Susan Elaine Emley Keefe (born 1947) is an American anthropologist and author. She is a professor emerita at

Appalachian State University Appalachian State University (), or App State, is a Public university, public research university in Boone, North Carolina, United States. It was founded as a normal school, teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and th ...

. Keefe has published books on Mexican-American culture and Appalachian health issues.

Life

Susan Elaine Emley Keefe was born in 1947 in

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ...

. She attended a

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Priest Lake Priest Lake is a lake in Idaho, United States, in the northernmost portion of the Idaho Panhandle, northeast of Spokane, Washington. The northern end of the lake extends to within of the Canada–United States border. The primary lake, lower ...

. Her family later relocated to southern California. Keefe completed a bachelor of arts in anthropology in from

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

where she also earned a master of arts in anthropology in 1971 and a doctor of philosophy in 1974. Her dissertation was titled ''Women in power: Anglo and Mexican American female leaders in two Southern California communities''. In 1993, Keefe was the chair of the department of anthropology at

. She is a recognized scholar on Appalachian health issues. Her research includes the areas of ethnicity, modernity, culture change, social organization, and medical and applied anthropology. She has researched the Appalachian region and Mexican-Americans. Keefe is a professor emerita of anthropology at

. Keefe has published books on Mexican-American culture and Appalachian health issues. Keefe has lived in

Blowing Rock, North Carolina Blowing Rock is a town in Watauga County, North Carolina, Watauga and Caldwell County, North Carolina, Caldwell counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 1,376 at the 2020 census. The Caldwell County portion of Blowing Roc ...

for over 30 years.

Selected works

* * * * * * Reviews of ''Appalachian Mental Health'': * * *

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