Aalyia Sadruddin

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Contact
Email:
as168@wellesley.edu
Department
Anthropology

I am a cultural and medical anthropologist whose research focuses on aging, care, and intimate life in post-conflict settings, with a special focus on Rwanda.

Education

  • B.A., University of the Witwatersrand
  • M.A., University of the Witwatersrand
  • Ph.D., Yale University

Current and upcoming courses

Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology

ANTH101

A comparative approach to the concept of culture and an analysis of how culture structures the worlds we live in. The course examines human societies from their tribal beginnings to the postindustrial age. We will consider the development of various types of social organization and their significance based on family and kinship, economics, politics, and religion.