Johanna Richlin — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine
Author of "In the Hands of God: How Evangelical Belonging Transforms Migrant Experience In the United States" (2022)
Published "The Affective Therapeutics of Migrant Faith: Evangelical Christianity among Brazilians in Greater Washington, D.C." in Current Anthropology (2019)
Published "From Iatrogenesis to Vaccine Skepticism: U.S. Mothers' Negative Vaccine Perceptions and Non-vaccination Practices as Reverberations of Medical Harm" in Medical Anthropology Quarterly (2023)

Biography

Johanna Richlin is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine, where she previously served as an Assistant Professor. Her academic career is marked by extensive research and publications focusing on the intersection of migration, religion, and healthcare.

Richlin's initial research project delved into the influence of U.S. migration experiences on the diverse religious beliefs and sentiments of Brazilian migrants in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.