It takes a large, talented, dedicated team to do what we do. Our Culture, Health, Environment, and Language Lab (CHELab)  is where we come together to push forward an array of social science research projects.

What do we do in CHELab?

  • We conduct collaborative and cross-cultural research.
  • We pilot new project ideas.
  • We innovate rigorous, cutting-edge ethnographic research methods.
  • We train others in ethnographic methods.
  • We provide real-world research opportunities for up to 50 students per semester (including online students).
  • We do research on the best ways to train others to do social science.
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The core CHELab team includes (L to R):  Linguistic anthropologist Cindi SturtzSreetharan, educational anthropologist Alissa Ruth, biocultural anthropologist  Alexandra Brewis, cultural anthropologist Amber Wutich. We have worked closely together for more than 20 years, valuing what everyone brings to the table. As of 2024, we have more than a dozen academic books and >200 research articles that we published together as a team, including many with our students as collaborators.

We welcome scholars, postdocs, and students from any field to get involved in any of our ongoing projects. Office and lab space is available for sabbatical visitors. Contact any of us to find our how.

Some of the core CHEL team in 2019 (from left): Former PhD student Anais Roque (now faculty at Duke), Cindi, Amber, Alex, recent Fulbright visiting fellow Neetu Choudhary, former post-doc Roseanne Schuster (now faculty at ASU), former postdoc/PhD student Melissa Beresford (now faculty at San Jose State), CGH coordinator Charisse Jennas.
Fall 2019 CHELab undergrad meet and greet