Departmental Reviewer Directory

Latin American Studies
Riefkohl Muniz, Beatriz
riefkohl@email.unc.edu
Special Notes:
Please submit course material that demonstrates that the course has at least 25% Latin American or Caribbean content. These may include the syllabus, a schedule of assignments, a reading list, exams, or work prepared for class, among others. A course description that does not clearly demonstrate the course is primarily about Latin America/Caribbean is not sufficient proof.
Area of Study:
Latin American Studies

Linguistics
Pertsova, Katya
pertsova@email.unc.edu
Special Notes:
An overview of undergraduate course requirements for majors and minors can be found in the link below. When requesting study abroad credit, please provide a syllabus. Language courses whose main goal is to improve your speaking/writing language abilities (rather than those that focus on a scientific study of language) will not satisfy linguistic credit.
Area of Study:
Linguistics
Department Website:
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Management and Society
Iwo, Rene
rene.iwo@unc.edu
Area of Study:
Management and Society

Marine Sciences
Alperin, Marc
alperin@marine.unc.edu
Area of Study:
Marine Sciences

Mathematics
Adalsteinsson, David
david@math.unc.edu
Area of Study:
Mathematics

Media and Journalism
Pinner, Liana
HussmanGlobal@unc.edu
Special Notes:
Students can earn MEJO area of study (journalism or AD/PR level 1, 2 or 3), conceptual and choice credit while abroad. Students cannot earn MEJO core courses (MEJO 153, 121, 340/1) abroad or capstone courses (600-level). Please contact HussmanGlobal@unc.edu or make an appointment to speak to a global staff member about any questions. Please also visit the department website in the link below.
Area of Study:
Media and Journalism
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Medical Anthropology
Agbe-Davies, Anna
agbe-davies@unc.edu
Special Notes:
Check before you go…. Study abroad is a fantastic learning opportunity and we encourage medical anthropology students to travel and learn globally! Contact Professor Rivkin-Fish before you decide on a program to ensure that the courses offered may be counted towards your Medical Anthropology Minor. We will need a syllabus to evaluate whether the course can be counted toward your degree at UNC.

Medical Anthropology is not the same as Public Health… The Medical Anthropology Minor focuses on teaching students about the theories and methods of the specific field of medical anthropology. This approach differs from courses in kindred fields such as Global Health, Public Health, Health Policy, Comparative Health Systems, etc., and we cannot grant credit for courses that address issues of health, but do not do so from an anthropological perspective. Course titles are often unclear, unspecific, and confusing about a course’s disciplinary approach! You often can’t tell what the course content will be from a title alone. Sometimes a course may be called “Global Health” and it DOES present medical anthropological approaches, but sometimes it does not. This is why a syllabus is necessary for the course to be evaluated.

What criteria does UNC’s Medical Anthropology Department use to assess a course? When assessing a course from another university for credit towards the Medical Anthropology Minor, we look for the following elements: inclusion of anthropological methods, including participant-observation, ethnographic inquiry, and comparative human biology; attention to cultural, historical, socioecological, and political-economic forces as necessary for understanding health issues; readings that are published in anthropological journals and contribute to debates regarding anthropological theory, methods, and interpretation; student research that includes anthropological theory and methods and refers to published anthropological literature.
Area of Study:
Medical Anthropology
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Medicine, Literature, and Culture Minor
Clemmons, Jason
jason@unc.edu

Medieval & Early Modern Studies
Brachmann, Christoph
cbrachma@ad.unc.edu
Area of Study:
Medieval & Early Modern Studies

Music
Weisert, Lee
weisert@email.unc.edu
Special Notes:
Study Abroad credit will not be granted for core music theory and/or musicianship courses for the major. Such courses may, however, be granted music elective credit. Appropriate credit for music history courses will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, depending on their syllabus and content.
Area of Study:
Music