Kimber Haddix McKay
Dr. Haddix McKay is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in demography
and human behavioral ecology. Her research focuses on the effects of
marriage systems on fertility, and on demographic patterns in African and
South Asian societies. She is also interested in the interaction between
biology and culture, and in the ways in which anthropology can be useful in
fields outside of academia. Dr. Haddix McKay has worked both full time and
as a consulting anthropologist designing studies of health conditions and
evolving attitudes toward health and treatment of illness in remote areas of
Nepal and Uganda. She has also assisted in the design of locally
appropriate development schemes aimed at improving health conditions,
particularly in the use of sustainable energy technologies (especially solar
projects) and in public health-related interventions such as latrine design,
improved/smokeless cookstoves, lighting schemes, community based health
training, and drama programs with specific health-related messages.