural anthropologist of science, medicine and technology. She teaches courses in the Anthropology Department and the intercollegiate program of Science, Technology and Society (STS). Courses: ANTH 002: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology, ANTH 107: Medical Anthropology, ANTH 121: Science, Medicine, and Technology, ANTH 123: The Anthropology of Genetics, and STS 10: Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society.

    Areas of Expertise

    • Medical Anthropology
    • Science and Technology Studies
    • Biomedical Knowledges and Practices
    • Social and Cultural Implications of Genetics
    • Environmental Governance
    • Environmental Health Risk
  • Work

    Work

    Book Reviews

    Biomedicine in an Unstable Place: Infrastructure and Personhood in a Papuan New Guinean Hospital by Alice Street. Book Review, American Ethnologist, Vol. 44 No. 3 (2017): 555-556.

    Domesticating Organ Transplant: Familial Sacrifice and National Aspiration in Mexico by Megan Crowley-Matoka. Book Review, Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 9 No. 2 (2017): 525-529.

    Book Project

    Unruly Genomes: Blood, Inheritance, and Genetic Essentialism. Under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press.

  • Education

    Education

    Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

    Recent Courses Taught

    • Medical Anthropology
    • Race, Science, Gender
    • Science, Medicine, Technology
  • Awards & Honors

    Awards & Honors

    • Mellon Chau Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018 - 2020)
    • University of California Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015 - 2017)
    • National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2010)
    • National Academy of Sciences Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (2008 - 2011)

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Claremont, CA 91711

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