Sasha is interested in how stressful experiences span generations – specifically, how different types and timescales of stress interact with parental physiology to influence the health, development, and life history of both parents and their kids. Sasha’s...
I am a doctoral candidate interested in how social and environmental conditions become biologically embedded across the life course and contribute to variation in health. My research spans questions of early-life environments, stress physiology, and the...
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...
