Alicia Fahrner (she/her) is a PhD candidate in Biological Anthropology at Northwestern University. Her dissertation examines how racism shapes health and well-being in Germany, where color-blind and post-racial discourses obscure the structural and...
Intergenerational stress transmission; Black women; African diaspora; Stress biology; Health disparities; Biocultural embodiment; Developmental plasticity; Racialization; Inequality; Intrauterine environments; Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
As a 6th-year PhD candidate in Biological Anthropology at Northwestern University, I examine the intersection of early-life adversity, neurodevelopment, and evolutionary theory, using neuroimaging and behavioral methods to understand how ecological...
