Eugenia Georges


Eugenia Georges is an American anthropologist and Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. She is known for her works on the cultural study of reproduction, medical anthropology, economic development, and labor migration.

Education and career

She received her PhD in anthropology from Columbia University in 1985. She is the Chair of Department of Anthropology at Rice University.

Books

Bodies of Knowledge: the Medicalization of Reproduction in Greece, Vanderbilt University Press 2008The Making of a Transnational Community: Migration, Development and Cultural Change in the Dominican Republic, Columbia University Press 1990