Joan I. Ablon

University of California | Professor Emeritus – Medical AnthropologyMember since 1963

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My Biography

Joan received her degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1963. Her area of anthropological expertise is Medical Anthropology. Joan has spent the last 30 years studying the issues of persons with visible genetic conditions and the stigma surrounding them, Self Help groups, urban Samoans and urban Indians.