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In 2025, Dr. Andrew Gordon is working on a project in Guinea, West Africa on Fulani identity expressed internationally.  Additionally, he continues work on vector borne disease control and eating addictions.

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Andrew J. Gordon is an anthropologist with fieldwork in Francophone West Africa, Guinea, Hispanic Caribbean, Belize, New England, and Houston.  He compares problems of health, illness and identity in varied cultural settings. His approach in anthropology has sought to merge theoretical inquiry on identity with practical concerns in health care development.  To extend his reach as an applied anthropologist, he received a Masters of Public Health in Health Services Administration. He has consulted for the Pan American Health Organization, the US Agency for International Development, the United States Centers for Disease Control, the World Bank, among others.

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His research in Belize observes the impact of visions and planned change from the outside world on an historically Mayan community. 

 

1981     MPH. Health Services Administration, Harvard School of Public Health

1975     Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin

1969     M.A.  Sociology and Anthropology, The New School for Social Research

1967     B.A.   Bard College

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University Professor

2000 - 2022 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology;  Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Applied Anthropology 2001-2004

 

1986 - 2000 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH  CAROLINA  Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health;  Adjunct Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Anthropology; Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Alcohol and Drug Studies​

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Teaching in Guinea

Department Of Sociology  University of Conakry 9/92 - 5/93 

University of Kankan 6/94 –  course on Research Methods

 

Consulting Work in Guinea​

2001- 2003  Macrosystems ORC on the heath care for children when no physician available

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2/98 - 8-/98  United States Agency for International Development – Social soundness for health services in Haute Guinée.

 

7/97 - 8/97  World Bank, Conakry, Guinea project to improve research program for institutions of Higher Education in Haute Guinée.

 

7/95 Conference grant, Centre de Etudes Technique, Sciences et Documentation, Conakry Guinée.

 

8/92 - 7/93 Consulting work in Guinea: while with The Dept of Sociology, University of Conakry  and Dept of Sociology and University of Kanakan 6/94-8/94 - consulted with faculty on diverse projects such as maternal mortality, AIDS, economic development​​​