Steven Polgar: Population and Medical Anthropologist

Last Friday at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, I received the 2014 Steven Polgar Prize from the Society for Medical Anthropology for my article, “Children’s Roles in Tuberculosis Treatment Regimes: Constructing Childhood and Kinship in Urban Zambia.” The prize is named in honor of one of my professional heroes, Steven Polgar (1931-1978), a pioneer…