Halle Tarvin

Graduate Student - Cultural Anthropology (Medical)

2021 Cohort

Email

htarvin@smu.edu

Office Location

Heroy Hall 429

Education

BA Psychology and Medical Anthropology, University of North Texas

Bio

Halle Tarvin is a graduate student in the Cultural Anthropology PhD program (Medical Anthropology track). She is pursuing research that focuses on how people with mental ailments utilize psychoactive plants as a therapeutic technology. Currently, she is working as a teaching assistant and is a team member for a NIMH-funded project on early psychosis and substance use. Additionally, she is the Director of Research and Analysis for a local non-profit, Texas Cannabis Collective. In 2020, Tarvin co-founded the University of North Texas' chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. 

Research Interests 

Mental Health  Substance Use  Moral Agency  Biological Citizenship  North America (Texas)

Advisor

Neely Laurenzo Myers

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