Erika Carrillo
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2022
Expertise: Family caregiving and care relationships, morality, home care, community-based aging, qualitative research methods, community-based research, ethnography, applied anthropology, communicating health science, aging and the life course
Office Hours:
- Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 - 10:30am
Clark Hall 402H
408-924-5714
erika.carrillo@sjsu.edu
Dr. Erika Carrillo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at San Jos茅 State University. She received her dual title Ph.D. in Anthropology and Gerontology from Purdue University. Erika has conducted ethnographic research with aging Latinos and their families in San Francisco鈥檚 Mission District. Her project examines how families define and negotiate what they consider 鈥済ood鈥� care. As an applied anthropologist, she is interested in using ethnographic data collected 鈥渙n the ground鈥� and connecting it to broader discussions of care, aging, and health inequalities. She is proud to come from a long line of scholars and mentors who advocate for the value and visibility of older people.
Erika is also a member of the Association for Anthropology, Gerontology and the Life
Course (AAGE) where she is currently serving as secretary for the organization. She
has coauthored a review article on the contemporary state of the anthropology of aging
titled, 鈥淎pplying Anthropological Insight in an Aging World鈥� for the Oxford Encyclopedia
of Anthropology. Currently, she is coauthoring a manuscript titled, 鈥淛ourneying Through
the Life Course: Making a Student Exhibit.鈥� This article is about making a visual
and interactive exhibit designed for students who are just beginning to learn about
the relevance of the anthropology of aging and the life course.
