Meet the Global Health Program Staff and Faculty

Dr. Thomas Csordas (he/him/his)

Global Health Program Director, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Thomas Csordas is an anthropologist whose principal interests are in medical and psychological anthropology, comparative religion, anthropological theory, cultural phenomenology and embodiment, globalization and social change, as well as language and culture.

Contact: ghp-director@ucsd.edu

Dr. Jeffrey Schonberg

Academic Coordinator

Dr. Jeffrey Schonberg (PhD, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, 2013) is a medical and visual anthropologist and activist who works with unhoused communities and on issues of violence and suffering.

Contact: jschonberg@ucsd.edu

Jane Eichhorst (she/her/hers)

Lead Undergraduate Advisor

Jane graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Child Psychology. She received her Masters in Human Development from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

Reach out to Jane via the VAC or email for all issues pertaining to the undergraduate program.

Contact: ghpadvising@ucsd.edu

Academic Advising Hours

Brittany Wright, M.Ed. (she/her/hers)

Graduate Advisor & Program Coordinator

*On maternity leave FA24 - please contact ghpadvising@ucsd.edu for any undergraduate or programmatic related matters.

Brittany graduated from UC San Diego with a BA in Psychology and a Sociology minor. She received her Masters in Education specializing in Counseling and Guidance from Point Loma Nazarene University.  

Contact Brittany for all questions pertaining to the MA program.

Contact: ma-globalhealth@ucsd.edu

Olga L. Olivas Hernández (she/her/hers)

Coordinator for Hispanic/Latinx/Chicanx Affairs

PhD in Social Sciences, CIESAS Occidente Mexico,

Dr. Olga L. Olivas Hernández is an anthropologist with a particular research expertise in the US-Mexico border region, some of the themes she has explored are new spiritualities, mental health and migration, substance use/abuse, treatment, and healing systems in cultural context. She has a Ph.D. in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Social Anthropology from CIESAS Occidente, Mexico. Recent research projects include: Embodiment and Subjectivity in Religious Treatments for drug abuse; Life trajectories and substance abuse among Mexican Migrants in the U.S.-Mexico Border; and Cultural Perceptions of Emotional Wellbeing and Patterns of Help-Seeking in Tijuana, Mexico. Currently, she is researching Health and Migration Trajectories among asylum seekers stranded in mobility in Northern Mexico. 

Courtney Nunez (she/her/hers)

Anthropology Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Courtney Nunez graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in Anthropology. She received her Master of Arts in Cultural Studies from Claremont Graduate University and recently completed her Master of Business Administration at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management.