Susan Elaine Emley Keefe (born 1947) is an American anthropologist and author. She is a professor emerita at Appalachian State University. Keefe has published books on Mexican-American culture and Appalachian health issues.

Life

Susan Elaine Emley Keefe was born in 1947 in

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. She attended a

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in Priest Lake. Her family later relocated to southern California. Keefe completed a bachelor of arts in anthropology in from

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where she also earned a master of arts in anthropology in 1971 and a doctor of philosophy in 1974. Her dissertation was titled ''Women in power: Anglo and Mexican American female leaders in two Southern California communities''. In 1993, Keefe was the chair of the department of anthropology at Appalachian State University. She is a recognized scholar on Appalachian health issues. Her research includes the areas of ethnicity, modernity, culture change, social organization, and medical and applied anthropology. She has researched the Appalachian region and Mexican-Americans. Keefe is a professor emerita of anthropology at Appalachian State University. Keefe has published books on Mexican-American culture and Appalachian health issues. Keefe has lived in

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for over 30 years. She has a daughter who works in video production.

Selected works

* * * * * * Reviews of ''Appalachian Mental Health'': * * *

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