Education
Ph.D. Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2024
M.P.H. International Health and Sustainable Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2017
B.A. Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
Current Teaching
- Introduction to Public Health (PH 2000)
- Community Health (PH 3250)
- Public Health Interventions II (PH 4800)
Research Interests
- Maternal and Child Health
- Violence Against Women and Children
- Health Equity
- The Social Determinants of Health
- Medical Anthropology
- Latin America and the Caribbean
Selected Publications
- Preaux, A. & Castro, A. (2024). Perspectives on intersectionality from public health and medical anthropology to promote health equity and reproductive justice. In P. L. Geller (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of feminist anthropology. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003366133
- Preaux, A. & Castro, A. (2023). Obstetricians and the delivery of obstetric violence: An ethnographic account from the Dominican Republic. In R. Davis-Floyd & A. Premkumar (Eds.), Obstetric violence and systemic disparities: Can obstetrics be humanized and decolonized? Berghahn Books. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800738355-004
- Carrasco, M., Ohkubo, S., Preaux, A., Galavotti, C., Mickler, A., Raney, L., Saad, A., Velez May, A., & Quinn, H. (2023). Assessing Use, Usefulness, and Application of the High Impact Practices in Family Planning Briefs and Strategic Planning Guides. Global Health: Science and Practice, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00146
- Yukich, J., Worges, M., Gage, A. J., Hotchkiss, D. R., Preaux, A., Murray, C., & Cappa, C. (2021). Projecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child marriage. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.037
Title: Assistant Professor, PhD, Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Department: Public Health
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-6127