Ruth Enestvedt
Assistant Professor
enestved@augsburg.edu

Education
B.S. St. Olaf College
M.S. University of Minnesota
Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Research and Scholarly Interests
Critical Medical Anthropology and Aging
Cultural foundations of health disparities
Culturally based barriers to health care access

Research
Dynamics of resistance and control in health care among low income elderly women.

Recent Publications
"Dementia of scarcity? Medicalizing complaints of low-income elderly women." (submitted to Medical Anthropology Quarterly)

Areas of Teaching and Responsibility at Augsburg College
Teaching: Research courses in undergraduate and graduate programs
Practice courses in transcultural nursing (graduate)
Final graduate course integrating theory, research and practice
Transcultural course in Mexico
Cultural Anthropology in collaboration with sociology department

Other Responsibilities
Interim Department Chair
Co-coordinator of the Augsburg Central Nursing Center
Member of the Augsburg College IRB committee