William Lucas

William A. S. Lucas

Assistant Professor

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Anthropology

310-243-2355

SBS C-336

Education:

Ph.D.听听听听听 2023听听听听听听Anthropology, University of South Florida

M.P.H.听听听听听2023听听听听听听Public Health: Epidemiology, University of South Florida

M.A.听听听听听听 2017听听听听听听Anthropology, 好色先生, Long Beach

B.A.听听听听听听 2012听听听听听听Anthropology, 好色先生, Dominguez Hills

Research Interests:

Medical anthropology, disability anthropology, moral anthropology, psychological anthropology, food and nutrition, biopolitics, Guatemala, health equity, epidemiology, ethnography, mixed-methods research

My research program consists of mixed methods approaches to fully examine global health issues that are fundamentally biosocial 鈥� for example, using biostatistical data to illuminate the very real consequences of sociocultural arrangements; or, using sociocultural understanding to help situate biological phenomena. My research spans issues concerning Latino nutritional health in Los Angeles, nutritional health research and assessments along the Guatemalan Caribbean coast, and spinal cord injury rehabilitation outcomes in Central Florida. As I focus my research in Los Angeles, I am excited about providing opportunities for students to engage in such applied and real-world research.

Any students interested in becoming a research assistant in the Medical Anthropology and Media Lab can fill out an application here:

Courses:

ANT 100: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANT 101: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANT 345: Medical Anthropology
ANT 346: Visual Anthropology
ANT 371: Historical & Cultural Perspectives in Disability Studies
ANT 388: Anthropological Theories in Behavior
ANT 456: Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
ANT 490: Proseminar in Anthropology

Representative Publications:

Lucas, William. 2025. "Ontopolitical Dimensions of Hope: Biocultural Intersectionalities and their Effects on SCI Care." Current Anthropology. Accepted

Lucas, William. 2025. "The interembodiment of healing: Holistic transformations in neurological rehabilitation and care."听Social Science & Medicine 383: 118468. .

Nguyen-Rodriguez, Selena, Mayra Rascon, William Lucas,听Mara Bird, Britt Rios-Ellis. 2025. "YES! Si Se Puede: Preliminary Results from an Urban Latinx Youth Development Program."听Program in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action.听Accepted

Lucas, William, Heide Casta帽eda, and Milena Melo. 2023. 鈥淭he Lingering Ache: Temporalities of Oral Health Care Suffering in US-Mexico.鈥� Human Organization 82, no. 2: 131-141.

Himmelgreen, David, Nancy Romero-Daza, Jacquelyn Heuer, William Lucas, Abraham A. Salinas-Miranda, and Theresa Stoddard. 2020. "Using syndemic theory to understand food insecurity and diet-related chronic diseases." Social Science & Medicine: 113124.

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