Alan C. Swedlund | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Anthropology Biocultural anthropology |
Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Alan C. Swedlund (born 1943) is a biological anthropologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [1] Early in his career he was an assistant professor at Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. [2] His research focuses primarily on the history of the human population, and on health and disease. He is the author of Shadows in the Valley: A cultural history of Illness, Death and Loss in New England, 1840-1916. [3] [4]
Swedlund was born in Sacramento, CA and grew up in Colorado. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder. [5]
Swedlund was hired as assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1974 and joined George Armelagos in developing a curriculum and Ph.D. degree in biological anthropology. [6] Swedlund served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology from 1990 to 1995, completed his academic career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is Professor Emeritus in the Department. [7]