Biography

Recent Courses Taught

• Medical Anthropology (ANTH 02215)
• Qualitative Research (ANTH 02295)
• Psychological Anthropology (ANTH 02420)
• Global Health in Anthropological Perspective (ANTH 02355)
• Arts and Medicine (ANTH 02225)

Research Interests (if applicable)

•   Creative Arts Therapies in Anthropological Perspective
•   Global Mental Health
•   Narrative and Semiotics

Selected Publications 

Smith, D.; Gugerty, L.; Schug, S.; Lipetskaia, L. “Triangulation of a Needs Assessment on High-Tone Pelvic Floor Dysfunction,” Urogynecology 2023 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38031275/

Heid, A., Schug, S., Cartwright, F., Pruchno, R. (2016) "Older Adults -- Challenges Faced and Support Received: Older Adults’ Perceptions of Hurricane Sandy". Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness—Special Issue: Caring for Older Adults. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27739379

Sockolow PS, Schug S, Zhu J, Smith TJ, Senathirajah Y, Bloom S. “At-risk adolescents as experts in a new requirements elicitation procedure for the development of a smart phone psychoeducational trauma-informed care application.” Informatics for Health and Social Care. June 3 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538157.2016.1177532 

Selected Projects:

Global Mental Health and Humanitarianism in Armenia: An Ethnographic Study

Mentor, Bridging the Gap: A Qualitative Exploration of Transgender Patient - Provider Communication in Primary Care (in collaboration with Emerson Woody)

Voices of the Garden State: Ethnographic Section of the Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University

Links
The Rattle Project
Podcast Project for the Society for Applied Anthropology