Dr. Alissa Jordan

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Alissa Jordan is currently finishing her book, Atlas Nanm: Bodily Openings Encounters Haiti. Her work focuses on the intersection of ethnography and the embodied wisdom that women generate in various sites related to their bodies. The book organizes insights around sites such as mouths, uteruses, eyes, skin, and dreams, conceptualizing a multimedia atlas that encapsulates the life force known as nanm, which moves through women's bodies as portals. Jordan highlights how lived experiences of care can become authoritative sources of insight regarding how bodies interact with demands for care and how structural violence is addressed through collective bodily practices. The prose of her book interweaves theoretical interludes with collaborative illustrations and graphic concoctions, including photographs and diagrams made with her interlocutors. She has a book contract with the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
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  • Letters of Recommendation (2-3)
  • Resume/CV
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Essays
Specialization Notes

Wharton Doctoral programs cover fields like Finance, Marketing, Management, and Operations, Information and Decisions.