Peter H. Stephenson :: Environmental Studies & Anthropology
Peter H. Stephenson is currently Director of the School of Environmental Studies & Professor of Anthropology. He is also a Research Associate at the Centre on Aging at the University of Victoria. Dr. Stephenson received his BA (Anthropology/Psychology) from the University of Arizona (1971), his MA (Cognitive Anthropology) from the University of Calgary (1973) and his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Toronto (1978). He subsequently did Post-Doctoral work at Harvard University and Cambridge Hospital on treatment issues and violence in refugee communities. Dr. Stephenson taught at McMaster University (1975-80), and has since then been at the University of Victoriawhere he has served as chair of anthropology, chair of the Human Research Ethics Board, and currently as Director of the School of Environmental Studies. Dr. Stephenson has also been awarded a visiting Faculty Fellowship at the University of Sydney in Health Sciences, and the Ashley Award, as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Trent University, and has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Leiden (Anthropology) and Utrecht (Geography) both in the Netherlands. Peter has served as President of the Canadian Anthropology Society, and was the founding Anglophone editor of its journal. In 1997 the society honoured him with the Weaver-Tremblay award for excellence in Canadian Anthropology.
Dr. Stephenson’s research focuses on the experience of people who are members of highly vulnerable and/or isolated groups such as refugees, the very old, migrants and people who are very ill or in anguish. The poor health of marginalized groups frequently stems from the combined forces of environmental disruption and social justice issues. This makes it critically important for researchers who wish to be of assistance to people in vulnerable groups to work collaboratively without causing further harm, a basic ethical consideration that has served as the focus for many of Dr. Stephenson’s recent research projects. He has received more than 20 grants totaling well over a million dollars for his work; the great majority of these were grants where he has been the principal investigator.
Titles by Peter H. Stephenson
General Books
Contesting Aging and Loss
Stephenson, Peter H- $32.95
- 4 in stock
- Trade Paperback
- 9781442601000
- 1442601000
