Andrea Sankar
Professor, Ph. D., University of Michigan (1978),
Post-doctoral study, University of California-San Francisco (1978-81) and University of Michigan, Institute of Gerontology (1982-83).
Concentration(s): Medical anthropology - Gerontology, HIV/AIDS, death and dying, information technology and health care, China
Andrea Sankar is a professor in the WSU Department of Anthropology and director of the Medical Anthropology Program. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and in the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University. For the last 15 years she has conducted research on community-based care. These were multidisciplinary projects focusing on the de-institutionalization of health care and the increased sophistication of health care delivered at home. Since 1995 her research has focused on the cultural meaning and social impact of HIV on sero-positive African Americans and their families. She is currently the principal investigator in an interdisciplinary study of HIV+ African Americans who are taking anti-retroviral medication that is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In the past she has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Aging. She recently completed six years as a study section member for the Division of Research Grants, four years as a reviewer and two years as a study section chair.
Dr. Sankar is author of numerous scholarly articles, one book, two edited books, and training manuals as well as several consulting reports. In 1999 she co-authored the "Focus of HIV" museum exhibit. In 2000 she secured the Presidential Service Award for her work in co-organizing the "Community Health Forum Section Series". In 1995 she was named Michiganian of the Year for her work in HIV and her teaching. In 1994 she received the University Mentor Award. She has been interviewed on National Public Radio, All Things Considered, The Terry Gross Show, and by Newsweek.
Major Publications:
Sankar, A., Nevedal, D., Nuefeld, S., Luborsky, M. " What is a Missed Dose? Implications for Construct Validity and Patient Adherence," AIDS Care, July 2007, 19:6,775 — 780.
Sankar, A. and McCoy, R. "Living and Dying in Detroit s HIV Epidemic," Natural History, (in press).
Sankar, A. "Spinsters and Domestic Nuns", Gendering Hong Kong, Eds. A. Kit wa Chan & Wong Wai- Ling, London: Oxford University Press; 363-397.,2004.
Sankar, A. and Luborsky, M. "Developing a Community-based definition of needs for persons living with chronic HIV," Human Organization 2003; 62(2):153-165.
Sankar, A., Luborsky, M., Schuman, P. Roberts, G. "Adherence Discourse Among HIV+ African American Women Taking High Acting Anti Retroviral Therapy," AIDS Care 2002;14(2): 203-218.
"At Peace with Dying," (contributor) The Pfizer Journal 6(2), 2002
Bray, T. and Sankar, A. "Exploring community issues through the university museum; The exhibit Facing HIV/AIDS: Reality and Response," Museum Anthropology 24(3): 3-10, 2001.
Care across the Lifespan and Through History," The Gerontologist Vol. 41, No. 6 (December), pp. 837-841, 2001.
Sankar, A. and Luborsky, M., Songwantha, P., Rawbuhemba, T.. "Comparative social Structural and meaning perspectives of living with HIV in late life," Research on Aging. 20(6): 885-912, 1998.
Brown D., and Sankar A., "HIV/AIDS and aging in minority populations," Research on Aging. 20(6): 865-885, 1998.
Dying at Home: A Guide for Family Caregivers. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 3rd editl.1999.
Sankar, A. "Images of Home Death and the Elderly Patient; Romantic vs. Real," (reprinted in) Perspectives: Introduction to Social Work, C. Lowery (Ed.), Bellevue, LA: CourseWise Pub., 1999.
Trix, F. and Sankar, A., "Going Beyond the Polls: Women's Voices in the Hill/Thomas Hearings," American Anthropologist. 100 (1): 22-30, 1998.
"Joining cultural and community critiques to anthropological practice in Detroit's HIV epidemic," invited column for "Cutting Edge" American Anthropology Newsletter, March 1997.
Sankar, A. "The Detroit School of Ethnography," Newsletter of The American Association of Anthropology, November. Pp. 26., 1995.
Gubrium, J. and Sankar, A. Qualitative Research in Gerontology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1994.
Gubrium, J., and Sankar, A. The Home Care Experience. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1990.
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