William Dressler (anthropologist)

William W. Dressler
Born1951 (age 73–74)
Ida Grove, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
Awards
  • Stirling Award in Culture and Personality Studies American Anthropological Association (1979)
  • Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology (1996)
  • John P. Kirscht Distinguished Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan (2000)
  • Book award, Society for Anthropological Sciences (2019)
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis"Hypertension in St. Lucia: social and cultural dimensions" (1978)
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology
Sub-disciplinePsychological anthropology, Medical anthropology,
InstitutionsUniversity of Alabama

William W. "Bill" Dressler (born 1951) is an American anthropologist known for his concept of cultural consonance and work on cultural models especially in the context of biocultural medical anthropology. He has done fieldwork in Mexico, Brazil, the West Indies, and the United States, and worked at the University of Alabama since 1978. He is now professor emeritus. In 2023, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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