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

Appalachian State University Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...

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

Life

Susan Elaine Emley Keefe was born in 1947 in Spokane, Washington. She attended a one-room school in Priest Lake. Her family later relocated to southern California. Keefe completed a bachelor of arts in anthropology in from University of California, Santa Barbara 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 for over 30 years. She has a daughter who works in video production.

Selected works

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

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