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Publications:
Palmer CT, Steadman LB, Cassidy C, Coe, K. Totemism, metaphor, and tradition: Incorporating cultural traditions into evolutionary psychology explanations of religion. Zygon Sept; 43(3):719-735, 2008.
Palmer CT, Coe K, Wadley R. In belief we trust: Why anthropologists abandon skepticism when they hear claims about supernatural beliefs. Skeptic 14(1):60-65, 2008.
Coe K, Palmer C. The words of our ancestors: kinship, tradition, and moral codes. World Cultures ejournal, University of California at Irvine 16(1) article 1, 2008.
Coe K, Palmer C. Human categories and health: the power of the concept of ethnicity. D. Alberts and L. Hess (eds). Fundamentals of Cancer Prevention. Chapter 4, pp. 85-104. Berlin: Springer. Second edition is due out in 2008.
Coe K, Palmer CT. How elders guided the evolution of the modern human brain, social behavior, and culture. UCLA American Indian Cultural Resource Journal in press 2008.
Flinn M, Quinlan R, Coe K, Ward C. Evolution of the Human Family: Cooperative males, long social childhoods, smart mothers, and extended kin networks. In C. Salmon and T. Shackelford (eds). Family Relationships: An evolutionary perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Flinn M, Coe K. The red linked queens of human cognition, coalitions and culture. In: The Evolution of mind: fundamental questions and controversies, S.W. Gangestad & J.A Simpson (Eds.). Part III, issue 11 Culture and Evolution, Chapter 37, pp 339-346. New York: Guilford press, 2007.
Coe K, Aiken N, Palmer C. Once upon a time: ancestors and the evolutionary significance of stories. Anthropological Forum, 16(1):21-40, 2006.
Coe K, Wilson C, Eisenberg M, Attakai A, Lobell M. Creating the environment for a successful community partnership. Cancer supplement Oct 15;107(S8):1980-1986, 2006.
Palmer C, Steadman L, Coe K. More Kin: An evolutionary benefit of marriage. Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences, 1(2), article 4. http://repositories.cdlib.org/imbs/socdyn/sdeas/vol1/iss2/art4/ , 2006.
Palmer CT, Wright J, Wright SA, Cassidy C, VanPool TL, Coe K. The many manipulations of Morty Mouse. Children’s stories and the parental encouragement of altruism. Journal of Anthropological Research, 62(2): 235-257, 2006.
Coe K, Lopez AM. Ovarian cancer prevention. D. Alberts and L. Hess (eds). Fundamentals of Cancer Prevention. Chapter 9, 349-362. Berlin: Springer, 2005.
Coe K, Aiken N, Palmer C. The role of traditional children’s stories in evolution. Entelechy, on line journal. http://www.entelechyjournal.com/ 2005.
Palmer C, Coe K, Wadley R. On tools and traditions. Current Anthropology, 46(3): 459-60. Reply by John McCabb, Current Anthropology, 46(3): 460-464, 2005.
Coe K. The Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer: Reproductive Factors and Environmental Chemical Exposure. P. Hoyer (ed.). Ovarian Toxicology . Chapter 10, pp. 171-201. Taylor and Francis Books. Routledge, 2004.
Coe K, Attakai A, Papenfuss M, Martin L, Nuvayestewa L, Giuliano A. Traditionalism and its relationship to disease risk and protective behaviors of women living on the Hopi reservation. Health Care for Women International 25(5):291-410, 2004.
Coe K. The Ancestress Hypothesis: Rutgers University Press, 2003.
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Biography:
Dr. Kathryn Coe is an Associate Professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. She has offices in the College and at the UA-ASU Biomedical Campus in Phoenix. Dr. Coe has over 30 years of experience conducting health research among African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians using a community-based participatory methodology. She has served as Principal Investigator for numerous research grants and is currently PI of the Southwest American Indian Collaborative Network grant housed at the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona. She is also on these grants: Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities, Reducing Symptom Barriers Among American Indians, Programa de Investigacion en Migracion y Salud (PIMSA) an ACS IRG ELLA pilot, and is consultant on a community-based, participatory research grant focusing on American Indians which is housed in the University of Kansas Medical School.
A recent study, focused on culture tailoring, began with a secondary analysis of programs reported in PubMEd that reporting using cultural tailoring in program development. In the second part of this project, Dr. Coe and colleagues conducted interviews and focus groups with grass-roots health educators on their practices related to incorporated culture into health promotion. They also conducted interviews with staff in health departments in regard to policies and procedures regarding the incorporation of culture into programs. Dr. Coe has also conducted research on cervical and breast cancer-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of Hispanic women living in a large southwestern city and two studies of cardiovascular disease in African American women. One study, of women living in the Bootheel of Missouri, collected information on body image and obesity; the second study, conducted in the inner city, was of women’s knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors. She also has conducted a study of Andean mothers’ diagnosis, prevention and treatment of parasite infections in children.
Dr. Coe's primary expertise is in the area of community based participatory research and in health interventions and cultural tailoring. She has published a book and numerous articles on culture and health.
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