Anthropology

Stephanie Peel

stephanie_peel@brown.edu
Research Interests Medical Anthropology, Global Health, Reproductive Health, Medical Education, Critical Health Studies, Ethnography, South Africa

Biography

Previous Degrees: 

  • Bachelor of Science (BSc), Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Canada

  • Master of Arts (MA), Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Canada

  • Doctor of Medicine (MD), Dalhousie University, Canada 

Additional Information/Publications: 

Stephanie previously conducted ethnographic research in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and plans to return to explore the social and relational effects of ephemeral global health programs and their enduring impact on the lives of young South African women. Drawing on her dual training in medicine and anthropology, she has worked with an interdisciplinary medical education research team, contributing a social science perspective to issues in medical and surgical training, such as learner mistreatment. 

  • MA thesis: The Afterlife of Aid: An Ethnographic Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Peel, S., Glennie, A., Mahalik, A., & Burm, S. (2025). A Surgical Habitus: Surgeons’ Perspectives on Learner Mistreatment in Surgery. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 

  • Peel, S. (2023). Tallying Abandonment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Consequences of Counting in the Afterlife of Aid. Medical Anthropology.