Dr. Paula Skye Tallman, Carolyn Farrell Endowed Assistant Professor

Dr. Paula Skye Tallman is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Loyola and a Research Associate in the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum of Natural History. She received her BA from Johns Hopkins University and her PhD from Northwestern University. Dr. Tallman's research integrates perspectives and methods from anthropology and global health to examine how environmental factors are linked to human health in South America and Southeast Asia. Her most recent action-oriented research examines the relationship between water insecurity and women’s health in Peru and Indonesia. In total, Dr. Tallman has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles and received over $1 million in funding from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, the Schmitt Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the British Academy. She also runs two leadership coaching programs for graduate students at Loyola and stays busy raising her kids, Cliff and Hazel.