Shannon Sparks

Assistant Professor

PhD, Cultural & Medical Anthropology

University of Arizona-Tucson

(Joint appointment with American Indian Studies Program)

Research and Applied Interests

Selected Publications

Sparks, S., Koscik, R.L., Kanekar, S., Guadagnolo, B.A., Reiner, M., Miner, R., Lone Elk, D., Spotted Tail, C., and Petereit, D.G. Self-Reported Barriers to Accessing Health Care among Native Americans in South Dakota.  Submitted to Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

Molloy, K., Reiner, M., Ratteree, K., Cina, K. Helbig, P., Miner, R., Lone Elk, D., Spotted Tail, D. Sparks, S., Tiger, L., Esmond, S., and Petereit, D.G. (2007). Patient Navigator and Cultural Competency in Cancer Care. Oncology Issues 22(5):38-41.

Stauber, L., Schrag-James, J., and Sparks, S. (2002). Parents and Children: Changing Roles, Changing Expectations.  In Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families.  D. Austin and T. McGuire, PIs.  Part 3 of Volume 2: Case Studies of Morgan City and New Iberia, Louisiana.  Tucson, AZ: Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology.

Joe, J., Sparks, S., and Tiger, L. (1999). Changing Indian Marriage Patterns: Examples from Contemporary Western Apache. In Till Death Do Us Part: A Multi-Cultural Anthology on Marriage. S. L. Browning & R. R. Miller, eds. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc.