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Thomas Csordas is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego, where he holds the Dr. James Y. Chan Presidential Chair in Global Health. He is the Founding Director of the Global Health Program and the Director of the Global Health Institute. His research focuses on medical and psychological anthropology, global mental health, comparative religion, cultural phenomenology, and embodiment. He has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork among diverse groups, including Charismatic Catholics and Navajo Indians, studying their experiences with mental health and religious healing. Csordas has served as Co-Editor of 'Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology,' and is an elected member of the American Society for the Study of Religion. His major publications include 'Sacred Self: Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing' and various works examining the intersection of culture and mental health.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Teaching and researching anthropology with a focus on health and healing practices.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).