16 Faculty Members Receive SBS Faculty Awards

Janelle Lamoreaux — associate professor and associate director of the School of Anthropology, and founder and director of the Collaborative Anthropology for Reproduction and the Environment Lab (CARE) Lab — is a sociocultural anthropologist focused on reproduction, gender and environmental health, who combines the social studies of science with medical anthropology and environmental humanities. 

Lamoreaux is the author of In/fertile Environments: Epigenetic Toxicology and the Reproductive Health of Chinese Men, which explores how scientists in China navigate the reproductive and political implications of environmental toxicity. She has published widely in journals such as Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, and Environmental Humanities. Her current research explores the rise of sensory integration disorder and on global cryoconservation initiatives that rely on reproductive technologies to preserve biodiversity for future generations.

In the CARE Lab, Lamoreaux brings a collaborative anthropology approach to studying global trends in reproductive decision-making through the perspectives of young people in Tucson. She founded the lab to center the voices of young BIPOC students in the southwestern U.S. and to expand research on reproductive choices and climate change, both methodologically and theoretically. The lab engages undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in designing and conducting qualitative, ethnographic research. Currently, the team is investigating why young people in Arizona are choosing not to have children amid growing ecological and political uncertainty.

Since fall 2023, Lamoreaux’s lab has engaged 12 undergraduates and two graduate students in all phases of research. In addition to learning to prepare academic posters and present their results at the SBSRI Faculty Seed Grant program and Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) poster sessions in spring 2024, the students have given academic presentations at professional conferences. Topics at the 2024 and 2025 Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology included, “From Boomers to Doomers: Collaborative Anthropology of Reproductive Decision Making,” and “The World’s on Fire but We’re Still Having Kids: Collaborative Anthropology of Reproductive Reluctance in the U.S. Southwest."

“Dr. Lamoreaux makes significant contributions to U of A, SBS, and the School of Anthropology as an innovative and successful educator,” wrote Diane Austin, director of the School of Anthropology. “She finds ways to develop and sustain high-impact practices and reach underserved students, even under challenging circumstances. She has established the CARE Lab as a model for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research and guiding graduate students in how to be strong and effective mentors.”

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